Murray Weidenbaum, 87, the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor, died on Thursday March 20th after an illness of several weeks. Murray joined the Department of Economics in 1964.
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Michele Boldrin and David Levine discuss patents on NPR Planet Money. July 9, 2014
"An Elusive Jackpot" - New York Times article featuring George Levi-Gayle
"Random Choice as Behavioral Optimization - Econometrica" by Gul, Faruk, Paulo Natenzon, and Wolfgang Pesendorfer
"Rational Attention and Adaptive Coding: A Puzzle and a Solution- AEA" by Camillo Padoa-Schioppa & Aldo Rustichini
"Priority, solidarity and egalitarianism" - featuring graduate student, Inkee Jang.
"The Middle Class Is Steadily Eroding. Just Ask the Business World" - featuring Steve Fazzari and Barry Cynamon with the Fed Reserve Bank of St. Louis and a former WU undergraduate.
"Heads or Tails? Random fluctuations in brain cell activity may determine toss-up decisions" - featuring Camillo Padoa-Schioppa, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, Economics and of Biomedical Engineering.
"Is Inequality Bad for Economic Growth?" - The Washington Post article featuring Steve Fazzari
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