About the Murray Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy

The Center is a non-profit, nonpartisan research organization at Washington University in St. Louis. Founded in 1975, it is recognized nationwide. The Weidenbaum Center supports scholarly research in the fields of economics, government and public policy. It works closely with the Department of Economics, the Department of Political Science, and other academic units of Washington University, and it's public policy efforts consist of a multifaceted program of research, forums, retreats, publications, and online resources.  ...Read More

Research

Steven Fazzari, Associate Director of the Weidenbaum Center and Professor of Economics, recently received a grant from the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) for his project on "The Resurgence of Keynesian Macroeconomics."  Read more . . .

How Many Dollars will World Series Bring St. Louis?

Steve Fazzari is quoted in this article about the challenges of estimating revenue generated by the World Series.  Read More...

Media Award

Kevin G. Hall, national economics correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers, has won the 2011 Weidenbaum Center Award for Evidence-Based Journalism. 

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The American Panel Survey (TAPS)

A project of the Weidenbaum Center of Washington University, The American Panel Survey (TAPS) provides one of the best survey research platforms in the social sciences.  TAPS makes available a panel of about 2,000 respondents, selected as a national probability sample, for a wide range of social science research.  Read more . . .

 

 

 

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Steven Smith , Director, Weidenbaum Center
February 8, 2012