Economics News
Congratulations 2021 Award Winners!
Read more about these students as well as other award recipients.  Congratulations to all!
Owen Fleming
Owen Fleming, Honors Scholar
Roberta Walker
Roberta Walker, Student Leadership 
Victoria Johnson
Victoria Johnson, Economist Athlete
Jared Lee
Jared Lee, Economist Athlete
Faculty News
Professor Antonios Koumpias published two first-authored articles: "Trust in Government Institutions and Tax Morale" at FinanzArchiv, and "Housing Bubbles and Land Planning Corruption: Evidence from Spain’s Largest Municipalities," accepted at Applied Economic Analysis. He is currently reviewing The Power of Creative Destruction; Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations (Harvard University Press) by Philippe Aghion Céline Antonin Simon Bunel for the The Independent Review (TIR). The book touches upon new and old themes in Economics such as inequality, globalization, technological revolution, and climate change among others.
Read more about our faculty members' research projects, outreach activities, publications and presentations in this section. 
The Big Inflation Debate of 2021… as seen by Prof. Ilir Miteza
In the spring of this year, former Treasury Secretary, and prominent academic economist Larry Summers, sparked a fierce debate when he called inflation the “primary risk to the US Economy”:

“Inflationary pressures are mounting from the boost in demand created by the $2 trillion-plus in savings that Americans have accumulated during the pandemic; from large-scale Federal Reserve debt purchases, along with Fed forecasts of essentially zero interest rates into 2024; from roughly $3 trillion in fiscal stimulus passed by Congress; and from soaring stock and real estate prices.” (The Washington Post · May 24, 2021)  [more]
Economics Internships (ECON398)
If you’re a junior or senior interested in an economics internship read the full description of our program and get an application on the Economics website.  The earlier you apply the more time we have to find an internship site that best matches your interests. We recommend you apply two months before the start of the term in which you wish to do an economics internship.
Fall 2020 Interns:
  • Nathaniel Micklatcher, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
  • Samantha Marulli, Doing Development Differently in Detroit
Pat Smith retirement
After serving at UM-Dearborn for more than 30 years, Professor Patricia Smith has retired. Help honor her work with a gift to the UM-Dearborn Economics Scholarship Fund. Your gift ensures that future students will have the opportunity to learn the skills of economic reasoning and quantitative analysis for years to come.
graduates
To Our Fall 2020 and Winter and Summer 2021 Graduates!
Best wishes for continued success to our 21 new Econ alums!
Econ alumni updates
Just who is a typical Economics graduate? The simple answer is that there is no such person. Our alumni have a diverse range of skills, talents, experiences and goals.
Meet Matthew Wrase
Matthew graduated from the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 2009 with degrees in Economics and Political Science. Starting as a co-op employee in his junior year at UM-Dearborn, he worked for the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research from 2007-2014.
Matthew has completed a graduate degree in Business Analytics at UM-Dearborn and now works for Ford Motor Company as a Corporate Strategy analyst. His current position is data strategy manager at Ford's Global Data, Insight & Analytics business unit. 

We wish Matthew every success and hope to host him on campus for one of our Careers in Economics talks!
Reading Recommendations
UM-Dearborn Economics faculty recommend books and articles for analysis.
student resources
Your economics instructors are all happy to talk with you about strategies for succeeding in the Economics Program, preparing for careers, and/or preparing for graduate work.  We view your success as our success.
Check out these online resources we think you'll find helpful!
Career Pathways in Economics
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and The Sadie Collective recently organized a virtual event “Exploring Career Pathways in Economics and Related Fields 2021.” 
A playback of the program is now available.
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