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In the World Economic Forum, Eskil Ullberg, adjunct professor of economics, writes an op-ed with Edmund Phelps, Nobel laureate in economics 2006. They discuss how a rules-based global trade system for patents could improve productivity growth for developed and developing countries alike.

Recent metrics rank the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization as the number one most influential journal in Game Theory and Decision Science. Professor Dan Houser serves as the journal’s co-editor-in-chief.

In Newsweek, Professor Bryan Caplan discusses student debt and addresses a potential solution to reform student loan programs.

In 1993, Dr. Walter Williams, John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics and 1986 Nobel Economist Dr. James Buchanan discussed the legitimate role of government in society in this Idea Channel Discussion episode.

Professor Dan Klein’s paper on Jordan Peterson and postmodernism makes SSRN weekly top five.

In The Week, Damon Linker explains how the foundation of democracy in America is based on classical liberal ideas, the complications that can arise, and what modern liberalism looks like today.

A Politico Magazine article discusses the origins and comeback of the classical liberal. Mentioned in the article, Professor Dan Klein gives insight into the "libertarian moment" and how this impacted the movement of classical liberalism.

At its degree celebrations, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences sends off its doctors, masters, and bachelors with an enthusiastic salute.

David Lucas, economics PhD graduate, was named a 2017 grant recipient by the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy. Additionally, Lucas received the Eli Ginzberg Award for the most outstanding project in health and welfare.

Timothy Taylor, managing editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, comments on Peter Boettke's Presidential Address given to the Southern Economic Association. Taylor discusses Boettke's speech in the context of answering the question: does government empower or stifle?