Columbia Business School In the News

Research by CJEB's Director, Professor David Weinstein, was cited in an article titled, “PM Kishida: Be Skeptical of MOF On Fiscal Policy” by Richard Katz, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council For Ethics in International Affairs. The article is available in English, hosted on the Oriental Economist’s website, and in Japanese, hosted on Toyo Keizai’s website. PM Kishida: Be Skeptical of MOF On Fiscal Policy (Oriental Economist, 1/12/22)

The School's courses in cleantech, climate finance, new energy market development, and sustainability finance are "rooted in social necessity as much as student demand," says Dean Costis Maglaras, who views the climate crisis as a new opportunity for business.

BlocPower, where Donnel Baird ’13 is CEO, received a $30M investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund, which will support the venture's electrification services and decarbonization efforts to retrofit buildings for low- and middle-income residents.

Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB's Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, wrote the Project Syndicate article "What Biden Should Do on Trade." What Biden Should Do on Trade (Project Syndicate, 1/13/22) 

Professor Bruce Usher explained why it’s not necessarily bad if carbon markets shift emissions, and what is crucial to creating an effective carbon market.