October 18
Exploring Themes in Intra-Regional Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Everyone wants to catch billionaire lottery fever (Emily Oster cited)
October 8, 2021 Financial Times
21st Century Economic Challenges
From college affordability and upward mobility to debates around austerity and government investments, Watson Institute scholars cross disciplines and regions in the study of economic trends. Across economics, political economy, sociology and political science, research illuminates current global economic developments and foreshadows where policies and actions may lead us.
Publications
Sales Force and Competition in Financial Product Markets: The Case of Mexico's Social Security Privatization., Econometrica, no. Forthcoming, Peer Reviewed, In Press
Events & Workshops
October 13
Phill Swagel ─ Budget Analysis in the Pandemic
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
October 8
Arvind Subramanian & Raghuram Rajan (Discussant) – Is the Indian Economy Back?
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
News & Research
U.S. spent billions on Afghanistan and failed to build a sustainable economy (commentary by Cathy Lutz)
September 27, 2021 Wall Street Journal
The sad, predictable limits of America's 'economic recovery' (commentary by John Friedman)
September 22, 2021 Vox
