Economics

This page features news and research related to topics on economics at Columbia University.

What advanced countries can and should do to help the developing world and emerging markets recover from the pandemic and its economic aftermath.

The COVID pandemic exacerbated poverty in the United States, and the Biden administration should take significant steps to support those in need.

Economist Edmund Phelps talks about the importance of individualism for a country’s vitality.

In a new book, The Wolf at the Door, realistic policies and strategies are proposed to make lives and communities more secure.

The pandemic, the presidential election, globalization, climate change, and other issues are covered in a transatlantic forum.

The Nobel laureateis spending the fall semester as the Alliance Visiting Professor at Sciences Po.

The SIPA professor explains the status of the trade war between the U.S. and China.

John Judis surveys the aftermath of the election, Brexit, and the ascendancy of authoritarian leaders around the world in his new book.

For years, scholars interested in the roots of economic inequality focused on extreme poverty.

Basketball wasn’t even Camille Zimmerman’s favorite sport when she was growing up.

Columbia University opens the first buildings on its new Manhattanville campus.

Alice Kessler-Harris set about amplifying the historical record of women through new methods of research.