Economics

When the World Cup kicks off in Brazil on June 12, no soccer fan in the Columbia community will have more invested in the U.S.

Three Columbia faculty members have been named research fellows by the Alfred P.

Does Edmund Phelps believe that Europe and America still have what it takes to create “mass flourishing,” that unique combination of wealth and cre

Jagdish Bhagwati has been thinking about how to reduce poverty for more than 50 years, since he returned to his native India with degrees in econom

History Professor Carl Wennerlind’s most recent book focuses on a financial system come undone, a public looking to its government for answers, and

Dr. Robert J.

Alvin E.

“Inequality undermines the strength of our economy and contributes to economic instability,” says Stiglitz.

Teachers who succeed in raising standardized test scores have a lasting influence on their students’ lives, helping them avoid teenage pregnancy, g

In his new book, The Price of Civilization (Random House, 2011), Jeffrey S

The idea that humanity could turn tables on economic necessity—mastering rather than being enslaved by material circumstances—is so new that Jane A