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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.

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

"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.

'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.

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.

Why and Where You Should Study for a Degree in Gender and Economics

Gender and Economics is an important interdisciplinary field. Here we bring you 5 places where you can study it, and why.

What it takes to be a hedge-fund manager

A degree in a numerate subject like business, economics, accounting or maths is a good fit. An MSc could also be beneficial as could a CFA.

India′s Rise to Economic Stardom

With India’s economy humming along at 7.6 percent and faster, and a demographic bulge of young people set to explode onto the workforce, it should be easy for India to head towards economic stardom, writes Edward Luce in his book “In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India.”

"Freshman year is breathless"

Mira Chhatwal, a freshman at Tufts University, says first-year students scramble to adjust to a new level of academics, while having a social life.

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