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Watch: Berkeley Economics Speakers Series featuring Professor Supreet Kaur on "The Psychology of Poverty"

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The National Tax Association announces Professor Hilary Hoynes as the recipient of the 2024 Daniel M. Holland Medal

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Professor of Economics David Card wins the 2021 Nobel Memorial Prize

David Card, a labor economist and professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, won the prestigious award for work that challenged orthodoxy and dramatically shifted understanding of inequality and the social and economic forces that impact low-wage workers.

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