Lately, Jesús Fernández-Villaverde has been looking in detail at the accelerating pace of global demographic changes. He wrote three essays, originally published in Spanish the El Confidencial newspaper, that have been adapted for a English-speaking audience.. The Demographic Future of Humanity: The Trends (Part I) [link] The Demographic Future of Humanity: Economic Challenges (Part II)…
Our own Ted Tsukahara was named “Professor of the Year” at Saint Mary’s College of California. The University’s article on his award highlights his unique qualities and his dedication to service but also his great sense of humor. Ted is also an Affiliated Member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Read the award article here.…
I hope you are all staying well. I wanted to give you all a New Year’s update about the society. We had an active year in 2021. A few updates: In January, we announced the formation of six committees to get more input and organizational structure to the society. We have tremendous leadership for the…
CREDO was proud to hold its inaugural ASSA session on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. The panel discussion on “Finance and the Social Good” was organized by Galina Hale (UCSC) and Valerie Ramey (UCSD) and moderated by Martijn Cremers (Notre Dame). The talks by the panelists and discussant illustrated the variety of ways that economics and…
This Friday, January 14, at 15:00 GMT (7:00 AM Pacific/9 AM Central/10 AM Eastern), there is a new session of CREDO’s flagship seminar series. Details below: “Ubi Caritas? Some Economics and Ethics of a Universal Basic Income” Presented by: Catherine Pakaluk (Catholic University of America)Clara Paino (Samford University) Respondents:Craig Gunderson (Baylor University)Christina McRorie (Creighton University) The paper can…
CREDO is graduating to the big leagues! It is now an official member of ASSA (American Social Sciences Association). This allows us to have official sessions at the annual meetings, and we will be organizing our inaugural session at the January 2022 ASSA meetings. Please join us if you can.This session will be a panel…