Introducing the Berkeley Economics Speaker Series
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The Berkeley Economics Speakers Series is your opportunity to engage with and learn from world-leading experts in the fields of taxes and spending, labor markets, corporate finance, behavioral economics, inequality, development economics, and international policy, while giving back to UC Berkeley.
Join fellow members of the Charter Hill Society for Economics and gain exclusive access to in-person lectures (with a streaming option). Stay after the lecture to network and keep in touch with fellow alumni over a catered reception.
To become a Charter Hill Society member and gain access to our speakers series, make a three-year annual commitment of $1,000 or more to the Economics Department. All faculty speakers’ participation is pro bono so that your gift goes 100% to support the economics department.
The Faculty Speakers
David Card
Class of 1950 Professor Emeritus of Economics and Recipient of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics.
Location, Location, Location
This lecture will present new research on why wages are so much higher in places like San Francisco than in places like St. Louis, and what that means for how well off workers are across America.
Ulrike Malmendier
Edward and Mollie Arnold Professor of Finance and Professor of Economics and Recipient of the 2013 Fischer Black Prize.
How Inflation Changes the Way We Behave
The lecture will detail the new wave of behavioral economics research on how inflation experiences – from Weimer Hyperinflation to the present – change individuals and their behavior for years and decades to come, even after inflation has been tamed.
Gabriel Zucman
Associate Professor of Economics and Recipient of the 2023 John Bates Clark Medal.
The Global Tax Evasion Report 2024
This lecture will discuss the recent evolution of international tax evasion and tax competition, and provide elements for a new regulation of globalization reconciling economic openness with tax justice.
Supreet Kaur
Associate Professor of Economics, 2018 Sloan Fellowship Recipient, and 2019 National Science Foundation CAREER Award recipient.
The Psychology of Poverty
This lecture will explore the idea that experiencing poverty has direct psychological and cognitive consequences – reshaping our understanding of why it is so hard for poor people to climb out of poverty.
Maury Obstfeld
Class of 1958 Professor of Economics and Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus, former Member of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, and former Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund.
Challenges to International Economic Cooperation
This lecture will describe the evolution of multilateral economic cooperation since World War II and the new challenges the world faces in a turbulent geopolitical environment.
Why Join?
Consistently ranked among the world’s very best departments, our graduates impact their fields across many industries. Berkeley Economics faculty have been recognized through Nobel prizes, John Bates Clark Medals, Sloan Fellowships and more.
The department's long history of excellence in teaching has been recognized with numerous UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Awards. By being a Berkeley Economics supporter, you provide vital funding for the teaching and research that has distinguished Berkeley Economics since 1903.
To become a Charter Hill Society member and gain access to our speakers series, make a three-year annual commitment of $1,000 or more to the Economics Department. All faculty speakers’ participation is pro bono so that your gift goes 100% to support the economics department.
To learn more about the Economics Speakers Series, please contact us at socialsciences@berkeley.edu