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Economics Professor, Robert Whaples was interviewed on Ava Maria Radio with recently discussing President-elect Donald Trump who has threatened to impose tariffs on some goods imported to the US. Listen here.

Associate Professor, John Dalton, did a podcast with Jonathan Fortier of The Liberty Exchange discussing the economist Joseph Schumpeter and his Big Idea of creative destruction, including entrepreneurship, innovation, the recent cases of Blockbuster/Netflix and Uber/NYC taxicabs, the Age of AI, the negative income tax, […]

In an interview with ECN Assistant Professor, Fabiola Alba-Vivar, learn how these trains are being refurbished to serve Peru’s outlying areas. Listen

Check out some of the interviews and articles where he shared his insights below! Strumpf was also featured in CoinDesk: “If U.S. Election Is Disputed, Prediction Markets Could Face ‘Hornet’s Nest‘” and “Prediction Betting Markets Vindicated by […]

By Savannah Peters | Marketplace This was a breakout election cycle for election wagering, which was legal thanks to a U.S. district court decision last month. While pollsters ask people how they intend to vote in an election, prediction markets have traders gather information, […]

New data shows more than $100 million has been legally wagered on the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump presidential race. Koleman Strumpf, the Burchfield Presidential Chair of Political Economy at Wake Forest University, joins CBS News for an in-depth interview.

The introduction of new transportation lines in Lima, Peru and other megacities of the world can reduce commuting times for students and enhance access to college education, although gender disparities might persist. A blog by Assistant Professor, Fabiola Alba-Vivar for IGC. Read full article.

Creative destruction can do a lot of good for the economy—if we let it. Dr. John Dalton and Andrew Logan (‘21) talk about the rise of Netflix and the fall of Blockbuster in an article they wrote for the Foundation for Economic Education. It discusses […]

Are betting markets more accurate than polls? Economics professor Koleman Strumpf participated in a discussion on presidential election betting in this episode of Freakonomics. “For regular people, the amount of information you can get out of these markets is vast. It’s the […]

Two U.S.-regulated, dollar-denominated prediction markets began taking bets on the presidential race this week with a month to go before Election Day. “It will be hard for the two sites to catch up, but that is not entirely impossible,” economics professor Koleman Strumpf told