Readers & Thinkers: The 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics: Your eyes can deceive you…

Dear All: Well, who won? The Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences for 2023 was announced today, October 9, 2023. It went to Claudia Goldin.   Goldin is 77 years old and was born in New York City, NY.  She obtained her B.A. in economics from Cornell University and her Master’s and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago.  Her Nobel-winning work was done mainly while a professor at...
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Readers & Thinkers: The 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics. Prediction

Dear All: This week begins the annual announcement of Nobel Prizes in a variety of fields.  The economics Nobel prize will be announced on October 9, 2022 (Columbus Day). Last Year’s Winners Last year, the prize was given to  Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, and Philip Dybvig “for research on banks and financial crises”. Who will win in 2023? As I’ve said before, it’s just too hard to predict...
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Chincarini speaks about the Debt Ceiling Deal Between Biden and McCarthy – Part 2 (Live)

May 29, 2023. Chincarini is interviewed on KTVU Fox 2 by Julie Haener and Heather Holmes about the potential debt ceiling deal between the Biden administration and Congress. 
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Chincarini speaks about the Debt Ceiling Deal Between Biden and McCarthy – Part 1

May 28, 2023. Chincarini is interviewed by Christien Kafton on KTVU Fox 2 about the potential debt ceiling deal between the Biden administration and Congress.
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The Big Short. Stories about banking at First Republic […]

April 28, 2016.  On this date, a member of the executive team of First Republic spoke to the students of the University of San Francisco about banking.  Unfortunately, we were asked by the bank to remove this video after the collapse of First Republic bank and the takeover by J.P. Morgan.  I hope to bring future guest speakers to help illuminate the problems in banking, bank runs, and with...
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