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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

On Living History And Stories Unfinished

McCarthy, Timothy Patrick. "On Living History And Stories Unfinished." Reckoning with History: Unfinished Stories of American Freedom. Ed. Jim Downs, Erica Armstrong Dunbar, T. K. Hunter, and Timothy Patrick McCarthy. Columbia University Press, 2021.

Fomenting a Rebellion: Teaching American History in the Clemente Course

McCarthy, Timothy Patrick. "Fomenting a Rebellion: Teaching American History in the Clemente Course." Common-place. Fall 2014.

Let the Controversy Commence!

McCarthy, Timothy Patrick. "Let the Controversy Commence!" Huffington Post, May 2014.

Howard Zinn at 90: Defending the People’s Historian

McCarthy, Timothy Patrick. "Howard Zinn at 90: Defending the People’s Historian." The Daily Beast, August 27, 2012.

The Indispensable Zinn: The Essential Writings of the People’s Historian

McCarthy, Timothy Patrick Patrick. The Indispensable Zinn: The Essential Writings of the People’s Historian. The New Press, 2012.

Let Us Be the Peacemakers

McCarthy, Timothy Patrick. "Let Us Be the Peacemakers." Nation. September 2010.

Gay Republicans Rising

McCarthy, Timothy Patrick. "Gay Republicans Rising." Daily Beast, August 29, 2010.

Protest Nation: Words That Inspired a Century of American Radicalism

McCarthy, Timothy Patrick. Protest Nation: Words That Inspired a Century of American Radicalism. The New Press, 2010.

Barack Obama: America’s First Gay President?

McCarthy, Timothy Patrick. "Barack Obama: America’s First Gay President?" Huffington Post, October 2009.

Prophets of Protest: Reconsidering the History of American Abolitionism

McCarthy, Timothy Patrick. Prophets of Protest: Reconsidering the History of American Abolitionism. The New Press, 2006.

The Radical Reader: A Documentary Anthology of the American Radical Tradition

McCarthy, Timothy Patrick. The Radical Reader: A Documentary Anthology of the American Radical Tradition. The New Press, 2003.