Economics
Class of 1958 Was 'Ablest in the History of Harvard,' Report Says
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
5 New Courses for the Undecided Shopper
Despite all its pluses and perks, shopping period does present Harvard students with one potential problem: buyer's remorse. While students filing into course book mainstays like Ec10 and LS1b pretty much know what to expect from the semester, nothing screams caveat emptor quite like the words "New Course" (and the telltale lack of a Q score) next to a class names. But new courses aren't all bad and often offer students a chance to snag a gem of a class before words gets out and the whole shebang is lotteried the following year. So, for those daring students who are eager to plunge into the great unknown (or who couldn't get into Maria Tatar's fairy tales class), here are five new courses that you might want to check out.
Flyby Presents: The Gen Ed Course Trailer Awards
In honor of the Academy, we at Flyby have created awards to recognize this semester's best course trailers. Check out these videos while you’re procrastinating packing those suitcases.
Summers Takes On Economic Project at Washington Think Tank
University Professor Lawrence H. Summers will lead a Washington think tank’s new project on developing fiscal policies that encourage more equal economic growth. He will not leave Harvard for the new post.
Before This Video Came Into Our Lives, We Missed It So Bad
Faculty in Harvard's Economics Department are trading their souls for a wish, pennies and dimes for a kiss.
But Here's My Number
Economics professor N. Gregory Mankiw dances to Carly Rae Jepsen's pop hit "Call Me Maybe."
Conversations: Clayton M. Christensen
"I can tell you that neither of their [economic] proposals has any hope of ever having any impact on America."
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Nobel-Prize winning economist, Professor Amartya Sen of the Harvard Economics Department, lead one of the panel discussions at the book launch of "The Cost of Inaction." The event was organized by the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard School of Public Health and held at the Charles Hotel. Professor Sen wrote the foreword of the book.
Harvard Smart Woman Securities Introduces Virtual Investment Competition
Are you a female undergraduate at Harvard? Do you want a chance to win $150? Harvard Smart Woman Securities (SWS) is hosting an investment competition through MarketWatch.org, a website that allows you to invest virtual money in the stocks of real companies, which you can check up on in real time.
Alvin Roth Receives Nobel Prize in Economics Award
Harvard Business School professor Alvin Roth who is currently a visiting professor at Stanford University, listens at a press conference announcing his award of a shared Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday. He shares the prize with Lloyd Shapley, professor emeritus at UCLA.
Harvard Professor and Alum Win Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Harvard Business School professor Alvin E. Roth was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday morning for his research on market design.
Economics Professor James L. Medoff Dies at 65
James L. Medoff, a respected Harvard economics professor and an expert in the role of unions in the American economy, died Saturday in Chelsea, Mass. He was 65.
