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Stanley Fischer to speak at MAE Distinguished Speaker Series

On Thursday, May 23, 2019 from 6:00-7:30 PM, UCLA’s Department of Economics MAE Distinguished Speaker Series will be hosting Former Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Stanley Fisher speaking on the topic of “Monetary Policy Challenges Eleven Years After the …

Sam Peltzman on Harold Demsetz

I have just learned of Harold Demsetz’s death.  I knew he had been in decline for some time, but the news still occasioned a great sadness.  Harold was a major influence on me and on the world at large.  It …