
Henry Weismann, Econ ’24, jams with student band Andy & the Florists.
Prof. Nathan Grawe interviewed for Star Tribune business column
Nathan Grawe, Lloyd P. Johnson-Norwest Professor of Economics and the Liberal Arts, was interviewed by business columnist Evan Ramstad for a Star Tribune piece titled, “The financial aid crisis has…
Professor Ethan Struby co-authors a paper voted best paper at Macroeconomics conference
Ethan Struby, assistant professor of economics, and Christina Farhart, associate professor of political science, co-authored a paper titled, “Inflation Expectations and Political Polarization: Evidence From the Cooperative Election Study” that…
Economics Alumna Margaret Simms ’67 named a 2024 Distinguished Fellow by the American Economics Association
The Award of Distinguished Fellow was instituted in 1965. Past Presidents of the Association and Walker Medalists shall be Distinguished Fellows. Additional Distinguished Fellows may be elected, but not more…
Punting for Prosperity: Economics Adventures in Cambridge with Jason Lin ‘25
Professor Faress Bhuiyan and students discuss the OCS Bangladesh program in a television interview in Dhaka.
Carleton students Libby Rowland and Cameron Dolbow, a representative from the US state department, and Professor Faress Bhuiyan, were interviewed in a top TV studio (RTV) about the trip, studying…
Economics Professors Yingtong Xie, Victor Almeida and Ethan Struby awarded a Curricular Innovation faculty grant!
This grant will be used to develop a lab-based course that introduces the use of computational methods for the analysis of economic models.
Carleton Econ & Math Alumni John Karl Scholz ’81 named President of the University of Oregon
The Board of Trustees of the University of Oregon recently named John Karl Scholz — a distinguished economist, professor, and current provost at University of Wisconsin-Madison — as the university’s…
Congratulations to Jonathan Lafky for being awarded tenure!
Jonathan joined the Carleton Economics Department in 2016. He earned his BS in mathematics at the University of Oregon and his PhD in economics at the University of Pittsburgh. His…
Department Diversity Efforts Receive National Recognition
The Department of Economics is proud to announce that it has received the American Economic Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Diversity and Inclusion for the year 2022. In its…

“Double take: Abolition and the size of transferred property rights” by Professor Jenny Bourne
Professor of Economics Jenny Bourne recently published an article, “Double take: Abolition and the size of transferred property rights” in the Social Science Quarterly. Summary: Abolition is sometimes portrayed as…
The MEA awards two Carleton Economics students top honors for their Comps research papers!
2022 Carleton Economics graduates Rebecca Chen and Leah Johnson were recently awarded top honors in the “Senior Thesis” category of the Minnesota Economic Association’s undergraduate paper competition! Chen’s research paper,…
Are Women Reaching Parity with Men in STEM? by Professor Prathi Seneviratne
Economics Professor Prathi Seneviratne wrote a memo titled Are Women Reaching Parity with Men in STEM? for EconoFact. It documents how the nearly non-existent gender gap in STEM masks enormous…
3 Econ Seniors presented their Comps research at the Midwest Economic Association Conference in March!
Economics Seniors Leah Johnson, Rebecca Chen and Maya Jensen were selected to present their Comps research in the Undergraduate Research Paper Competition at the Midwest Economic Association conference in March…
Interview with Professor Yingtong Xie
Assistant Professor of Economics Yingtong Xie is one of two newly hired Assistant Professors of Economics this year! She will teach Principles of Macroeconomics, Theory of Investment Finance and Corporation Organization and Finance this academic year.
Interview with Professor Victor Leão Borges de Almeida
Assistant Professor of Economics Victor Leão Borges de Almeida is one of two newly hired Assistant Professors of Economics this year! He will teach Principles of Macroeconomics, Economy of Latin America, and History and Theory of Financial Crises this academic year.
Interview with Visiting Professor Denise Hare
By Student Department Advisor Delina Haileab Professor Denise Hare is the SIT Investment Visiting Professor of Asian Policy in the Economics Department at Carleton College for fall term 2021. Denise…
Economics Professor Faress Bhuiyan and students establish non-profit Nourish Bangladesh
After Cyclone Amphan ravaged Bangladesh in May, killing 26 people and causing millions to evacuate, Carleton economics professor Muhammad Faress Bhuiyan felt compelled to send the people of his homeland…
STEM Recognition for Economics Major
This change has been made in order to more accurately reflect the mathematical nature of the field of economics, which goes to the heart of the economic approach and is reflected in courses across the department at all levels.
Fabio da Silva Soares ’19
Research Professional at the Stigler Center
University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Carleton Economics Alumna Kimberly Clausing ’91 Joins Treasury Department
Economics Alumna Kimberly Clausing,’91 Joins Treasury Department as a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis, Office of Tax Policy The U.S. Department of Treasury recently announced the appointment of several…
Interview with Professor Michael Hemesath
Professor Michael Hemesath returns to Carleton’s Economics Department this year, teaching Principles of Macroeconomics as well as International Finance.
Interview with Visiting Professor Eduard Storm
Professor Eduard Storm joins the Carleton Economics Department faculty as a visiting professor this academic year.
Meet the WE+ Leadership Team
Meet the 2020-21 leadership team for WE+ (Women and Non-Binary Identifying Persons in Economics.)
Professor Prathi Seneviratne awarded tenure
Carleton awards tenure to economic professor Prathi Seneviratne.
2020 Honors in Economics
Adam Bigelow ’20 and Siang Wongrattanapiboon ’20 received this year’s Ada Harrison Prize in Economics, and Sharan Ganjam Seshachallam ‘20 received the Robert Will Economics Prize.
2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded jointly to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer.
Kanazawa awarded visiting scholar position
Professor Mark Kanazawa has been awarded a visiting scholar position at the Ostrom Workshop at Indiana University Bloomington.
Welcome Visiting Assistant Professor Lhakpa Sherpa
This fall term the economics department welcomes visiting assistant professor in economics Lhakpa Sherpa.
Follow the Economics and European Studies in Cambridge Program
Check out the Instagram feed of the Summer 2018 Economics and European Studies Program in Cambridge as the group travels to Brussels, Lille, London, Manchester, and of course, Cambridge!
Carleton Students Sweep MEA Paper Contest
Three econ seniors swept the MEA undergraduate paper contest, winning top honors for Senior Thesis, Term Paper, and Economic Communication.
Alleviating World Suffering: The Challenge of Negative Quality of Life
Assistant professor of economics Faress Bhuiyan publishes book chapter that investigates the sources of two types of self-reported mental suffering in rural Bangladesh: feeling worried and feeling depressed.