On January 21, 2026, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) will host an online lecture entitled "Social Security, Consumption, and the Role of Government." This lecture will be presented by Nicholas R. Lardy, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics​. The webinar represents the twenty-fifth installment in SAGE's Lectures in Government and Economics Series.

On January 10, 2026, the 50th Tsinghua University Forum of China and the World Economy was held on campus at Tsinghua University. The Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT), in partnership with Tsinghua University and the School of Social Sciences, invited esteemed experts and scholars fr

On January 6, 2026, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) hosted an online lecture entitled "The Fiscal Future." This lecture was presented by N. Gregory Mankiw, Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University and Former Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors. The webinar represented the twenty-fourth installment in SAGE's Lectures in Government and Economics Series.

On December 11, 2025, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) hosted an online lecture entitled "The Role of Government and Market in the Evolution of the International Monetary System." This lecture was presented by Kenneth Rogoff, Maurits C. Boas Professor at Harvard University and Former Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The webinar represented the twenty-third installment in SAGE's Lectures in Government and Economics Series.

On November 7, 2025, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) hosted an online lecture entitled "Great Power Competition, Government Capacity and the Market Economy's Origins." This lecture was presented by Wang Yijiang, Professor of Human Resources Management and Economics at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. The webinar represented the twenty-second installment in SAGE's Lectures in Government and Economics Series.

On October 31, 2025, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) hosted an online lecture entitled "China's Regional Competition and Unique Relationship between Government and the Market." This lecture was presented by Zhou Li'an, Director of Peking University's Faculty of Economics and Management and Boya Chair Professor of Applied Economics at Peking University's Guanghua School of Management. The webinar represented the twenty-first installment in SAGE's Lectures in Govern

The International Economic Association (IEA) and Serbian Association of Economists (SAE) are pleased to announce the 21st World Congress of the IEA (https://ieawc2026.org/submission/) to be held in Belgrade, Serbia from 22 to 26 June, 2026. The 21st World Congress will be held at the Sava Convention Centre in Belgrade. Professor Elhanan Helpman is the current president of the IEA and professor Eric S. Maskin is the organisation's president-elect and programme chair.

On July 8, 2025, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) hosted an online lecture entitled “How Can Economics Help Us to Better Understand and Improve Today's World Economy?” This lecture was presented by Daron Acemoglu, 2024 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences and Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The webinar represented the twentieth installment in SAGE's Lectures in Government and Economics Series.