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BFI News·Jul 28, 2025

Protected: The Becker Friedman Institute Welcomes Three New Saieh Family Fellows to The University of Chicago

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BFI News·Jul 23, 2025

Anthropic Partners with the University of Chicago’s Becker Friedman Institute for Economics to Advance Economic Research on AI Impact

Anthropic is collaborating with the University of Chicago’s Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) to study AI’s impact on labor markets and the economy. Through this research-focused partnership, for the 2025-2026 Academic Year Anthropic will provide: Claude for Enterprise Pro...
Media Mention·Jul 17, 2025

Don’t Just Blame Schools for Students’ Falling Test Scores

US News & World Report; Ariel Kalil
Media Mention·Jul 16, 2025

Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ caps student loans. Here’s what it means for borrowers

CNBC; Lesley Turner
Media Mention·Jul 16, 2025

Fed Chair Contender Is Now in Favor of Cutting Rates, Just as Trump Wants

Bloomberg; Randall Kroszner
Media Mention·Jul 16, 2025

Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett is rising in race for next Fed chief

The Washington Post; Tomas Philipson
Media Mention·Jul 16, 2025

How health care remade the US economy

Miami Herald; Joshua Gottlieb
Media Mention·Jul 16, 2025

How a luggage manufacturer in Colorado has survived Trump’s trade war. So far.

The Economic Times; Chad Syverson
Media Mention·Jul 16, 2025

Commentary: Cheap drugs from Canada can’t make America healthy

Orlando Sentinel; Tomas Philipson
Media Mention·Jul 16, 2025

Opinion: The best way to cut gun violence, and it’s almost free

Crain’s Chicago Business; Jens Ludwig