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06/08/2026
Congratulations to Zachary Bleemer, assistant professor of economics, and Karthik Sastry, assistant professor of economics and public affairs, recipients of 2026 Princeton University preceptorships.
Read more: https://bit.ly/49CL9Fy
06/02/2026
All their hard work and dedication has paid off! Congratulations to our Ph.D. graduates on this incredible achievement.
05/31/2026
Just a few of the many special moments celebrating our grads yesterday!
05/28/2026
After years of hard work and dedication, these grads are officially Ph.D.s! Congratulations on this incredible achievement.
We are honored to have been a part of your journey and look forward to watching your careers prosper!
Congratulations to the graduating class of 2026 and Senior Prize winners! Hear more from a few of our prize winners about their academic experience in the Economics department 🐯
05/22/2026
“I talked to quite a few companies that had cut pay and you can do it without people thinking of it as a punishment and without having a disastrous effect on the morale of the employees if it's clear that the pay cut will save a lot of jobs," said Truman Bewley on the latest episode of "The Work Goes On."
Listen to his full conversation with Orley Ashenfelter: https://bit.ly/49b8wpu
Congratulations to our graduating Class of 2026! Hear more from our seniors in the Economics Department about their favorite memories in the major 🐯 🎓
05/08/2026
The Macro Finance Society has named Markus Brunnermeier, the Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Economics at Princeton University, a distinguished fellow. Congratulations!
Read more: https://bit.ly/4de5VMz
05/07/2026
Senior send-off fun! Incredibly proud of all you have accomplished, Class of 2026.
05/06/2026
Economist Andrew Zimbalist, author of “Baseball and Billions” and a leading voice on sports economics, joins Princeton's Orley Ashenfelter to discuss the business of baseball, the UFC's monopsony power over fighters, and the future of college athletics.
“You can hire a statistician for much, much, much less than you can hire a baseball player. And because statisticians are so much cheaper, teams are continuing to do it. So, an average team in baseball now probably has an analytics department of eight to 12 people.”
Tune in to their conversation: https://bit.ly/4drMT6A