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| Carmen Reinhart
March 8, 2021, Opinion: "The Covid-19 pandemic and the accompanying economic lockdowns have deepened inequality both within national borders and across the globe. Many low-income countries have suffered..." Read Via Bloomberg Quint
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| Benjamin Friedman
March 6, 2021, Video: "In episode 162 of The Michael Shermer Show, Michael speaks with one of the nation’s preeminent experts on economic policy, Benjamin Friedman, about his new book Religion and the Rise of Capitalism — a major reassessment of the foundations of modern economic thinking that explores the profound influence of an until-now unrecognized force — religion. Critics of contemporary economics complain that belief in free markets —…
| Kenneth Rogoff
March 1, 2021, Opinion; "In the near term, markets should not be too worried about a possible spike in demand driving up inflation and interest rates, causing asset prices to fall across the board. But longer-term inflation risks are skewed much more to the upside than many investors and policymakers seem to realize."…
| Cass R. Sunstein
2021, Book: "The world is increasingly confronted with new challenges related to climate change, globalization, disease, and technology. Governments are faced with having to decide how much risk is worth taking, how much destruction and death can be tolerated, and how much money should be invested in the hopes of avoiding catastrophe. Lacking full information, should decision-makers focus on avoiding the most catastrophic outcomes? When should…
| Michèle Lamont
February 26, 2021, Video: "Harvard Inequality & Social Policy Seminar with Michèle Lamont (Harvard University): "New Engines of Hope After the American Dream - Finding Recognition in the New Gilded Age." Watch Via Harvard Inequality and Social Policy
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| Dani Rodrik
February 23, 2021, Video: "Video interview series presented by Rajk College for Advanced Studies for its 50th birthday. The series covers interviews made by selected awardees of the John von Neumann and Herbert Simon Awards established by Rajk College, Budapest, Hungary. This interview was made with Dani Rodrik at the Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge Massachusetts at January 28, 2020 before any COVID-19 restrictions."…
| Lawrence H. Summers | Kenneth Rogoff
February 19, 2021, Video: "One of the most iconic brands in financial television returns for today's issues and today's world. This week's Wall Street Week features David Westin's interviews with Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, Harvard Professor of Economics Ken Rogoff, Former Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette, Breakthrough Energy Ventures Science Lead Eric Toone, University of Massachusetts Amherst Associate Professor of Economics…
| Ashley Whillans
2021, Paper: "Poverty entails more than a scarcity of material resources—it also involves a shortage of time. To examine the causal benefits of reducing time poverty, we conducted a longitudinal field experiment over six consecutive weeks in an urban slum in Kenya with a sample of working mothers (N=1550), a population who is especially likely to experience severe time poverty. Participants received vouchers for services designed to reduce their…
| Joseph Aldy
February 18, 2021, Video: "In this presentation, Harvard Economist Joseph E. Aldy, Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, draws from the theory and practice of carbon pricing and pollution markets more generally to explore the potential design of U.S. climate change policy. Aldy is Professor of the Practice of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is a University Fellow at Resources for the Future, a Faculty Research Fellow at the National…
| David Williams
February 17, 2021, Video: "David Williams serves as the Director of Policy Outreach at Opportunity Insights, a research and public policy lab based at Harvard University dedicated to using big data to improve upward mobility in America. The lab is led by Professors Raj Chetty, John Friedman, and Nathaniel Hendren. David is tasked with supporting research and evidence-based policy change by creating and leading partnerships with communities…