Chasing the Dream: Concentrated Poverty [video] News WNET: MetroFocus | Interview with Patrick Sharkey (Ph.D. '07)
40 years later- The relevance of Okun’s "Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff" News Brookings Institution | Moderated discussion featuring N. Gregory Mankiw (Harvard), Heather Boushey (Washington Center for Equitable Growth), Melissa S. Kearney (Hamilton Project), and Justin Wolfers (Brookings Nonresident Senior Fellow, Ph.D. '01)
Why the New Research on Mobility Matters: An Economist's View News New York Times | By Justin Wolfers (Ph.D. '01). Discussion of new findings by economics professors Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, and Lawrence Katz. Raj Chetty first presented these results in the Malcolm Wiener Seminar, Jan 26, 2015.
Wages and Corporate Behavior in the United States [Video] News Peterson Institute for International Economics | Event featuring Justin Wolfers (Ph.D. '01)
Reflecting on Race in America 50 Years after the Civil Rights Act News Brookings Institution | Forum with Vesla M. Weaver (Ph.D. '07)
Elements: The Consequences of Lead News BBC World Service | Jessica Wolpaw-Reyes (Ph.D. '02) (interview at 9:05)
Lowering the Drinking Age Has Serious Consequences News The New York Times | By Tara Watson (Ph.D. '03)
Comments on White House Announcement of New Community College Initiatives News The Hamilton Project | By Sandy Baum and Judith Scott-Clayton (Ph.D. '09)