John List, shown here presenting the first segment of the new video course Economics for Everyone, wants to get high school students—and everyone else—interested in economics. (Video still from Economics for Everyone) By Carrie Golus, AB’91, AM’93 | The University...
Opinion: How to prepare children for school by training parents at home The key to improving young children’s vocabulary and math skills may lie in changing their parents’ beliefs. Read more
“The concept of parent gacha is correct” Why American economists do not deny the “lottery of life” There is a word “parent gacha” that compares the inability to choose a parent to a free gift gacha. Why have young people who...
US economist’s conclusion … The most important thing for my child to win in the “Lottery of Life” How can we eliminate the disparity called “parent gacha”? “Poor families don’t understand the value of education for their...
Investing in early childhood education has to become a priority Crain’s Chicago Business, August 27, 2020DOWNLOAD PDFIn this Q&A, John List, a pioneer in the use of field experiments in behavioral economics and a professor at the University of Chicago,...
