Professor Goldin's new book, Career and Family: Women's Century-Long Journey Toward Equity, looks at the diverse experiences of college-educated women from the 1900s to today, paying close attention to the conflict between the duties and obligations to family and the duties and obligations of a career.

Listen to her discuss the ideas in her book here.

Professor Maskin Receives Beijing Great Wall Friendship Award from the government of Beijing. 

In order to appreciate and commend foreigners for their outstanding contribution to Beijing's economic and social development and their dedication at work, the People's Government of Beijing Municipality established the Great Wall Friendship Award in 1999, which is the highest honor granted by Beijing to foreign nationals in the city. So far 191 foreigners from 30 countries have won the award.

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Professor Jason Furman discusses the contradictory mix of economic extremes with Ezra Klein on the Ezra Klein Show. Listen to the podcast or read the transcript here!

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Feb. 1, 2022, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Alberto Francesco Alesina was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.

Read the tribute here.