A generous gift establishes fund for Monetary Economics

March 30, 2023
We are excited to announce that a generous gift from Berkeley alum Brian Barish '90 will establish The BB90 Fund for Monetary Economics, helping Berkeley's students and leading economists better understand emerging strategies used by financial regulators to influence economic behavior. 

“It is an exciting time to investigate this critical area of monetary economics, and the support provided by the BB90 Fund has provided a tremendous boost,” said​ Quantedge Presidential Professor of Economics at Berkeley Yuriy Gorodnichenko, who directs the BB90 Fund’s research program. ​Read more here: https://ls.berkeley.edu/uc-berkeley-funding-evaluation-modern-monetary-e...