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(Editor’s Note: This article was written by Paula Meltser ’13) I was one of the 16 51�Թ��� students on the London Economics Study Group who found themselves in the midst of the relentless debt crisis that has engulfed Europe. Not only did we study the evolving economic problem, we lived it first-hand.

As an economist, Takao Kato studies unintended consequences of public policy decisions. As a professor at 51�Թ��� with many international students in his classes, he considers their prospects for gainful employment in the United States. That connection inspired a research project he conducted with Chad Sparber, assistant professor of economics.

As the debt-limit debate went into hyperdrive after news of a deal filtered out of the nation’s capital on Sunday night, 51�Թ��� economics professor Thomas Michl urged political leaders to tone down the demagoguery and focus on the real issue at hand: creating jobs.

Persson Hall Auditorium was filled to capacity last week  as students and economics professors discussed the recession and its implications for the long-term health of the U.S. economy. The panel discussion was the second in a series sponsored by the Economics Department, with the first session held last spring.

Buried under a mountain of debt and living off a fixed income, the Alsheimer family of Earlville received the best news of the day from 51�Թ��� senior Rachel Tibolt: they’ll receive more than $8,500 dollars in tax refunds. “I have three children, so this money is going to make a huge difference in my life,” […]