Tag Archives: Economics Department

Inequality in the U.S.

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Bookworm

With his new book, The Six Facts that Matter: Understanding Inequality in the United States (2022), author Geoffrey Sanzenbacher says readers will be thinking like economists by the last page. Sanzenbacher, an associate professor of the practice in BC’s Economics … Continue reading →

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Harold Petersen

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Bookworm

Harold Petersen, a retired associate professor of economics, taught at Boston College from 1960 to 2016. He has published a personal reflection of his journey through BC and also the journey of BC as seen through his eyes. 56 Years: Two … Continue reading →

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Modern Macroeconomics

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Bookworm

Assistant Professor of Economics Sanjay Chugh has published an innovative textbook on the subject of macroeconomics. Modern Macroeconomics (MIT Press, 2015) presents macroeconomics through its microeconomic foundations, adopting the representative agent paradigm. By modeling the representative consumer and the representative firm, students will learn … Continue reading →

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