The creation of the Marriner S. Eccles Institute for Economics and Quantitative Analysis at the University of Utah raises many concerns.
According to the official press release, the new institute aims to support faculty research, learning opportunities for students and the development of quantitative skills with a business economics perspective. The institute’s funding will not support and will operate outside the current economics degree programs provided at the U.
A recent editorial in The Deseret News has characterized the economics education provided at the U. as biased and non-quantitative. We wholly reject such claims. The Economics Department offers undergraduate students with a highly quantitative curriculum with a wide-ranging list of elective courses to broaden their economics education.