Work & Economy
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How China tariffs could backfire on U.S.
Economists say there could be unintended consequences, including higher prices, supply chain disruptions, and possibly opening door to improving Beijing’s ties to American allies
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How free-market policymakers got it all wrong for decades
Conservative economist says singular focus on deregulation, unfettered trade failed to deliver for American households
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Are rich different from you and me? Would we be better off without them?
Safra Center for Ethics debate weighs extreme wealth, philanthropy, income inequality, and redistribution
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Millions of workers are also juggling caregiving. Employers need to rethink.
Business School report finds rigid hiring policies, work rules, scheduling hurt employees but also productivity, retention, bottom line
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What skeptics get wrong about liberal arts
In podcast episode, an economist, an educator, and a philosopher make the case it’s as essential as ever in today’s job market
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Generative AI embraced faster than internet, PCs
Study finds nearly 40 percent of Americans have used technology for tasks at work and at home
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Is inflation a problem now? Maybe, but more likely not
Alberto F. Cavallo talks about what’s driving prices up, how far they may still go, and what COVID has revealed about the U.S. economy.
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Isaiah Andrews wins Clark Medal
Harvard economist Isaiah Andrews has won the John Bates Clark Medal, recognized for developing statistical tools and models that help scholars to overcome research obstacles that can lead to inaccuracies.
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Local small business roundtable sees reasons for hope
At a Harvard-hosted panel, local small business owners and political leaders talked about lessons learned from the pandemic, and how to apply them to the days ahead.
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Innovation, persisting
The New Venture Competition features entrepreneurs adapting to challenging times.
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Is ‘business as usual’ gone for good?
A recent survey from Harvard Business School Online shows that working online did work. In fact, many professionals even experienced advancement and growth — both on the job and at home — this year.
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Fast-growing life sciences manufacturing startup settles into Allston
Harvard’s life sciences innovation community on its Allston campus gained another member last month in the fast-growing manufacturing startup National Resilience Inc.
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Harvard Chan School launches public health program for business leaders
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health launches public health program for business leaders.
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Key to doing your best at work? Be yourself (no, really)
Being true to yourself at work, not trying to fit in, is key to personal success and an essential “first step” for corporate diversity, HBS professors say.
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Steps to zero
To keep its promise to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in its portfolio by 2050, the Harvard Corporation directed Harvard Management Company to give an early assessment of where its efforts and investments stand now.
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How COVID experiences will reshape the workplace
As organizations prepare for a return to their old workplaces, Harvard Business School faculty say the pandemic has permanently changed the way we work.
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An entrepreneurial approach to ‘possibility government’
Business School professor Mitchell Weiss looks at ways to encourage creativity, innovation.
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COVID vaccine race leaders likely won’t be only ones to reap huge payday
The coronavirus pandemic will likely make some vaccine companies rich, but which companies and how rich relies on the still-murky future of the pandemic, a Harvard health policy expert said.
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Departing Business School dean recalls a consequential decade
After a decade helming Harvard Business School, Dean Nitin Nohria talks about what he’s learned and walking away from the job he loves.
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The gig is up
A report found that 90 percent of companies surveyed see a future in shifting their talent model to a blend of full-time and freelance employees.
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What might COVID cost the U.S.? Try $16 trillion
Harvard economists have estimated the pandemic’s overall cost at a staggering $16 trillion, an economic toll not seen since the Great Depression, and say that figure justifies the expense of efforts to combat it.
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Great promise but potential for peril
Harvard experts examine the promise and potential pitfalls as AI takes a bigger decision-making role in more industries.
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Unemployed faced major barriers to financial support
New research finds workers laid off during the lockdown faced major barriers when accessing financial support. The survey also notes stark differences between states, and hunger and other major hardships suffered by service sector workers unable to secure assistance.
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Surveying a landscape of economic uncertainty in COVID era
Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff assesses the state of the U.S. economy and what’s on the horizon.
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How to be an antiracist nonprofit or company
A Harvard Kennedy School research initiative that studies racial bias in the private sector will consider why diversity and inclusion efforts fail.
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Disruption of work relationships adds to mental-health concerns during pandemic
COVID-related workplace interventions have focused on workers’ physical health, but a new study shows that attention should be paid to replacing workplace social networks also disrupted by the virus.
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Exploring Coke’s role in obesity strategy in China, elsewhere
Harvard researcher says Coke worked through a D.C. nonprofit to shape obesity science and policy solutions in China.
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Pandemic’s path of destruction widens
According to a Harvard study, a majority of households with children in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston are facing serious financial problems.
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Opening health care access to trans community
Soltan Bryce, an M.B.A. student and trans man, leads the growth of a digital startup that’s bringing much-needed health care to the historically neglected trans community.
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The pause that brings peace and productivity
In doing research for his new book “Step Back,” Joseph Badaracco studied classic works and interviewed 100 managers in 15 countries to learn how busy men and women find time for reflection.
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What’s next for the world’s largest economies?
Edward Cunningham and Philip Jordan examine China’s post COVID-19 economic recovery in an effort to better understand what’s next for America’s own attempts to rebuild.
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How COVID turned a spotlight on weak worker rights
An interview with Harvard Law Professor Benjamin Sachs and HLS Lecturer Sharon Block about the legal workplace issues in the time of COVID-19.
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The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and the financial fallout
Experts look at the long-term financial fallout from a 1921 riot that left an affluent Black community, known as Black Wall Street, destroyed by a white mob numbering in the thousands.
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New economic tracker finds flaws in U.S. recovery plan
Opportunity Insights report suggests targeted social insurance programs may be more effective than U.S. economic recovery strategies.
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Americans are weary of lockdowns, but if COVID surges, what then?
If not a new lockdown, how do we slow the coronavirus in the future, researchers ask.
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A look at the future as Beijing seeks more influence over Hong Kong
With the National Party Congress, China’s annual legislative session, concluded, the Ash Center sat down with Director Anthony Saich, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, to discuss a new security law that could define the future of Beijing’s relationship with Hong Kong.