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Department Profiled in The Washington Post

In the wake of the Herndon paper, The Washington Post profiled the UMass Amherst Department of Economics, providing a detailed history of the department’s growth and development over the last 40-plus years. Interviewed for the piece were Professors Richard Wolff, Gerald Epstein, Nancy Folbre, Arindrajit Dube and Robert Pollin. Read more...

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Monday, April 29, 4:00 p.m.
Economic Theory Workshop
Matheus Grasselli, University of Toronto
Deficit Spending versus Austerity: The Mathematics of Government Intervention in Macroeconomics
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Wednesday, May 1, 4:00 p.m.
Applied Microeconomics Workshop
Amalia Miller, University of Virginia
Do Female Officers Improve Law Enforcement Quality?
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Wednesday, May 8, 7:00 p.m.
Economic Update with Douglas Cliggott '78
What's Good for the S&P 500 May Not Be Good for America
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