John Siegfried

  • Vanderbilt University

    Labor economist T. Aldrich Finegan has died

    Thomas Aldrich Finegan, a Vanderbilt University professor of economics, emeritus, and a meticulous empirical scholar of labor economics, has died. He was 91. Read More

    Sep 30, 2020

  • microscope

    The most popular research stories of 2015

    With discoveries ranging from the origins of consciousness to the end of the universe, 2015 was a year of incredibly diverse research at Vanderbilt University. Read More

    Dec 28, 2015

  • football field

    Elite college athletes should be paid: Economists

    The NCAA recently voted to allow schools to begin compensating its student-athletes for their entire cost of attendance, but economists from Vanderbilt University and the University of Chicago say it’s not nearly enough. Read More

    Feb 5, 2015

  • PhD graduate in regalia

    American economics Ph.D.s on decline; One way to keep them — office space

    A Vanderbilt economist turned his expertise back onto his own discipline and has published a 15-year analysis of graduate economics education in the United States. Read More

    Jan 23, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    John Siegfried: “Better Living Through Economics” (1/31/13)

    Watch video of “Better Living Through Economics”, part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Lecture Series presented on Jan. 31 by Vanderbilt Professor of Economics John Siegfried, who has written a book with the same title. Siegfried will focus on various case studies to demonstrate how economic research has improved societal conditions… Read More

    Feb 19, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    John Siegfried: “Better Living Through Economics” (2/14/13)

    Watch video of “Better Living Through Economics”, part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Lecture Series presented on Feb. 14 by Vanderbilt Professor of Economics John Siegfried, who has written a book with the same title. Siegfried will focus on various case studies to demonstrate how economic research has improved societal conditions… Read More

    Feb 19, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    John Siegfried: “Better Living Through Economics” (2/7/13)

    Watch video of “Better Living Through Economics”, part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Lecture Series presented on Feb. 7 by Vanderbilt Professor of Economics John Siegfried, who has written a book with the same title. Siegfried will focus on various case studies to demonstrate how economic research has improved societal conditions… Read More

    Feb 19, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    John Siegfried: “Better Living Through Economics” (1/24/13)

    Watch video of “Better Living Through Economics”, part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Lecture Series presented on Jan. 24 by Vanderbilt Professor of Economics John Siegfried, who has written a book with the same title. Siegfried will focus on various case studies to demonstrate how economic research has improved societal conditions… Read More

    Feb 19, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    John Siegfried: “Better Living Through Economics” (1/17/13)

    Watch video of “Better Living Through Economics”, part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Lecture Series presented on Jan. 17 by Vanderbilt Professor of Economics John Siegfried, who has written a book with the same title. Siegfried will focus on various case studies to demonstrate how economic research has improved societal conditions… Read More

    Feb 19, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    John Siegfried: “Better Living Through Economics”

    Watch video of “Better Living Through Economics”, part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Lecture Series presented by Vanderbilt Professor of Economics John Siegfried, who has written a book with the same title. Siegfried will focus on various case studies to demonstrate how economic research has improved societal conditions over the past… Read More

    Jan 16, 2013

  • Vanderbilt Osher Learning

    Listen: Lifelong learners invited to sign up for Osher winter classes

    Online registration is now open for the 2013 winter term of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt University. Read More

    Nov 27, 2012