The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) is a leading center that brings together the entire University of Chicago economics community to foster novel insights on the world?s most difficult economic problems. A collaboration between the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, the Harris School of Public Policy, and the Law School, BFI brings together more than 200 affiliated economists and scholars to foster frontier research and achieve global impact. The BFI achieves these aims through conferences, workshops, initiatives, public communications, government relations development, an active visiting scholars program that brings nearly 100 scholars to campus per year, a postdoctoral program, an