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Congratulations to Nina for winning a Krieger School Staff Recognition Award!

Robert Moffitt has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.

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2008-2009 Job Market Candidates

Christopher Carroll - Interview on Bloomberg Asia
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Sir Alan Walters died on January 3, 2009. A Hopkins Professor from 1973 to 1991, he was the personal economic adviser to Margaret Thatcher when she was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Link to the Obituaries

Maia Linask is awarded a Dean's Teaching Fellowship to offer "War and Peace in International Trade" in 2009-10.

Center for Financial Economics announces a new Minor in Financial Economics

Link to CFE

Sept. 29, 2008 - Panel on the Financial Crisis

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Johns Hopkins Ranked 4th in Economics

The Chronicle of Higher Education

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