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Annual study shows Wisconsin poverty rose in fragile economic recovery

April 21, 2015

Researchers studying the economic and policy forces that affect Wisconsin poverty have released their latest results, which show that although the state economy is creating jobs, the poverty rate rose from 10.2 to 10.9 percent in 2013 using the researchers' expanded measure. Read More

Economics graduate to discuss strategies for balanced Sino-American relations

March 27, 2014

After three decades in which China achieved record economic growth in part by feeding the insatiable U.S. appetite for consumer of goods, Wall Street economist Stephen Roach ('68 BA, economics) sees an unhealthy codependency that could easily spiral out of control into a new trade war and other doomsday scenarios. Read More

Poverty influences children’s early brain development

December 11, 2013

Poverty may have direct implications for important, early steps in the development of the brain, saddling children of low-income families with slower rates of growth in two key brain structures, according to researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More

Control theorist Barmish challenges need to model financial markets

December 10, 2013

B. Ross Barmish hopes his research will build a bridge between control theorists and financial scholars. Barmish, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at UW–Madison, posits that not only are predictive models of financial markets unreliable, but also that stock traders can do without predictive models, simply by applying control theory to the markets. Read More

Top economists to address issues in the November election

October 17, 2012

Two of the nation's top economic experts, former John McCain adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin and former Obama administration official Jeffrey B. Liebman, will discuss issues in the November election in a lecture hosted by the UW–Madison Department of Economics and the Economics Student Association. Read More

Three property tax payments a year reduce delinquency

June 11, 2012

Property owners are less likely to be late with their tax payments if they make three installment payments a year instead of two, according to a new analysis from the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More

Wall Street economist to speak on campus

October 10, 2011

University of Wisconsin–Madison alumnus Stephen S. Roach, Ph.D, one of Wall Street's most influential economists, will visit campus this week to address the topic of "Pitfalls in a Post-Crisis World: Moment of Truth for Global Rebalancing." Read More

Eleven professors appointed to named professorships

October 6, 2011

Eleven distinguished faculty members have received named professorships, some of the highest honors for established faculty. Read More

New faculty eager to make their mark

September 23, 2011

Some come directly from graduate school; some come from established careers at major universities. All of the new faculty members at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are excited to get to work. Read More

UW–Madison economist publishes book on U.S. financial crisis

September 19, 2011

In the summer of 2007, University of Wisconsin–Madison economist Menzie Chinn was among those who started to think something was amiss with the U.S. economy. Read More

Chinn named to Congressional Budget Office panel

June 28, 2011

International finance expert and University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of public affairs and economics Menzie Chinn has been appointed to a two-year term on the Congressional Budget Office’s Panel of Economic Advisors. Read More

Analysis forecasts cuts in central city spending through 2013

April 21, 2011

Large cities in the United States are likely to reduce their per-capita spending by 7 percent from 2009 to 2013 due to the impact of the recession and the housing crisis, a forecast by a University of Wisconsin–Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs economist and his co-authors suggests. Read More

Endowed lectureship honors influential economist, artist wife

March 24, 2011

Susan Feigenbaum, professor of economics at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, has established a lectureship at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in honor of a mentor and his wife. Read More

UW-Madison economist estimates two-year $3.1 billion deficit for Wisconsin

September 22, 2010

A new analysis suggests Wisconsin faces a budget deficit of at least $3.1 billion in the state's next two-year budget cycle - $400 million more than recently reported numbers. Read More

Poverty institute hosts talks on globalization’s impact on Midwest, economic inequalities

April 29, 2010

The Institute for Research on Poverty will welcome two important figures to the University of Wisconsin–Madison in May to present seminars on economic issues that affect everyone but which hit the poor especially hard. Read More