The Quiet Revolution
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Claudia Goldin for her research on the changing role of women in the workplace. As Noah Smith highlights in his blog, Goldin’s work provides a “coherent narrative” that explains the historical trends in women’s labor market outcomes by exploiting novel datasets and synthesizing seemingly disparate facts […]
The Epidemic of Disillusionment: And How You Can Overcome It
What is the Epidemic of Disillusionment? A lot of economics students, early on in their undergraduate studies, become disillusioned with the subject. Talking to my peers and reflecting on my personal experiences, I believe a driving reason for this “epidemic” is the pedagogical methods used in lower-level (and many times upper-level, too) undergraduate economics courses. […]