Tag: Economics
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Does right to bear arms override restraining orders against domestic abusers?
Harvard’s Caroline Light, an expert on history of firearms restrictions examines upcoming landmark Supreme Court case.
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This woman’s work
Faculty and friends of trailblazing Harvard economist Claudia Goldin react to her historic Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences win.
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Did winning the Nobel change your life?
Harvard laureates say it gave bully pulpit, brought invitations to speak (sometimes on subjects they know nothing about), meet kings (and play poker with Steve Martin).
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You bought an electric car. Why did your carbon footprint grow?
It may sound counterintuitive but you probably don’t drive enough, says grad’s research on the effectiveness of government incentives.
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Seeing obstacles, remaining undeterred
“I do have worries and fears,” says Oren Rimon Or ’23. “But I have developed the confidence that when you want something, you find a way to do it.”
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Can tech save us from worst of climate change effects? Doesn’t look good
Study by two Prize Fellows focuses on economic impact on agriculture.
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Henry Rosovsky, former acting University president, FAS dean, dead at 95
Beloved economist recalled as innovative administrator, renowned scholar, invaluable counselor, dear friend.
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Key to income inequality fight? Location, location, location
A new report finds that 80 percent of all young adults at age 26 had moved less than 100 miles from where they grew up, and just 10 percent moved more than 500 miles away. Even the enticement of higher-wage opportunities had little impact.
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Women mostly stayed in workforce as pandemic unfolded, defying forecasts
Harvard economist Claudia Goldin says education was a larger factor than gender in labor disruptions.
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The story behind Amartya Sen’s memoir
Nobel laureate, Harvard professor Amartya Sen talks about the challenges he faced writing his new memoir, “Home in the World.”
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Will the message sent by Amazon workers turn into a movement?
Labor economist Lawrence Katz looks at the recent flurry of U.S. workers unionizing and whether unions could enjoy a resurgence in the coming months.
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How invasion may hit U.S., global economies
Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff sees possible fallout in stock, energy markets, worsening of inflation, increase in military spending
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Will Omicron damage the economy?
Harvard economist and Nobel laureate Eric Maskin sees possible challenges and reasons for optimism.
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Dancing on the ceiling — of the world
Nosher Ali Khan, a sophomore economics concentrator from Hunza, Pakistan, set a Guinness world record for Highest Altitude Dance Party on Land.
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‘I quit’ is all the rage. Blip or sea change?
Lawrence Katz answers questions about the historic wave of workers quitting their jobs during the pandemic.
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Why being a working mom is still so tough
In a new book, “Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity,” Professor Claudia Goldin traces five generational groups of college-educated women across 120 years.
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A life’s mission sparked by disbelief over Tuskegee study
Harvard Kennedy School Professor Marcella Alsan wins a MacArthur “genius” grant for her work in public health.
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Regulators put cryptocurrency in crosshairs
HBS economist Scott Duke Kominers explains the explosive growth of cryptocurrency and why U.S. regulators now appear poised to swoop in.
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Should we be worried about Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google?
Economist Nancy Rose, a 2021-2022 Harvard Radcliffe Institute fellow, wants to refine and empower antitrust enforcement.
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Answer to U.S. labor shortage? ‘Hidden’ workforce
Businesses could address labor shortages by tapping into 27 million workers who are “hidden” from corporate hiring processes.
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A key inflation index leaps. Getting worried?
Economist Kenneth Rogoff discusses how consumers’ perceptions about inflation are an important factor that influences inflationary cycles.
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Why living in a two-parent home isn’t a cure-all for Black students
Christina Cross discusses new research that suggests that financial and other resources are also key to success for youth.
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Racial wealth gap may be a key to other inequities
The wealth gap between Black and white Americans is examined in this installment of the “Unequal” series.