GrowthPolicy

Growthpolicy is an interdisciplinary research portal featuring academic papers, commentary, media and more from across Harvard on issues related to Shared Sustainable Economic Prosperity.

Interviews & Opinion

June 13, 2024 There’s a racial gap in the economic security of Americans nearing retirement By Matthew C. Murray

May 15, 2024 The populism of self-destruction: How better policy can blunt the anti-clean energy backlash that threatens humanity’s future

April 04, 2024 A Modified Common Framework for Restructuring Sovereign Debt David Grigorian

December 04, 2023 How to cure government budget dysfunction By Matthew Murray

June 05, 2023 Soroush Saghafian on Public Impact through Intelligent Policy Design

April 19, 2023 Bruce Schneier on his new book, A Hacker’s Mind

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Featured

September 12, 2024 The busing crucible was Boston’s turning point Ira Jackson

September 11, 2024 Opening Lecture with Jason Furman Jason Furman

September 10, 2024 President Xi is ‘not being told’ how badly China’s economy is doing Andrew Collier

September 06, 2024 EVs fight warming but are costly. Why aren’t we driving $10,000 Chinese imports? Robert Lawrence, Henry Lee

September 06, 2024 Wall Street Week 09/06/2024 Lawrence H. Summers

September 05, 2024 In the absence of the World Bank, Gavi and DFIs create day zero pandemic fund Ruchir Agarwal

September 04, 2024 Harvard Economist Argues in Favor of Unrealized Capital Gains Tax Jason Furman

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Recent Posts

September 13, 2024 Blurring the Boundaries of Governance: China’s Work Teams in Comparative Perspective

Elizabeth J. Perry

September 12, 2024 Determinants of Movements in Egyptian and Ottoman Sovereign Debt Yields in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Eric Chaney

September 10, 2024 Harvard's Hal Scott on the ancillary effect of a wealth tax

Hal Scott

September 9, 2024 Skills and Human Capital in the Labor Market

David Deming

September 9, 2024 Break Up Big Econ

David Deming

September 6, 2024 Modernizing the US Exchange Visitor Skills List

William Kerr

September 5, 2024 The Wade Test: Generative AI and CEO Communication

Prithwiraj Choudhury

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Search over 6750 articles, papers, videos, podcasts, book chapters, interviews and more from Harvard faculty on growth, jobs, inequality, and economic crises.

How do we best promote economic growth?

How do we create a growing economy in which there is prosperity that is sustainable and broadly shared? The posts in this section look at policy ideas and research from across Harvard on a broad set of economic and policy considerations.

Growth

Where will jobs of the future likely emerge?

Technology and international trade have significantly disrupted the labor market and new job creation. We identified firms, industries, and locations where future jobs will likely emerge. We also consider public policies with the best chance of creating jobs to support a robust middle class.

Jobs

What should we do about inequality?

Inequality is rising within and between countries across the globe. The posts in this section explore the different dimensions of inequality, its causes, significance and severity. They also discuss various options to address growing inequality.

Inequality

How do we address economic crises?

The posts collected here explore the causes of economic and financial crises and their consequences. They include a multitude of proposals for preventing and mitigating such crises now and in the future.

Economic Crises