On the Front Row of the Development of a Nobel Prize Winner

Price and Mulligan discuss the 2023 Nobel Price in Medicine.  Mulligan was the Chief Economist for the President’s Council of Economic Advisors during the time of Operation Warp Speed, which led to the development of the vaccine for COVID.  A vaccine that was the focus of this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine.

According to the NY Times, “Mulligan is affiliated with a number of professional organizations, including the National Bureau of Economic Research, the George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, and the Population Research Center. He is also the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including those from the National Science Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Smith- Richardson Foundation, and the John M. Olin Foundation.

 

“Professor Mulligan received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago in 1993. He has also served as a visiting professor teaching public economics at Harvard University, Clemson University, and Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago.”

 

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