Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

Every decision we make is economics, because economics evaluates tradeoffs. Whether we’re buying a home or defining a migration corridor, economics offers tools to make choices that create value.

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Joel Mokyr GRD ’72 ’74, a Northwestern University professor who once declined an offer to teach at Yale, won the prize on ...

Learn how to connect research to real-world trends. Our M.S. in Applied Economics program prepares you to evaluate policies and programs, develop forecasts, better understand consumer behavior, and ...

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Alan Spearot, associate professor of economics, heads the UC Santa Cruz side of the program. UC Santa Cruz and UC Hastings College of the Law will offer a concurrent degree program that gives ...

What first drew you to the field of economics? Saara Haikonen: “I completed my bachelor’s degree in Sweden and aimed to pursue my studies in political science, but I then grew more interested in ...