The state and private investors are pouring $4 billion into the New Jersey Health + Life Science Exchange, or HELIX, in New Brunswick. “That really will be a statewide hub, not a local hub,” Hughes said. “Hopefully it will evolve into a national hub. It’s bringing together a lot of the players.”
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economics
Question: Where are all the New Jersey college students? Answer: ‘The enrollment cliff’
“We’re facing the cliff, because those born in ’08… they’re just entering their high school graduating years,” said James Hughes, Dean Emeritus of Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
Navigating New Jersey’s Economic Outlook
In our first episode of EJB Talks for 2025, Stuart Shapiro and Will Irving discuss Will’s current role with the Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECON) as well as the latest economic forecast for New Jersey, which predicts a sharper economic slowdown compared to the national trend.
The Story of Freedom: An Op-ed from Mark Paul
Meaningful freedom will only be won through embracing an emancipatory vision of freedom that guarantees people political rights, civil rights, reproductive rights, and crucially, economic rights. Together these rights provide people with meaningful choices to be, and do, what they have reason to value.
EJB Talks New Faculty Spotlight: Mark Paul and The Ends of Freedom
Dean Stuart Shapiro talks to Mark Paul, assistant professor and author of the recently released book, The Ends of Freedom. Mark discusses his journey into economics and environmental policy, economic rights, decarbonizing the economy, transitioning to renewable energy, and much more.
New Book by Prof. Mark Paul – The Ends of Freedom: Reclaiming America’s Lost Promise of Economic Rights
In this book, Paul shows how economic rights—rights to necessities like housing, employment, and health care—have been a part of the American conversation since the Revolutionary War and were a cornerstone of both the New Deal and the Civil Rights Movement. Their recuperation, he argues, would at long last make good on the promise of America’s founding documents.
EJB Talks New Faculty Spotlight: The Importance of Municipal Bonds and the Roles They Play
New faculty member Ruth Winecoff talks about the inspiration behind her research on municipal bonds, and the important role they play in our country, particularly for our towns and municipalities.
EJB Talks New Faculty Spotlight: Saving a Limb – How Health Economics can Shape Medical Treatment
In addition to discussing his interests in health policy and health services research, Derek DeLia explains how access to better medical care, better patient care, and better treatment options are possible through medical treatment incentives.
New Report: An Economist’s Case for Restrictive Supply-Side Policies
A new report authored by Prof. Mark Paul and PhD candidate Lina Moe looks at why green-lighting fossil fuel development like the Willow Project hurts the United States’ economy and climate, with ten policies to actively manage the transition off fossil fuels.
New Jersey State Policy Lab: Guilt Tipping and the Inflated Default Tip
Why do we feel guilty about tipping pressures at establishments where only a tipping jar previously existed? And why are tips inflating as a percentage of the bill?