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The index, which I co-authored with George Mason University economist Vincent Geloso, seeks to offer a fuller view of gaps in global development, taking into account more aspects of human well-being than any prior index of inequality.

When: April 10 & 11, 2026 | Where: FUSE Building

The Spring 2026 ICES Brown Bag Lectures schedule is now posted.

The Spring 2026 ICES Seminar in Experimental Economics and Game Theory schedule is now posted.

Prediction markets and betting platforms aggregate collective knowledge, being often more accurate than traditional polls or expert forecasts.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is proud to honor Eileen Kiely, MA Economics '96, with the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award in economics. Kiely is managing director at BlackRock, where she leads the firm’s counterparty, trading, and securities lending risk function.

Why do Americans pay so much at the pharmacy counter? One often overlooked factor is that established pharmaceutical companies have been working with big government to short-circuit the free market and make it impossible for generic medicines to compete.