At the Center

  • Internships Connect Students to Careers in Policy and Finance

    Sunday, Jan 5, 2020
    Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Commerce, ifo Institute, One Acre Fund

    Since 2014 JRCPPF’s summer internship program has supported undergraduates who want to pursue an unpaid opportunity in the areas of financial markets and public policy either in the U.S. or abroad. In summer 2019, JRCPPF supported six students working in government agencies, think-tanks, and international development organizations. The summer internships helped students hone their economics and finance policy skills, grow their professional networks, and gain valuable professional experience.

  • Bill Janeway Speaks at Princeton

    Monday, Dec 10, 2018
    William Janeway, Doing Capitalism book cover.

    On November 29, author and investor William Janeway spoke at Princeton University. Janeway presented the updated version of his book, Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Reconfiguring the Three-Player Game between Markets, Speculators and the State. In his talk, Janeway talked about the relationship between states and markets.  Watch the full video of his talk here:

  • College Fed Challenge Team Earns Second Place

    Tuesday, Nov 12, 2019
    Pictured (left to right): Aditya Shah ’21, Nicholas Garvey ’20 (JRCPPF Undergraduate Associate), Stephanie Hu ’21 (JRCPPF Undergraduate Associate), Philip Cornell ’20, David Selwood ’20.

    Princeton University students placed second at the College Fed Challenge Competition for the Philadelphia Federal Reserve District, which was held at Lehigh University on November 7, 2019. College Fed Challenge is a team competition for undergraduate students. Teams analyze economic and financial conditions and formulate a monetary policy recommendation, modeling the Federal Open Market Committee.

    https://www.federalreserve.gov/conferences/fedchallenge.htm

  • A More Progressive Tax System for the US

    Wednesday, Nov 13, 2019
    by Samuel Dearden
    book cover
    View the video of Emmanuel Saez' book talk, "The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay."

  • 2019 Short Course on Financial Markets

    Monday, Sep 16, 2019
    Participants and instructors from the 2019 short course.

    A group of 42 graduate students from the Masters in Public Affairs and Masters in Public Policy programs gathered on September 5-7, 2019 for our intensive short course, Financial Markets for Policy Professionals. Now in it's 10th year, the course provides a framework for future public policy professionals to understand the operations of financial markets, the economic purposes they serve, and the laws and institutions by which they're regulated.

  • Congratulations to the Class of 2019

    Friday, May 31, 2019
    2019 commencement

    JRCPPF congratulates our student associates in the Class of 2019! We wish them much success in their future careers.  

    Undergraduate Associates Class of 2019

    Bassam J. Alalawi (Economics, Certificate in Cognitive Science)+

    Hamza H. Chaudhry (Woodrow Wilson School, Certificate in History & Practice of Diplomacy)

    Marina Finley (Woodrow Wilson School)

    George Grealy (Economics)

    Abhiram Karuppur (Chemical & Biological Engineering)+

    Blaykyi Kenyah (Politics)

    Ian Kim (Woodrow Wilson School)

  • New Podcast Series on Finance, Economics and Politics

    Friday, Mar 15, 2019
    Policy Punchline logo

    Catch up on all the speakers that you missed with Policy Punchline, a new, weekly podcast series launched by the Center. The series covers economics, finance, politics and policy-related discussions with scholars, policy makers, and business executives. Hosted by student associate Tiger Gao ’21, the podcast is fully run by students from Princeton and various other institutions. Each episode features a guest interview, offering insightful perspectives and a unique cultural and academic product to audiences beyond the Princeton community.

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