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Top professors include [[Jeffrey Sachs]], [[Joseph Stiglitz]], [[Xavier Sala-i-Martin]], [[Edmund Phelps]], and [[Glenn Hubbard]], and what economics major could possibly forget [[Sunil Gulati]] or [[Susan Elmes]].
 
Top professors include [[Jeffrey Sachs]], [[Joseph Stiglitz]], [[Xavier Sala-i-Martin]], [[Edmund Phelps]], and [[Glenn Hubbard]], and what economics major could possibly forget [[Sunil Gulati]] or [[Susan Elmes]].
  
It currently doesn't have its own building, but this will change with the completion of [[Prentice Hall]]. Most faculty currently have offices on the 10th floor of [[IAB]].
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It currently doesn't have its own building. Most faculty currently have offices on the 10th floor of [[IAB]], but others are scattered across campus. A planned move to [[Knox Hall]], a former seminary building on [[Claremont Avenue]], never panned out.  
  
The department has recently been expanding greatly. In 2005 it hired 20 professors at once.
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Despite its spatial crunch and incoherence, the department has managed to expand greatly in recent years. In [[2005]] alone it hired 20 professors at once.
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==Econ major==
  
 
Many students become econ majors in order to please their parents or to boost their chances of getting a toolish job in a field like [[investment banking|i-banking]].
 
Many students become econ majors in order to please their parents or to boost their chances of getting a toolish job in a field like [[investment banking|i-banking]].
  
 
[[Category:Economics Department|*]]
 
[[Category:Economics Department|*]]

Revision as of 14:51, 9 August 2007

The Economics Department is one of Columbia's largest departments.

Top professors include Jeffrey Sachs, Joseph Stiglitz, Xavier Sala-i-Martin, Edmund Phelps, and Glenn Hubbard, and what economics major could possibly forget Sunil Gulati or Susan Elmes.

It currently doesn't have its own building. Most faculty currently have offices on the 10th floor of IAB, but others are scattered across campus. A planned move to Knox Hall, a former seminary building on Claremont Avenue, never panned out.

Despite its spatial crunch and incoherence, the department has managed to expand greatly in recent years. In 2005 alone it hired 20 professors at once.

Econ major

Many students become econ majors in order to please their parents or to boost their chances of getting a toolish job in a field like i-banking.