Harvard economist Claudia Goldin helped WNBA players win a nearly 400% raise. Starting this season, players’ average salary will top $580,000.

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2011 was awarded jointly to Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims "for their empirical research on cause and effect in th...

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested for his involvement in a protest at a church, his lawyer and a Justice Department official familiar with the situation said on Friday.

On April 30–May 1, 2026, the Becker Friedman Institute Health Economics Initiative’s conference will bring together faculty, research professionals, and students to present the latest research on all topics in health economics. Joining the 2026 Health Economics Initiative Conference as the keynote speaker will be Ambitabh Chandra, Ethel Zimmerman Wiener Professor of Public Policy and Director of Health Read more...

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges that Pres...

Donna Hughes-Brown, a green card holder, was detained at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago for five days.

Viewing philanthropy as an engine of innovation, we rigorously research problems and answers in criminal justice, health, education and public finance.

This study estimates whether the Families First Coronavirus Response Act decreased insurance churn.

After receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis, the former columnist hatched a plan to turn kids into lifelong savers.

Learn more about the papers chosen as the 2025 AEJ Best Papers.

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Land isn’t unemployed—people are. Here’s how to use R, {ggplot2}, {sf}, and {patchwork} to create a histogram legend in a choropleth map to better see the distribution of values.

On May 1-2, 2025, the Becker Friedman Institute Health Economics Initiative's annual conference will bring together faculty, research professionals, and students to present the latest research on all ...

Tyranny doesn’t happen overnight. Take it from the people who missed the first signs.

On May 1-2, 2025, the Becker Friedman Institute Health Economics Initiative’s annual conference will bring together faculty, research professionals, and students to present the latest research on all ...