Learn more: Economics

33 Articles

In the News

Move Over, Nerds. It’s the Politicians’ Economy Now.

“This is an enduring regime shift,” said Paul McCulley, who teaches at Georgetown’s McDonough School of.…

March 9, 2021

In the News

Jack Ma Crackdown Casts a Chill on China’s Tech Entrepreneurs

“Facing the Chinese government is a trade-off between innovation and regulation,” says Lizhi Liu, an assistant professor who’s researched e-commerce and economic policies…

March 8, 2021

In the News

How Amazon and Walmart’s Head-to-Head Competition Is Changing Retail

"Both Walmart and Amazon have gotten to such a point where they're both, not only credible, but they have developed a huge amount of trust, amongst their followers and their…

March 3, 2021

In the News

3 Ways the Jeff Bezos-era Amazon Helped and Hurt U.S. Workers and Consumers

But the pain small business owners have felt in the Amazon age hasn’t come without gains, said Arthur Dong, a professor of strategy and economics at Georgetown’s McDonough…

February 4, 2021

In the News

Chinese Stocks: Gauging Risks Under Biden

"I do believe the overall tenor in terms of friction between the U.S. and China will continue, and that's been made very clear by the incoming U.S. Secretary of State Antony…

January 25, 2021

In the News

Is the Regulatory Crusade Against Big Tech Over? What Experts Expect Under Biden Administration

“I suspect we’re going to be in a more quiet phase of antitrust prosecution of the Big Tech sector for a while now,” said John Mayo, an economics professor at Georgetown…

January 22, 2021

News Story

Lizhi Liu Earns 2020 Ronald H. Coase Award

Lizhi Liu, an assistant professor of strategy at Georgetown McDonough, was awarded the 2020 Ronald H. Coase Award for the Best Dissertation in Institutional and Organizational…

August 17, 2020

In the News

So You Want to be a Professor? Here are Some Inconvenient Truths

Jason Brennan, the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business,…

July 10, 2020

In the News

MBA Prof. Arthur Dong: Warren Buffet Valuations & MBAs

How beneficial is an MBA when you have an undergrad business degree? What does a Warren Buffet valuation look like? Our latest guest is MBA Professor Arthur Dong, a professor of…

June 15, 2020

News Story

Meet the Class of 2020: Katie Glaser (B’20)

Katie Glaser (B’20)Hometown: Greensboro, North Carolina Majors(s): Accounting and FinanceMinor: Economics Why did you choose Georgetown? I chose Georgetown for its academic…

May 13, 2020