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by Anne Krueger
Remembering the legacy of Jim Simler : 1921-2008

By Douglas Clement

While creating mechanism design theory, the late Leo Hurwicz was also transforming the economics department

By Douglas Clement

With new offices and faculty members, the Department of Economics is preparing for the future

By Douglas Clement

Leonid Hurwicz knows how to achieve desired objectives in economics and in life

By Douglas Clement

Since its inception, the University's Economics Department has been home to experts and ideas that have garnered international recognition.

By Douglas Clement

Professor Timothy Kehoe weighs in on economic theory and practice.

Ed Prescott, now at Arizona State but a professor in Minnesota's Department of Economics from 1980 to 2003, was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in economics together with Finn E. Kydland, Ed's student at Carnegie Mellon in the 1970s. The prize was awarded "for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles."

By Douglas Clement

Looser fiscal limits in Europe could create a severe trial for its central bank, according to V.V. Chari and Pat Kehoe.

By Douglas Clement

The Minneapolis Fed and the
University of Minnesota: A partnership
This is precisely how government, business, and education ought to work together.