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Columbia Professor Eric Verhoogen Delivers Wilcox Lecture

Columbia University economist Eric Verhoogen delivered this year's Clair Wilcox lecture.

November 20, 2025

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Professors Demystify Trump Economic Policy with Panel

Swarthmore economics professors host panel on the Trump administration's economic policy

November 13, 2025

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Associate Professor of Economics Marc Remer on the Biden Antitrust Legacy

This past Sunday, Lina Khan, the Biden-appointed chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), was featured on “60 Minutes.” On the show, she discussed her approach to leading the FTC, which enforces antitrust law and consumer protection. Her approach, along with that

September 26, 2024

Highlights·News

The Rising Tide of Inflation Arrives at Swarthmore

Upon returning to campus for the Fall 2022 semester, many Swatties were shocked by price increases at dining facilities such as the Science Center Cafe, Kohlberg Coffee Bar, and Essie Mae’s. Most items increased in price due to several economic factors, including

September 29, 2022

Campus Journal

This Swattie Does Not Exist: Meet Randall Zhou ’23!

When Randall Zhou ’23 came to Swarthmore, he was sure that he wanted to devote his time to developing his understanding of American literature and mastering the English language. Nearly two years later, Zhou finds that the freshman who matriculated four semesters

April 14, 2022

Highlights·Opinion

Wait, Seriously? Pink Tax?

The pink tax: it’s probably affecting you right now without you even realising it. Even in the 21st century, women are at a fairly large economic disadvantage compared to men. Not only are women paid less across fields ranging from the theatre

September 30, 2021

Opinion

Operation Warp Speed and the Future of Advanced Market Commitments

Operation Warp Speed helped spur one of the greatest public health achievements in decades: the manufacture, testing, and authorization of several safe and effective life-saving COVID-19 vaccines in less than a year. At the heart of Operation Warp Speed was a simple

September 9, 2021

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Dr. Loretta Mester Highlights Racial Disparities in Economics in Department Guest Lecture

Dr. Loretta Mester’s views, as represented in this article and her lecture, are her own and not reflective of her affiliated institutions. Dr. Loretta Mester, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and professor of finance at the University of Pennsylvania,

April 24, 2021

Campus Journal

Business Today: iClicker market thrown into turmoil by COVID-19

Students who have taken large intro-level S.T.E.M. courses such as CS 31, Engineering 006, and Intro to Astronomy are well familiar with the “iClicker,” a device used to instantly answer multiple choice questions during class. It is a simple gizmo that uses

April 23, 2021

Highlights·Op-Ed·Opinion

The Invisible Hand Doesn’t Work: Underrepresentation in Economics is a Market Failure

Nationwide, the field of economics, being overwhelmingly comprised of middle class, caucasian men to the extreme exclusion of other class, racial, and gender groups, has a diversity problem. This lends to overwhelmingly homogenous perspectives in economics, which really impedes the field from

March 5, 2020

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Columbia Professor Eric Verhoogen Delivers Wilcox Lecture

Professors Demystify Trump Economic Policy with Panel

Associate Professor of Economics Marc Remer on the Biden Antitrust Legacy

The Rising Tide of Inflation Arrives at Swarthmore

This Swattie Does Not Exist: Meet Randall Zhou ’23!

Wait, Seriously? Pink Tax?

Operation Warp Speed and the Future of Advanced Market Commitments

Dr. Loretta Mester Highlights Racial Disparities in Economics in Department Guest Lecture

Business Today: iClicker market thrown into turmoil by COVID-19

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