We are pleased to announce that the UCLA Department of Economics Alumni Conference will be held on May 10, 2013. This one-day event is a great opportunity to strengthen the connections between alumni, students, and professors. Click here for more information.

The May 2013 edition of Esquire magazine features an article titled “How to Start a Business” with advice coming from Ace of Cakes founder, Duff Goldman and his father Morrie Goldman (a UCLA Economics alumnus).

In addition to providing advice about starting a successful business, the article includes recognition for the strength of UCLA's Economics department! Morrie Goldman states “A shout -out to UCLA's superb economics program- it changed my life for the better.”

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Armen Alchian was born on April 12, 1914 in Fresno, California. In 1932 he attended Fresno State College, and transferred to Stanford in 1934. He obtained his B.A. from Stanford in 1936. He continued at Stanford as a graduate student More

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Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Lloyd S. Shapley of the UCLA Departments of Economics and Mathematics for being awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics. He shares the prize with Professor Alvin E. Roth of Harvard University.