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Washington University in St. Louis News & Information > Faculty Experts at Washington University in St. Louis >

Michele Boldrin

Joseph Gibson Hoyt Distinguished Professor in Arts and Sciences, economics

Expertise: Public policy, economic growth, innovation, business cycles, intellectual property, welfare, property rights, education

Bio: Professor Boldrin is an economist with a broad range of interests. His work includes research in business cycles and asset pricing; growth and demographic change; innovation and intellectual property; and public policy and the welfare state. Boldrin is a fellow of the Econometric Society. He is also a research associate of the Center for Economic Policy Research in London and for FEDEA in Madrid.

WUSTL Contact Information:
Work:(314) 935-5636
E-mail:mboldrin@artsci.wustl.edu

Education:
  • Ph.D. in Economics at University of Rochester
  • M.A. in Economics at University of Rochester
  • B.S. in Economics at Universita di Venezia


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A solution to social security and education funding: it's all part of the cycle of life

Bringing new meaning to student loans

Nov. 1, 2007 --
A loan finances a young person's education. Twenty years later, that child is working, contributing to the economy and paying off their loan. As they repay, the capitalized value of the loan pays back their debt to the previous generation in the form of a pension.
Bill Michalski/WUSTL Publications
A loan finances a young person's education. Twenty years later, that child is working, contributing to the economy and paying off their loan. As they repay, the capitalized value of the loan pays back their debt to the previous generation in the form of a pension.
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Funding social security and education are often thought of as separate issues. But the two issues should be linked, says economist Michele Boldrin, the Joseph Gibson Hoyt Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. In the same way that younger generations take care of their elders as a kind of "return" on their parent's investment, so too can the U.S. invest in the educational needs of its children and have the accumulated debt be paid off to retirees when it comes due.



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Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007


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