Tag: Nicolas Retsinas
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Nation & World
Jobs wanted
Parts of the U.S. economy have been recovering for more than a year, but American jobs haven’t yet returned along with renewed profits. Harvard experts offer insights into what large-scale unemployment means for the nation, and what policymakers and others can do to fix a balky system.
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Nation & World
Affordable housing advocate
Julie Leadbetter, a dedicated affordable housing advocate, arrived at Harvard Kennedy School’s (HKS) midcareer program eager to stretch her skills and forge new relationships with big thinkers. She’s leaving this spring with an M.C./M.P.A. degree and a first place award in a local affordable housing development competition.
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Nation & World
Panel: Housing crisis is opportunity for action
When housing prices on Main Street tumbled last year — who doesn’t know this? — tremors rumbled all the way to Wall Street, and beyond. For the first time in 40 years of record-keeping, the median price of a single-family home declined. In six months, the value of U.S. housing stock dropped $3 trillion. Credit…