Economics
HBS Perspectives on Healthcare as a Management Challenge
The Harvard Business School Health Care Initiative presents a speaker panel titled "Perspectives on Healthcare as a Management Challenge." Speakers at the event include Dr. David Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, Dr. Atul Gawande of Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health, and Dr. Rafaella Sadun, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at HBS. The event took place yesterday at Spangler Auditorium.
Out with Woods, In with Brady
Budding economists eager to learn about opportunity cost will soon be faced with football, not golf, when they hit the third chapter of their economics textbook.
Address Long-Term Spending, Harvard Profs. Say
Two Harvard economists called for U.S. lawmakers to tackle long-term spending reforms in order to regain control over the ballooning federal deficit.
Economics Department Releases New T-Shirt
We're not sure what exactly in the Economics Department is "too big to fail," but let's hope it's the department's extraordinarily high number of concentrators.
The End of the EC10-Mobile
Friday became a dark day for Harvard's legendary economics Professor N. Gregory Mankiw after his iconic "Ec10-mobile," a light blue BMW easily recognizable by its "EC10" license plate, met its demise as Mankiw drove home from work.
Glaeser Presents New Book on Cities
Cities foster the communication of complex ideas, making them key to the future of America and the world, Economics Professor ...
Ditch the Corporate Tax
The best corporate tax reform would involve ditching the tax altogether.
Diplomat Asserts Britain’s Global Role
Despite a faltering economy, the United Kingdom will not turn its back on the United States and other allies as it seeks to continue to serve as a major global power.
Concentrating on Econ
The surge in economics concentrators and lack of student enthusiasm for small class settings suggests that Harvard's admissions office should reconsider whether it's really admitting students with genuine intellectual interests rather than just with pre-professional ambitions.
Department Extends Economics 1010a Change
Continuing an experiment that began this fall, the Harvard economics department will offer three versions of intermediate microeconomics in the next academic year.
Summer’s Over, Back to School
University professor Lawrence H. Summers didn’t need to say that he was back at home at Harvard.
Government, Economics Rank Low in Department Satisfaction
The English Department ranked first in satisfaction among the largest concentrations in the annual exit surveys completed in May.
Larry Summers To Teach At Harvard College, Kennedy School
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will teach economics classes both at the College and at the Harvard Kennedy School this spring.
