Nina Uzunovic is winner of the Smith Family Scholarship in Economic Policy. The scholarship is one of 25 prizes awarded at the Undergraduate Awards of Academic Excellence that were presented by the Department of Economics on 6 March, 2024 for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Endowed by James C. Smith, the scholarship is awarded to an outstanding student in Economics who intends to focus on economic policy or economic history, In addition to a strong academic performance, this unique award is also based on student writing. Applicants must write a short essay analyzing a current economic policy issue.
In the winning essay published below, Uzunovic, a third year student majoring in Economics and Public Policy examined the consequences of using quantitative easing (QE) as a form of pandemic relief that are currently being felt in the US.