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"Each day in the classroom, we encounter remarkably bright and hard-working students who exhibit a real compass for thinking about how their education will enable them to have a social impact." Read the year-end message from former Chief Economist and Development Chair at Berkeley Economics, Professor Danny Yagan. Read more
Tune in to listen to the Matrix Podcast, featuring an interview with Adriana D. Kugler Ph.D. '97, the World Bank Group Executive Director for the United States. Dr. Kugler was appointed by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate in May 2022. She is the first Latinx person and first Jewish woman to be appointed to this position since the foundation of the World Bank in 1944. The interview was conducted by Danny Yagan, Associate Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley, who is on leave as Chief Economist of the Office of Management and Budget. Read more
"Rethinking Capital and Wealth Taxation," a new paper by UC Berkeley's Stone Center directors Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, as well as Thomas Piketty, reviews recent developments in the theory and practice of optimal capital taxation, recommending progressive inheritance tax, in addition to progressive income and wealth taxes. Read more
“There often aren’t enough data points in the macro data to make convincing arguments about causality. Looking at micro data is a natural way to expand the dataset.” Internatioal Monetary Fund News interviews Emi Nakamura, Chancellor's Professor of Economics, who delves into details to answer big questions. Read more
Berkeley Economics Ph.D. Graduates are now on the job market. View all job market candidates
Watch the recording of the annual Bernard Moses Memorial Lecture with Professor of Public Policy and Economics Hilary Hoynes, "The Social Safety Net as an Investment in Children". Watch the video