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Berkeley Economics professor and former IMF Chief Economist Maury Obstfeld joins a discussion on the Trump administration’s decision to name China a currency manipulator. Listen to the podcast here.
Does electricity really help lift households out of poverty? Berkeley Economics Professor Ted Miguel and fellow researchers set out to answer this question with an experiment, first identifying a sample of ‘under grid’ households in Western Kenya — structures that are located close to but not connected to an electricity grid. Read more
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Evidence from Latin America suggests that solely encouraging unattainable aspirations among poor households does not improve their welfare. Read more about the work of Berkeley Economics Professor Paul Gertler, with collaborators from the University of Maryland and the University of Chile.
Berkeley Economics Professor Martha Olney talks with Mary Suiter, assistant vice president and economic education officer at the St. Louis Fed, about her teaching success and why she mentors. She also discusses changing demographics in the field and how former Berkeley undergrad Alice Wu’s thesis took the profession by storm. Listen to the recorded interview [Via the St. Louis Fed]
"Location has become more important than ever before, especially for highly educated workers," says Berkeley Economics Professor Enrico Moretti, author of The New Geography of Jobs, in an interview with the Richmond Federal Reserve. "It is true that we can have access to a lot of information and communicate easily from everywhere in the world, but at the same time, location remains crucial for worker productivity and for economic success." Read more
"The United States has the resources to create a better capitalist system, and it is clear which policies can improve wellbeing today and create a more equitable and sustainable economy for future generations". By Berkeley Economics Professor Clair Brown and Simon Sällström. Read more