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Associate Professor Toxvaerd interviewed on cost of living crisis

Associate Professor Toxvaerd interviewed on cost of living crisis 

An analysis of the UK cost of living crisis discussed by Associate Professor Flavio Toxvaerd from the Faculty of Economics on Radio Ciudad. Read More>>

Published on - Thursday 25th May 2023

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Cost of Living

Supply Chains

UK

Brexit


St Catharine’s College highlights Catz Economics Fellows

St Catharine’s College highlights Catz Economics Fellows 

An article on Catz Economics Fellows has been published today as part of the College’s 550th anniversary celebrations. Read More>>

Published on - Tuesday 23rd May 2023

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Poverty

Inequality

Diversity

Economic Inequality


Economics Faculty launch MPhil in Economics and Data Science

Economics Faculty launch MPhil in Economics and Data Science 

The Faculty of Economics is to launch a new MPhil in Economics and Data Science from Autumn 2024. The new interdisciplinary MPhil course is intended to expand the knowledge of economists to the tools of data science.

Published on - Monday 15th May 2023

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Data

Analysis

Business

Policy


Charles Read new book calming the storms

Charles Read new book calming the storms 

The latest book from Dr Charles Read, an Affiliated Lecturer in our Faculty of Economics is ‘Calming the Storms: the Carry Trade, the Banking School and British Financial Crises since 1825’. Read More>>

Published on - Wednesday 10th May 2023

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Banking

Financial Crises

Finance

UK Economy


Dominant male faces get more information

Dominant male faces get more information 

Research by Lin Peng, a Visiting Professor and Director of Research in Faculty of Economics has been featured in the Wall Street Journal. Read More>>

Published on - Tuesday 9th May 2023

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Facial Recognition

Stock Market

Forecasts

Gender


Professor Goyal launches ‘Networks: An Economics Approach’

Professor Goyal launches ‘Networks: An Economics Approach’ 

Professor Sanjeev Goyal from the Faculty of Economics provides an accessible and comprehensive overview of the economic theory and the realities of networks in his new book: 'Networks: An Economics Approach', published by MIT Press.

Published on - Sunday 30th April 2023

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Economic Networks

Interconnections

Networks

Social Networks


The business of economics

The business of economics 

Professor Sriya Iyer from the Faculty of Economics, and Professor Chander Velu from the Department of Engineering have a letter published in The Economist magazine this week arguing that Economics is continuing to be a foundational discipline, but it has the potential to become as practical as engineering. Read More>>

Published on - Monday 24th April 2023

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Economics

Discipline

Toolbox

Business


Monetary policy also has short-run effects

Monetary policy also has short-run effects 

Professor Vasco Carvalho is a co-author of a paper published in VoxEU, which examines the short-term effects of changes to monetary tightening, and finds it does have notable impacts in the short term.

Published on - Friday 21st April 2023

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Consumer Spending

Interest Rates

Monetary Policy

Shocks


Alexander Skarsgard, Partha Dasgupta and the Answer to Everything

Alexander Skarsgard, Partha Dasgupta and the Answer to Everything 

In 2021, Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta prepared a 610-page report for the British government about the financial value of nature. Read More>>

Published on - Monday 3rd April 2023

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Biodiversity

Climate Change

Environment

UK Government


Academic analysis of Silicon Valley Bank

Academic analysis of Silicon Valley Bank 

Charles Read, an affiliated lecturer for the Faculty, has an opinion piece in the Conversation regarding the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. He looks at how interest rates helped trigger its collapse and what central bankers should do next. Read More>>

Published on - Wednesday 15th March 2023

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Silicon Valley

Banks

Finance

Interest Rates


Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta Interview

Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta Interview 

The Faculty's Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta has received an elevated knighthood in the New Year Honours list, led an independent, global review on the Economics of Biodiversity and next month a conference will be held to honour his research.

Published on - Monday 13th March 2023

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Biodiversity

Climate Change

Environment

Awards


Why understanding the economy is important for everyone

Why understanding the economy is important for everyone 

Faculty’s Victoria Bateman and Diane Coyle, the Bennett Professor of Public Policy have taken part in the BBC Radio 4 economics series “Understand: the economy”, which looks to explain basic issues within the economy to a much wider audience.

Published on - Monday 13th March 2023

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Real-World Economics

Economic History

Financial Systems

Policy


Workers’ responses to the threat of automation

Workers’ responses to the threat of automation 

Christopher Rauh's article into the threat automation poses to many workers has been published in VoxEU. Read More>>

Published on - Thursday 9th March 2023

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Automation

Jobs

Unions

Workers


Ivano Cardinale awarded Feltrinelli Giovani Prize

Ivano Cardinale awarded Feltrinelli Giovani Prize 

An affiliated member of the Faculty of Economics has received the Feltrinelli Giovani Prize 2022 for pioneering research into structural political economy.

Published on - Thursday 9th March 2023

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Political Economy

Awards

Prize

Social Science


No Light, No Sleep and Secret Passwords

No Light, No Sleep and Secret Passwords 

The Faculty's Assistant Professor of Economics Alexander Rodnyansky is an economic adviser to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky. He has been interviewed by the Times, about life in Zelensky's Ukraine war bunker.

Published on - Monday 20th February 2023

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Ukraine

Conflict

Workers


Tight jobs market? AI meets worker shortage

Tight jobs market? AI meets worker shortage 

Christopher Rauh’s discussion paper published by the Centre for Economic Policy Research has been mentioned in an article by Reuters on the tough jobs market.

Published on - Friday 17th February 2023

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AI

Automation

Jobs

Workers


Remembering Professor Luigi Pasinetti

Remembering Professor Luigi Pasinetti 

It is with great regret the Faculty of Economics announces that one of our former students and academics, Professor Luigi Pasinetti, He has passed away aged 92.

Published on - Thursday 9th February 2023


Analysis of Britain’s financial stability in the Truss Era

Analysis of Britain’s financial stability in the Truss Era 

Charles Read has been quoted in an article about Liz Truss’ mini budget, saying he warned about the dangers of a policy that would quickly raise interest rates. Read More>>

Published on - Monday 6th February 2023

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Finance

Interest Rates

Policy

UK Economy


Meredith Crowley on Brexit

Meredith Crowley on Brexit 

Professor Meredith Crowley was interviewed on the BBC 2 TV programme Newsnight with her analysis of the state of the UK economy three years on from Brexit.

Published on - Wednesday 1st February 2023

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Brexit

Post-Brexit

Trade

UK Economy

Brexit Project Page >>


Why health-care services are in chaos everywhere

Why health-care services are in chaos everywhere 

Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics Christopher Rauh's research has been featured in the Economist Magazine.

Published on - Wednesday 18th January 2023

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COVID-19

Excess Mortality

Pandemic

Public Health


National accounts in a world of naturally occurring data

National accounts in a world of naturally occurring data 

Prof. Vasco Carvalho has been featured in the magazine for the Stone Centre which advances research and teaching to provide a clear understanding of the causes of wealth inequality, and its economic and political consequences.

Published on - Tuesday 17th January 2023

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Algorithms

Data

Inequality

National Accounts


Sir Partha Dasgupta honoured with elevated knighthood

Sir Partha Dasgupta honoured with elevated knighthood 

Sir Partha, the Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics, is made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire for services to economics and the natural environment

Published on - Wednesday 4th January 2023

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Awards

Biodiversity

Environment

Climate Change


Four year grant for Debopam Bhattacharya

Four year grant for Debopam Bhattacharya 

A University of Cambridge academic at the Faculty of Economics has been awarded a four year grant to research Econometric Demand and Welfare Analysis

Published on - Monday 19th December 2022

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Econometrics

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Consumers

Behaviour


Sir Partha Dasgupta honoured as Champion of the Earth

Sir Partha Dasgupta honoured as Champion of the Earth 

A University of Cambridge academic at the Faculty of Economics has been honoured at the UN Environment Programme as one of four 2022 Champions of the Earth, the first economist to have been awarded this honour.

Published on - Monday 12th December 2022

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Awards

Biodiversity

Environmental Economics

Climate Change


Keynes Fund Celebrates 10 years

Keynes Fund Celebrates 10 years 

A decade of the Keynes Fund was celebrated with their nineth annual Research Day. Which featured a diverse collection of research papers presented, from funded projects.

Published on - Tuesday 6th December 2022

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Bubbles

Gender

Trade

Economic Growth


Gillette Hall PhD Funding

Gillette Hall PhD Funding 

Gillette Hall describes how after struggling financially, Bill Janeway's philanthropic donation funded and transformed her PhD.

Published on - Tuesday 6th December 2022

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Development

International Finance

Funding

World Bank


Charlie Nunn Interview

Charlie Nunn Interview 

Chief Executive of Lloyds Banking Group, Charlie Nunn recently visited Cambridge, and spoke to the Faculty’s Julian Lorkin in front of an audience of Economics students and members of the Faculty for the first in our series of careers and economics talks: Cambridge Connections.

Published on - Tuesday 6th December 2022

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Banking

Finance

Financial Services

Career


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