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Media Mention Nov 15, 2022

Russia’s Road to Economic Ruin

Foreign Affairs; Konstantin Sonin
BFI News Feb 10, 2022

BFI Awards Six New Grants for the Study of Political Economics

The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) is pleased to announce the award of six new grants supporting research by University of Chicago faculty and students on political economics....
BFI News Feb 3, 2020

BFI Awards 16 New Grants In Support of Economics Research

The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) is pleased to announce the award of 16 new grants supporting economics research by University of Chicago faculty and students in a...
Media Mention May 31, 2019

How Do Populists Win?

Project Syndicate; James A. Robinson
Media Mention May 23, 2019

Guns From the United States are Flooding Latin America

The Economist; Oeindrila Dube
BFI News Jun 4, 2018

Spotlight: Working Papers from the 2018 Economics of Media and Communication Conference

The 2018 Economics of Media and Communication Conference brought together scholars across fields to examine critical questions of how the media shapes our lives today. In a new video spotlight, conference presenters...