if you have a house, a spouse, and a Costco membership, you are more wealthy than actual khans of the ancient past

New podcast with Nicholas Borst on the Chinese economy. He argues that Xi Jinping's policies reflect the same goals party elites have always held, but in a changed economic and political environment. newbooksnetwork.com/the-bird-and-t…

Wondering what his whiteboard summary of Marx looks like.

Had to read up on the time the Chinese emperor made everyone move away from the coasts so they couldn’t interact with foreigners, just to remind myself things could conceivably get worse… en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Cle…

There are 277,000 Chinese students at US universities. Their intellectual, economic, and social contributions to this country are beyond measure. If we “aggressively revoke” Chinese student visas, this will hurt us as much as it hurts them.

I wrote about the new policy to revoke Chinese student visa. For the millions of Chinese who have studied in the US, myself included, it is a sobering and disheartening development. And it's very likely to backfire. nytimes.com/2025/05/30/bus…

Kevin Werbach Neysun Mahboubi Penn Just wrapped up a great trip with students from University of San Francisco, visiting the high tech hardware hub of Shenzhen. So important for people to have an on the ground understanding of what is happening here.

Trump just now, during Oval presser with Merz: "Chinese students are coming no problem. It's our honor to have them, frankly."

Very helpful flowchart for evaluating research claims you hear on social media.

Test optional policies in college admissions disproportionately harm high achieving applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds

New paper from a team including our alumnus Patrick Krause. How does giving $36,000, no strings attached, change the lives of a poor American family and their children? Our students are trained to follow the evidence wherever it leads.

This summer, our IDEC grad students took experimental economics into the field in Italy! If you want to read more about these students' Italian summer stay tuned for their blog postings, coming soon!✈️ 🇮🇹 #USFCA #IDEC #economics #fieldresearch #gradresearch #experimentaleconomics

Dichotomania—good phrase capturing a problem with a lot of medical analysis, and much else besides.

I had the chance to accompany Rui Ma and an international crew of tech investors on this trip. Highly recommend these trips for anyone looking to build on-the-ground understanding of China’s rapidly evolving tech economy.

Professor Andrew Hobbs embodies the MSIDEC & MSAE programs' missions by merging economics with real-world impact. His work demonstrates that development economics research provides effective, cost-efficient solutions. Scan the QR code to learn more about his current research!

Check out what our students are doing!

Had a blast welcoming the new cohort of MS Applied Economics and MS International & Development Economics graduate students today! Orientation was a success, followed by a great Welcome Reception. Get ready to change the world from here future economists. 💛💚 #USFCA #economics

🌉We're hosting the Bay Area Tech Economics Seminar! Alumni and Current Students, join us for this special networking event, followed by a presentation by Mike Bailey, Senior Social Scientist at Meta and Founder of the Social Capital Lab. Click the link in our bio to register!