# Profs Xavier Gabaix and Thomas Philippon are named to the International Monetary Fund's 25 Economists to Watch list

1 Faculty News August 27, 2014 ![International Business Times logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031078.jpg?itok=fjxsC0VP)>

Excerpt from [International Business Times](http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/imf-lists-25-brightest-young-economists-1462827) -- "The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has identified twenty-five young economists who it expects will shape the world's thinking about the global economy in the future."

[Read more](http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/imf-lists-25-brightest-young-economists-1462827)

Additional coverage appeared on [France24](http://www.france24.com/en/20140829-france-top-economists-young-imf-list-piketty-duflo/), [France TV](http://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/ces-jeunes-economistes-francais-que-le-fmi-voit-faconner-le-monde_679517.html#xtor=RSS-3-%5Blestitres%5D), [IMF](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2014/09/pdf/fd0914.pdf) and [Yahoo! News](https://fr.news.yahoo.com/jeunes-%C3%A9conomistes-fran%C3%A7ais-fmi-voit-fa%C3%A7onner-monde-070121833.html).