Epstein Secrets

n to Harvard University to support a newly recruited professor's research in the field of mathematical biology. A spokeswoman for Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers confirmed Friday that Epstein's contribution will support the research of Martin A. Nowak, who is scheduled to join the Harvard faculty on July 1.

dy, uses advanced mathematics to model human behavior and to study evolutionary theory, viruses and cancers. He was recruited to Harvard as part of Summers' commitment to grant tenure to young professors and those who do interdisciplinary research. The self-educated Epstein is both a longtime Harvard c

e night was Hanna Holbom Gray, who came over with her parents through the I 930s rescue program and went on to become the first female president of the University of Chicago. "In the 1930s, the German academic world was seen as a model, and one saw how quickly that could vanish," Gray recalled. Almost all of the 45 sch

dy, uses advanced mathematics to model human behavior and to study evolutionary theory, viruses and cancers. He was recruited to Harvard as part of Summers' commitment to grant tenure to young professors and those who do interdisciplinary research. The self-educated Epstein is both a longtime Harvard c

e night was Hanna Holborn Gray, who came over with her parents through the 1930s rescue program and went on to become the first female president of the University of Chicago. "In the 1930s, the German academic world was seen as a model, and one saw how quickly that could vanish," Gray recalled. Almost all of the 45 sch

reported in our Outlook last year. Of course, not all experts believe that there is a mismeasurement problem. Notable among them is Chad Syverson of the University of Chicago, who raises four points in making this case.*° First, he states that the productivity slowdown has been global in nature and unrelated to countries’

g Power,” Academy of Political Science, 1934. Alvin H. Hansen, “Economic Progress and Declining Population Growth,” American Economic Review, 1939. Lawrence H. Summers, “Remarks,” speech delivered at he Fourteenth Jacques Polak nternational Monetary Fund Annual Research Conference, Washington, D.C., November 8, 2013