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Steven Fazzari featured in a KSDK article on February 18, 2021.

Yongseok Shin quoted in a Washington Post article on January 27, 2021.

George-Levi Gayle quoted in Discover Magazine article on July 10, 2020.

Yongseok Shin quoted in The Associated Press article, June 30, 2020.

Weidenbaum Center Incoming Director Steve Fazzari is featured guest on PBS Donnybrook Show. In the second half-hour, the regular panel of St. Louis journalists are joined by Steve Fazzari. Fazzari segment starts at 28 minutes, 27 seconds on the video.

Yongseok Shin quoted in The Associated Press article, May 11, 2020.

Steve Fazzari participates in the economic debate about the effects of the coronavirus, March 31, 2020, St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Michele Boldrin participates in the economic debate about the effects of the coronavirus, April 7, 2020, Econopoly.

The Department of Economics is very happy to announce that George and Limor have been promoted to the rank of Full Professors.

It is with great pleasure that the Department of Economics can announce that Bruce Petersen has been appointed to be the holder of the Bert and Jeanette Lynch Distinguished Professorship in Economics, and Yongs Shin has been to be holder of the Douglass C. North Distinguished Professorship in Economics. Congratulations to Bruce and Yongs on the wonderful news!

Michele Boldrin on COVD-19's impact on the Italian Economy.

An article from Steven Fazzari on the impact of COVID-19 and the American Economy.

Yongseok Shin's former graduate students have gone on to be successful educators, economists, and researchers. Here, Shin shares his mentorship philosophy.

Norman Schofield, the William Taussig Professor of Political Economy in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, in St. Louis, surrounded by family. He was 75.

Fredric Raines, associate professor emeritus of economics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, in St. Louis. He was 86.

Sending off the Department of Economics' Undergraduate Class of 2019.

The Department of Economics, along with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, hosted the annual meeting of the Society for Economic Dynamics (SED) in June.

The Distinguished Faculty Leadership Award in Arts & Sciences is awarded to an outstanding faculty member in recognition of exceptional service to the University. The award was established in 2014 by Dean Barbara Schaal.

The American Economic Review, June 2019 - VOL. 109, NO. 6, JUNE 2019, pp. 2036-72, by Carlos Garriga, Rodolfo Manuelli, Adrian Peralta-Alva

A key question in designing an effective taxation system is whether to tax people individually or jointly within households. In some countries, such as the UK, income tax is based purely on people’s own personal income, regardless of whether they are single or married. In contrast, some countries, such as the United States, tax individuals based on total family income: for a married couple, this means that both spouses are necessarily subject to the same marginal tax rate.

Episode 118: Ian Fillmore - Economist and co-author of "Technological Change and Obsolete Skills: Evidence from Men’s Professional Tennis", Released Feb 05, 2019

Congratulations to our recently promoted faculty! They are: Gaetano Antinolfi, Brian Rogers, Jonathan Weinstein, Sudeshna Bandyopadhyay, and Maria Canon.

Professor Buera works in macroeconomics with a focus on macroeconomic development. Read about the installation ceremony and Buera's work in the Record.

Congratulations, Professor Shin!

Meet the newest members of the Department of Economics!

Buera works in macroeconomics, with a focus on macroeconomic development.