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Join Heller-Hurwicz in Washington, D.C. for a panel discussion on building more secure retirement systems on June 3, 2019.

On February 6, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse quoted alumnus Bob Litterman's ('80) recent op-ed published by the New York Times.

Big retailers, such as Minnesota-based Target Corp. and Best Buy, would be “hurt badly” by expanding the president’s tariff and trade deal powers, University of Minnesota trade specialist Tim Kehoe predicted. Both companies rely heavily on foreign supply chains, and uncertainty about costs will “kill their planning process.”

The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is the most important research award in Germany.

The Fed has been in control of inflation for years, which is a “remarkable accomplishment,” Christopher Phelan told an editorial writer. In fact, after the stultifying stagflation of the 1970s, “they’ve been doing extremely well” with low and relatively unvarying annual inflation rates, said Phelan.

The Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute held an academic conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota to advance the understanding of Practical Issues in Public Pension Design on January 22, 2019.

The University of Minnesota was proud to present Professor Anne Krueger, former chief economist at the World Bank, with an honorary degree for her invaluable contribution to economics. Her mentorship has inspired many students.

Graduate student Vegard Nygaard wants to figure out why there can be such large differences in life expectancy among people and to help policymakers understand ways they can reduce these differences.