Crowd of Black Lives Matters demonstrators marching in the street.
Feature: The Democratic Necessity of Reckoning

Erica Chenoweth reviews scholarship that overwhelmingly shows the Black Lives Matter movement generated high levels of public awareness about systemic racism and increased support for criminal justice reform.

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Feature: Against Rule-of-Thumb Economics

Dani Rodrik argues against neoliberalism’s universal rule-of-thumb approach and for economic analyses grounded in contextual dependencies.

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Feature: Leaders’ Psychological Bravery

Dana Born explores what skills leaders need to cultivate psychological safety on their teams and across their organizations.

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Feature: Dollar vs. Euro as International Reserve Currencies

Jeffrey Frankel explores the strengths and weaknesses of using the Dollar and the Euro as international reserve currencies.

Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

Triumph of the City

Glaeser, Edward L. Triumph of the City. Penguin Press, 2011.

Rethinking Federal Housing Policy

Glaeser, Edward L. Rethinking Federal Housing Policy. American Enterprise Institute Press, 2008.

Cities, Agglomeration, and Spatial Equilibrium

Glaeser, Edward L. Cities, Agglomeration, and Spatial Equilibrium. Oxford University Press, 2008.

The Education Gap: Vouchers And Urban Schools

Howell, William G., and Paul E. Peterson, with Patrick J. Wolf and David E. Campbell. The Education Gap: Vouchers And Urban Schools, Revised Edition. Brookings Institution, 2006.

There Goes the Neighborhood: Racial, Ethnic, and Class Tensions in Four Chicago Neighborhoods and Their Meaning for America

Wilson, William Julius, and Richard P. Taub. There Goes the Neighborhood: Racial, Ethnic, and Class Tensions in Four Chicago Neighborhoods and Their Meaning for America. Knopf, 2006.

Good Kids from Bad Neighborhoods: Successful Development in Social Context

Elliott, Delbert S., Scott Menard, Bruce Rankin, Amanda Elliott, David Huizinga, and William Julius Wilson. Good Kids from Bad Neighborhoods: Successful Development in Social Context. Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Mega-Projects: The Changing Politics of Urban Public Investment

Altshuler, Alan, and David Luberoff. Mega-Projects: The Changing Politics of Urban Public Investment. Brookings Institution, 2003.

Regulating Infrastructure: Monopoly, Contracts and Discretion

Gómez-Ibáñez, José A. Regulating Infrastructure: Monopoly, Contracts and Discretion. Harvard University Press, 2003.