Summer 2012

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Development Exported Knowledge Fuels Development, But Doesn’t Travel Far Faculty Researcher: Ricardo Hausmann Understanding how technology and knowledge hop across national borders is vital...More »

Intelligence When Uncertainty Can Be Helpful Faculty Researcher: Richard Zeckhauser Good intelligence can often prevent bad things from happening, but only if the dots are connected in the right ways. Many of us are familiar with the adage about making assumptions, but the authors argue that assumptions about the likelihood and potential consequences of various scenarios and challenges facing the United States and its allies are vital to policymakers. More » Across the School Research Briefs A sample of recent research and writings from HKS faculty, including Richard Parker on The disappearance of the political middle ground, Elaine Kamarck on hiring more women in the Secret Service, Joseph Aldy on addressing climate change, and Juliette Kayyem on Al Qaeda. More »

Climate Change The Climate Trade-Offs of Geoengineering Faculty Researcher: David Keith Two concepts might be said to dominate the language of climate change policy: mitigation and adaptation. But somewhere between reducing the levels of greenhouse gases and learning how to cope with a changed climate lives another, very controversial concept: geoengineering. More » Communications Public Health in a Splintered Media Landscape Faculty Researcher: Matthew Baum In September 2009, the U.S. government urged its citizens to be vaccinated against the h1n1 (“swine flu”) virus after the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control labeled the outbreak a global pandemic. In the year ending in April 2010, according to the cdc, this flu strain killed from 9,000 to 18,000 Americans.
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Economics Big Countries Don’t Have All the Answers Faculty Researcher: Jeffrey Frankel When trying to devise policies, social systems, and development strategies, people tend to look at what the biggest and most influential countries have done effectively, notes Jeffrey Frankel...
More » Religion Is Religion in America Good for the Poor? Faculty Researcher: Mary Jo Bane Americans are more religious than Europeans and people who live in other economically advanced countries. But America has much less generous public policies toward the poor. This poses a puzzle, argues Mary Jo Bane, Thornton Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy and Management, in an article published in the International Journal of Public Theology. More »