The Institutions, Organizations, and Growth (IOG) Program, in partnership with the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago (BFI), invites leading scholars and IOG members to convene three times annually for research conferences and academic exchange. The IOG Program aims to move beyond the limits of traditional economic approaches and provide new […]
The Development Lunch Workshops are operated with support from the Becker Friedman Institute and The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts and is a collaboration between Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, Booth School of Business, Harris School of Public Policy and the Law School. This workshop series is weekly on […]
This event reached full capacity. Boxed lunches were provided. The first 25 attendees at the event received a free copy of Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity One thousand years of history combined with contemporary evidence make one thing clear: progress depends on the choices we make about technology. Throughout the world today, digital […]
The Development Lunch Workshops are operated with support from the Becker Friedman Institute and The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts and is a collaboration between Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, Booth School of Business, Harris School of Public Policy and the Law School. This workshop series is weekly on […]
Lunch will be provided. BFI-China will collaborate with the China Lab at Northwestern University to host a seminar series on the Chinese economy. This event will feature speakers Ruixue Jia, Jaya Y. Wen, Yiqing Xu and will bring scholars and students from across the Midwest who are interested in China together to interact. Participation in this workshop is by […]
Food and drinks will be provided after the seminar. The Center for the Economics of Human Development invites you to a special seminar with Jérôme Adda, Professor of Economics at Bocconi University, to present his latest work on the formation of beliefs, "Health Beliefs and the Long Run Effects of Medical Information." Please join us […]
