Work & Economy
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20 societal problems, 20 solutions
Projects translating research into public good — spanning fields from medicine and climate to civics and arts — win $4 million from new Harvard fund
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Would it be fair if you could bet on date of your college reunion?
Financial regulation expert says greater oversight needed of wager-on-anything prediction markets given risk of insider trading, worsening of gambling problems
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Single-minded pursuit of profit can get firms in trouble. Same thing with AI.
Researchers see lesson for lawmakers, executives as systems asked to run business, maximize gain resort to unethical, fraudulent tactics
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Why are communities pushing back against data centers?
Tech, data policy expert says concerns legitimate over rising power rates, water use, environmental issues amid mushrooming growth
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Powell issues a warning on U.S. debt
Current trends ‘not sustainable,’ says Fed chair, whose conversation with Harvard undergrads also touched on inflation, impact of war, independent decision-making
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‘Harvard Thinking’: Priced out of the American dream
In podcast, experts discuss factors fueling housing crisis — from overregulation to NIMBYism — and how to fix it
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A closer look at the post-election stock rally
A new Kennedy School paper looks at early investor reaction to Donald Trump’s presidency.
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Giving women the edge
Women’s Entrepreneurship Day brought powerful business minds to campus.
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Taking the stigma out of poverty
A two-day workshop will examine how poverty leads to social exclusion, and how to reduce it.
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Doing his job
Bill Belichick’s endlessly efficient management style holds lessons for business
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‘I had this extraordinary sense of liberation’
Interview with Dean Nitin Nohria of Harvard Business School as part of the Experience series.