Our Politics are Realigning Around Data Centers
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Former UChicago Economics Chair Harald Uhlig Discusses Fed Governor Lisa Cook, Chicago Economics, and Tariffs
Chicago Thinker staff member Shubh Gupta recently sat down with Harald Uhlig, Professor and former head of the Department of ...
“Can We Afford the American Dream?”: Inaugural American Identity Summit Discusses Economic Mobility, Innovation, and Monetary and Fiscal Policy
On May 10, the Chicago Thinker hosted its inaugural American Identity Summit in Rubenstein Forum on the UChicago campus, where ...
Watch the American Identity Summit Livestream: Experience the Debate Shaping America’s Future
The Chicago Thinker invites you to tune in live to the American Identity Summit on May 10th, 2025, from 9am-6pm, ...
Thinker Attends Trump’s Inauguration: What Trump’s Second Term Means for University of Chicago Students and Gen-Z
On a brisk January day in Washington, D.C., Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the ...
Allen Sanderson, Longtime UChicago Economics Professor and Beloved Mentor, Dies at 81
Allen Sanderson, a senior instructional professor in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago, passed ...
“Cato University on Campus” Comes to Chicago
On November 8th and 9th at the University of Chicago’s downtown Gleacher Center, the Cato Institute, the American libertarian think ...
The Socialism of Economics
Sir, The political crisis of neoliberalism has naturally taken the form of a crisis of the legitimacy of neoliberal economics.
UChicago’s Graduate Student Unionization: A Blessing and a Curse?
The fact that such an overwhelming amount (92%) of graduate students voted for it could mean one of two things: ...
UChicago Wins 33rd Econ. Nobel: Exclusive Commentary on This Year’s Winners
What roles do banks play in the economy? The research of the 2022 Nobel laureates in Economics analyzes the Great ...
