An Illinois amendment that may enshrine collective bargaining rights in the state constitution on Tuesday is still too close to call.  The legislation, dubbed the ‘Workers Rights Amendment’ among...

The former chair of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers spoke Monday at the Donald P. Jacobs Center about the aftermath of economic crises and about possible solutions to prevent future...

As a rule, working papers do not receive much media attention. But a study by Institute of Policy Research Director David Figlio, University President Morton Schapiro and Kevin Soter (Weinberg '12),...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division last week named Northwestern economics Prof. Aviv Nevo the new deputy assistant general for economic analysis. Nevo will assist with the department's...