In On Wisconsin Magazine: Arctic watch
Economics alumni Fran Ulmer’s career took her from UW–Madison to Alaska, where she fell in love with the state.
Professor Kenneth West in the New York Times: Fed should lean on rate cuts, not QE, in next recession
While the Fed has not set an end point, the paper’s authors - David Greenlaw of Morgan Stanley, Ethan Harris of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, James Hamilton of University of California at San Diego, and Kenneth West of University of Wisconsin - said it should not go too far and consider larger and looser run-off caps.
Professor Kenneth West in the Wall Street Journal: Fed’s crisis-era, bond-buying plan was largely ineffective, economists say
The paper presented at the conference was written by David Greenlaw of Morgan Stanley , James Hamilton of the University of California San Diego, Ethan Harris of Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Kenneth West of the University of Wisconsin. It argues most of what people now believe of the asset purchases is likely wrong.
UW–Madison alumna third Badger to win prestigious new international scholarship
Fangdi Pan (B.A.'13, Economics and International Studies) is one of 142 students in the just-announced third class of Schwarzman Scholars. Winners receive full tuition for a one-year master’s degree program at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
New center focuses on the Wisconsin economy
Economics professor Noah Williams intends for the center to examine economic issues affecting the state and make its research accessible to policymakers and the business community.
In On Wisconsin Magazine: A Matter of Interest
Simon Potter (M.S.’87, PhD’90, Economics) helps keep the economy ticking. As the head of the Markets Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, he’s in charge of carrying out interest rate changes on behalf of the U.S. central bank. Read about what it’s like to be in the hot seat when Fed leaders decide to raise rates and what he’s learned in nearly two decades working at the central bank.
Boundless Together: A Badger who's making Wisconsin work
Michael Reader (B.S.'86, Economics) is someone who is making Wisconsin work. His company, PrecisionPlus in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, manufactures precision parts, including pins, screws, shafts, valve components, spools, gears, and gear blanks. There is little margin for error in this type of manufacturing, and the business partners with some of the best technology companies on the planet to produce some of the most precisely made components you’ll find anywhere.
However, Reader’s educational path was less than precise.
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