With the United States in retreat under the banner of “America First,” outgoing Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo says ...

Mark Shepard, a Harvard Kennedy School expert, looks at the crossroads facing the American health insurance system, a patched ...

Why does states’ use of indiscriminate violence against civilians during civil wars weaken some insurgencies but strengthen others?

The Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy welcomes Professor Kevin Young (UMass Amherst) to speak in the Stone Inequality & Social Policy Seminar. For more information ...

September 27, 2021, Paper: "Supply chain disruptions, which have become commonplace, are often associated with glob alization and trade. Little is known about optimal policy in the face of insecure ...

May/June 2021, Opinion: "For decades, the promise of globalization has rested on a vision of a world in which goods, services, and capital would flow across borders as never before; whatever its other ...

February 2022, Paper: "We study how the recent run-up in housing and rental prices affects the outlook for inflation in the United States. Housing held down overall inflation in 2021. Despite record ...

May 2020, Paper, "Rising profitability and market valuations of US businesses, sluggish wage growth and a declining labor share of income, and reduced unemployment and inflation, have defined the ...

February 2020, Book, "Don't fly blind. See how the power of experiments works for you. When it comes to improving customer experiences, trying out new business models, or developing new products, even ...

2021, Paper: "We characterize optimal monetary policy in response to asymmetric shocks that shift demand from one sector to another, a condition arguably faced by many economies emerging from the ...

2015, Video, "Economics from a Historical Perspective(Nathan Nunn(Harvard University, Professor of Economics)): Economist Nathan Nunn will discuss the role that history plays in understanding ...

2021, Paper: "We study tax enforcement in a two-sector economy and focus on cross-sector ef fect of sectoral shocks. Specifically, we investigate whether business fluctuation in mining sector can ...