L&S News  Tag: Economics

Ananth Seshadri explores the factors that determine social and economic mobility.

Professor of Economics says U.S. Senate Republicans' vote to block the raising of the U.S. debt ceiling could put the national and world economy at risk.

Wisconsin residents who took financial hits earlier in the pandemic may not be able to spend the new checks as freely, says Professor of Economics.

As part of a series, L&S is taking a look at how professors and students are adapting to teaching and learning during the global coronavirus pandemic. An economics associate professor builds a basement studio to teach a graduate class.

Professor of economics sees possibility of the economy improving somewhat, only to crash again. "A stall is more likely," he says.

Department of economics chair Marzena Rostek discusses the rapidly changing financial markets and how they are ahead of economic theory.

The Department of Economics numbers some powerful people among its alumni.

“If the rest of the world says, ‘We don’t want to finance your current account deficit and budget deficit,’ then something has to give,” Menzie Chin says. A weaker dollar would likely help narrow the trade deficit, though its effects wouldn’t show up for a couple of years. However, it’s unlikely to weaken much given that the US is outperforming most other economies, as well as the US’s safe-haven status and the fact that the dollar is the predominant world reserve currency.

A groundbreaking atmospheric scientist, a brilliant U.S. diplomat and an esteemed businessman and philanthropist will be awarded honorary doctoral degrees at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in May.