Good bye

Good bye, old friend, I am missing you so much… When tomorrow starts without me a poem by David M Romano When tomorrow starts without meAnd I’m not here to seeIf the sun should rise and find your eyesAll filled with tears for me I wish you wouldn’t cryThe way you did todayWhile thinking of

UChicago Chronicle #15

Campus walks: Harper Memorial Library Halfway through the secret labyrinth from Cobb to Rosenwald (or the other way round, it’s up to you) the rover hits through the corridors of the Harper Library. Designed by Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, the same firm that made the plans for the Mitchell Tower and other buildings from the

UChicago Chronicle #14

Campus walks: Cobb Hall and the secret labyrinth. Cobb Hall, named after donor Silas B. Cobb (who had nothing to do with architect Henry Ives Cobb) was the first building of the university, so it is a great place to start our thematic walks. Isn’t it? After receiving Silas Cobb’s $150,000 donation, the building was

Edward C. Prescott (1940 – 2022)

Ed Prescott has passed away. A great loss. The first one of the old giant trees is down.

UChicago Chronicle #13

Campus walks: the Main Quadrangles, part II. When Hutchinson and Coolidge spent their time in Oxford, England, the university had more money, so the trustees openly aspired to go on building the university in the style of the famous European campuses. The first buildings by Coolidge devoted to this reinvigorated passion are labelled as ‘the

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Peter Galbács Updated: July 7, 2023 CURRENT POSITIONS 2023 – Present              Associate professor of economics. Department of International Economics, Faculty of International Management and Business, Budapest Business School. 2020 – 2024                  ‘Bolyai’ distinguished post-doc research professor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in the field of the history of post-war business-cycle theories. PREVIOUS POSITIONS HELD