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2026 PPE Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award Winner

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Sudipta Sarangi Speaks on Test Performance and Rice-Farming Cultures

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Michael Moehler Publishes on Instrumentalism in the Social and Moral Sciences

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“The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else.”

—John Maynard Keynes

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Fabian Wendt Publishes on Classical Liberalism and the Challenge of Democratic Party Politics

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Kellogg Center Hosts Workshop on Indigenous Economics

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PPE Research Fellow Panel: Immigration Enforcement, Educational Opportunities, and Solidarity

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Nobel Prize Winner Daron Acemoglu Speaks on Remaking Liberalism

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PPE Working Paper Series: Aaron Brantly

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PPE Cinema: Spring 2026

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“My experience with the PPE Program has been metamorphic, and I believe that the combination of curricula, the speaker series, and the chance to be an ambassador, make this program unrivaled.”

—Tessa Dean, PPE Student Ambassador

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Emily LiaBraaten Accepted into Graduate Program at Georgetown University

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“PPE assisted in securing a job and law school for me. Particularly for my job interview, the interviewer questioned me about PPE and I was able to describe how the interdisciplinary degree rounded out my critical thinking skills.”

—Miles Franklin, now at American University Law School

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Caroline Garrod Shares Experience In Securing a Career With BAE Systems, Inc.

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