News & Announcements

​​​​Get the latest departmental news, announcements, and the occasional quips and quotes from the chair of the economics department.


Meet Assistant Professor Marcos Barrozo

Meet Assistant Professor Marcos Barrozo

​​​​Marcos Barrozo, a Brazil native and recent Harvard PhD  in Public Policy, joins the Economics Department as an Assistant Professor.... read more

Meet Brian Thompson, Economics Undergraduate Director

Meet Brian Thompson, Economics Undergraduate Director

Brian Thompson, a Double Demon and Chicago native (Joliet, Ill.), is the new director of the undergraduate program at the Department of... read more

Anthony LoSasso Appointed Chair of the Economics Department

Anthony LoSasso Appointed Chair of the Economics Department

The Driehaus College of Business recently appointed Anthony LoSasso as Chair of the Economics Department effective July 1, 2022. LoSasso, a Double... read more

Clinical Professor of Economics Robert Kallen Retires

Clinical Professor of Economics Robert Kallen Retires

The Department of Economics announced the recent retirement of Robert Kallen from his clinical professor of economics position. Prior to... read more

How Big Tech Got Even Bigger

How Big Tech Got Even Bigger

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) highlighted the growth path of the biggest five technology firms – Apple, Microsoft, Amazon,... read more

Vaccine Efficacy and COVID Death Rate

Vaccine Efficacy and COVID Death Rate

​​The recent breakthrough in vaccine efficacy for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines has become daily news. But many are confused by what this... read more

Q&A with Interim Dean Thomas Donley

Q&A with Interim Dean Thomas Donley

Thomas Donley, an economics faculty member for 30 years at DePaul, has been named interim dean of the Driehaus College of Business effective July 1,... read more

New Healthcare Analytics MBA Concentration Planned

New Healthcare Analytics MBA Concentration Planned

The health care industry makes up nearly 20% of the economy and is still a growing industry. The current coronavirus pandemic illustrates both the... read more

Celebrating 50 Years with James Ciecka

Celebrating 50 Years with James Ciecka

The Department of Economics recently celebrated 50 years of Professor of Economics James (Jim) Ciecka teaching at DePaul University.... read more

To Hybrid Or Not To Hybrid: A Breakeven Analysis

To Hybrid Or Not To Hybrid: A Breakeven Analysis

​​Breakeven analysis is an important analytical tool used in microeconomics. For example, the point(s) where a firm's revenues equal its... read more

The Economic Impact of the Artificial-Intelligence Revolution

The Economic Impact of the Artificial-Intelligence Revolution

​Much of the discussion among the Democratic candidates has revolved around health care, gun control and immigration. However, one... read more

(In)Equality in the U.S.

(In)Equality in the U.S.

Much of the current debate involving the equality (or inequality) of income in the United States focuses on the difference in spending power between... read more

A Q&A with New Health Economist

A Q&A with New Health Economist

One of the world's leading experts on health economics, Anthony LoSasso is a Double Demon who graduated from DePaul with bachelor's... read more

Export Base Multiplier and GM’s Cutting 14,000 Jobs

Export Base Multiplier and GM’s Cutting 14,000 Jobs

General Motors (GM) recently announced a shutdown of five plants in North America, laying off about 14,000 workers (including 8,000 white-collar... read more