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Department of Economics
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April 22, 2020
College of Liberal Arts honors students for writing excellence
RIT’s College of Liberal Arts honored student achievement in writing with more than a dozen writing awards for essays varying from wasteful energy, maternal mortality, eyewitness testimony policies and seeking worth in a liberal arts degree. Each department within the college selected student awardees whose work embodies the ideals and standards of excellence, creative endeavor and scholarship.
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April 8, 2020
COLA Dean James Winebrake accepts UNCW provost post
Dean James Winebrake will be leaving RIT’s College of Liberal Arts to become provost and vice chancellor of Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Winebrake, who came to RIT in 2002 as chair of the Department of Public Policy and became dean in 2011, will leave RIT effective June 30.
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April 2, 2020
What Coronavirus Teaches U.S. About Putting All Its Eggs in One Basket
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Globe Post.
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February 20, 2020
Why is the concentration of economic power bad for America?
The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen interviews Arthur J Gosnell Professor in Economics Amitrajeet Batabyal about the importance of antitrust enforcement.
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February 12, 2020
How the T-Mobile-Sprint merger will increase inequality
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Conversation.
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December 15, 2019
Students address challenges in RIT Grand Challenges Scholars Program
Ridding waterways of microplastics, delivering water to remote villages experiencing drought, and better ways to remove salt from water were just a few of the clean-water research projects recently presented by undergraduate students as part of RIT’s Grand Challenge Scholars program.
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October 17, 2019
Patriotism. Isolation. Nationalism. Do they make economic sense?
The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Overnights podcast features Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics.
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October 17, 2019
China’s worldwide investment project is a push for more economic and political power
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Conversation.
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September 25, 2019
Connections: Debating the impact of tariffs on the economy
WXXI’s “Connections” program features Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics.
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September 20, 2019
Tariffs and Trade: ‘Governments don’t pay enough attention to the losers’
The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Overnights podcast features Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics.
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August 22, 2019
Should Higher Education in the United States Be Free?
Guest essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The College Post.
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July 24, 2019
Fortune Explains: Tariffs and Trade Wars
Fortune Magazine features Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, discussing tariffs and trade with China.