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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Gates: Add government, economics to Weinberg distribution requirements

Gates: Add government, economics to Weinberg distribution requirements

October 29, 2014

For most of our lives, late October has probably meant Halloween. Maybe it has also meant the onset of cold weather. But for the first, or one of the first times in our lives, it also means election season....

Cui: Why I try to be an economist

Cui: Why I try to be an economist

May 27, 2014

I arrived at Northwestern wanting to go to graduate school in economics. It is helpful to unpack how weird a desire that is. Economics may be the most popular major at NU, but to our aspiring consultants...

New York University economics Prof. William Easterly gives a talk at Harris Hall on Thursday night. The lecture, part of the One Book One Northwestern program, discussed the problems with the organization of economic development around the world.

Economist, author talks international development, aid policies

May 22, 2014

An economist and author spoke Wednesday on human rights and foreign aid in a talk titled, “The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor,” based on his book of...

Cui: Weinberg distros need revisions

Cui: Weinberg distros need revisions

April 22, 2014

Before the University of Wisconsin-Madison snatched her away, Weinberg College Dean Sarah Mangelsdorf waxed poetic about how her school offered “the best of both academic worlds: a nurturing liberal...

Freshman enrolls at Northwestern at 15

January 16, 2014

Weinberg freshman Alex Gordon was just 15 years old when he started his first course at Northwestern during Summer Session 2013. Gordon, now 16, skipped grades throughout elementary and middle school,...

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