Economics
Class Enrollments See Fluctuations
When Sandel announced in his first lecture that the course would introduce a Friday class this year, roughly half of the 800 students went back to their shopping lists to look at other course offerings.
Maskin Named University Professor
Economics professor Eric S. Maskin ’72, who won a Nobel Prize in 2007 for his contributions to the field of game theory, has been appointed a University Professor, joining 22 other faculty members who hold Harvard’s most prestigious post.
Krugman to Mankiw and Ferguson, Tsk! Tsk!
N. Gregory Mankiw, Economics 10 professor and newly appointed chair [LINK 0] of the economics department, could use a refresher on the appropriate citation of sources, according to Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman in a recent New York Times op-ed.
Using Google to Track Racism
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, a Harvard doctoral candidate in economics, recently wrote a paper which uses data from Google searches as a gauge of racial attitudes in the United States.
Economics and Government Take Different Tacks on Advising
Students and faculty in the social sciences division—which houses the two largest concentrations, economics and government—point to a divide in the strength of the advising students receive.
Mankiw Named Chair of Economics Department
Economics professor N. Gregory Mankiw, head of the popular introductory course Economics 10: Principles of Economics and adviser to presidential candidate Mitt Romney, will take over as chair of the economics department starting on July 1. He will replace professor John Y. Campbell, who is wrapping up a three-year term as chair.
Mankiw, Gilbert Discuss Decisions
Psychology professor Daniel T. Gilbert and economics professor N. Gregory Mankiw asked the audience, “What is your N?” in a conversation about psychology, economics, and happiness on Monday.
Kennedy School Names IMF Head As Commencement Speaker
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde will deliver the commencement address to this year’s class of Harvard Kennedy School graduates.
The John Harvard Statue Moves from Memorial Hall to Its Present Location
Every Friday, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past. March 22, 1924: John Harvard Statue To Move to New Position Before University Hall Action has been taken by the Corporation of the College to have the statue of John Harvard removed from its present site on the Delta, west of Memorial Hall, to a position on the west side of University Hall, where the bronze, map of the Yard at present stands. No definite time has been set for moving the statue, but it is expected that the work will be completed by the middle of May.
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Former United States Secretary of the Treasury and former Director of the White House United States National Economic Council, Professor Larry Summers, speaks about the effectiveness of fiscal policy as a tool for economic stimulus in front of a packed auditorium as moderator Professor Marty Feldstein, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and former chief economic adviser to President Ronald Reagan, in front of a packed auditorium in Emerson Hall on Tuesday, February 28.
More Banks Means Better Bailouts, Speaker Says
Inter-bank and bank-state coordination are major predictors of the success of a bailout, a Harvard researcher studying bailout strategies in Europe and the U.S. claimed at a Center for European Studies seminar on Wednesday.
Goldin To Head Economic Association in 2013
Economics Professor Claudia D. Goldin was chosen as the president-elect of the American Economic Association.
Ec 10, Stat 104 Top List of Popular Spring Courses
Students flocked to economics-related courses this spring, with Economics 10 defending the title it held in the fall as the largest course of the semester and spring’s Statistics 104: “Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Economics” coming in second place.
