Why Harvard Professor Gita Gopinath is a good fit as IMF Chief Economist

Gopinath, who will bring fresh thinking to the IMF in dealing with challenges of capital flows and exchange-rates, earlier talked to Braingainmag.com about her journey and the US advantage in education.

Urjit Patel: India's new RBI governor is Yale and Oxford economist

Patel, who completed his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University in 1990, has also worked at the International Monetary Fund.

Jagdish Bhagwati: The World's Preeminent Free Trade Evangelist

The Columbia University economics professor’s path-breaking work on trade and welfare has been the staple of generations of graduate and undergraduate students.

Ambedkar Abroad: A Tale of Opportunity, Brilliance and Grit

B.R. Ambedkar was given a rare opportunity which most Indian students depend on, even today – a scholarship to study abroad. He went on to make the most of it, excelling at the best universities in the US and the UK. Here is a brief account of his student life and how it made him the man he became.

The Top 10 Careers that Didn′t Exist 10 Years Ago

What was the world like 10 years ago? India, Germany and France refused U.S. calls to send troops to Iraq. Pluto was still a planet. Facebook, iPhone apps and Twitter didn’t even exist. It was also a time when many jobs being advertised today simply didn't exist...

Book Review: Think Like A Freak

The authors offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems.

"Most Well-ranked US Schools Accept Students only for a Ph.D."

US universities that don’t need the cash don’t offer a Master’s program in Economics, but concentrate their resources on the Ph.D. “Nowadays, most good Economics departments only accept students for the Ph.D. program,” said Arvind Panagariya, Professor of Economics and the Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy in the School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA), at Columbia University.

Yale University offers a New Master's Degree in Systemic Risk

The first-of-its-kind, year-long specialized master’s degree provides a grounding in crisis prevention, systemic risk regulation and monetary policy

Game Theory is used in Strategic Thinking

Game theory borrowed from Economics provides a useful framework to analyze bargaining, bidding and negotiations. Very few companies nowadays think about strategy without adding a bit of game theory.

'The single most important thing for aspiring MBAs is to be ready to learn'

Only around 6% of applicants get into the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Dean Jonathan Levin talks about what the school looks for in students, and what it offers them.