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

Letter to Congressional Leaders

Elmendorf, Douglas. "Letter to Congressional Leaders." Harvard Kennedy School of Government, July 21, 2017.

Federal Policy and Economic Growth

Elmendorf, Douglas. "Federal Policy and Economic Growth." Business Economics 52.3 (July 2017): 149–153.

Federal Budget Policy with an Aging Population and Persistently Low Interest Rates

Elmendorf, Douglas, and Louise M. Sheiner. "Federal Budget Policy with an Aging Population and Persistently Low Interest Rates." Journal of Economic Perspectives 31.3 (Summer 2017).

Federal Budget Policy with an Aging Population and Persistently Low Interest Rates

Elmendorf, Douglas W., and Louise Sheiner. "Federal Budget Policy with an Aging Population and Persistently Low Interest Rates." Hutchins Center Working Papers (October 2016).

Designing Federal Budget Policy to Spur Economic Growth

Elmendorf, Douglas. "Designing Federal Budget Policy to Spur Economic Growth." The Brookings Institution (October 13, 2015).

A Fairer Approach to Fiscal Reform

Elmendorf, Douglas. "A Fairer Approach to Fiscal Reform." The Washington Post, October 11, 2015.

Dynamic Scoring: Why and How to Include Macroeconomic Effects in Budget Estimates for Legislative Proposals

Elmendorf, Douglas. "Dynamic Scoring: Why and How to Include Macroeconomic Effects in Budget Estimates for Legislative Proposals." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (September 2015).