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Why the Economic Fates of America's Cities Diverged

November 28, 2015

The Atlantic | Highlights research by Daniel Shoag (Ph.D. '11, now Harvard Kennedy School faculty) and Peter Ganong (Harvard Ph.D. candidate in Economics) on the importance of regional income convergence in reducing U.S. wage inequality between 1940-1980 and explanations for declining convergence in recent decades.



Why the Education Department's New Equity Rule Might Not Be So Equal

June 1, 2016

The Atlantic | By Nora Gordon (Ph.D. '02), Associate Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University: "On the surface, the proposed rule sounds like a win for poor kids...However, the practical and policy implications are far less straightforward than they first appear."



Why the establishment was blindsided by Donald Trump

October 28, 2016

Washington Post | By Danielle Allen, Professor of Government and Education. He has revealed the U.S. to be one nation living in two very different worlds, argues Allen, a political theorist and contributing columnist for the Post.



Why the G.O.P Can't Win Black Votes

August 4, 2016

The New York Times | By Leah Wright Rigueur, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. "With every news cycle focused on Donald J. Trump’s latest misstep, it’s easy to overlook the fact that his campaign has drawn record low support from African-Americans — and that this achievement, as it were, illuminates something worrisome within the Republican Party itself."



Why the GOP loses if the Obamacare lawsuit wins

June 1, 2015

Washington Post | Political analysis highlights observations made by Theda Skocpol.



Why the High Cost of Big-City Living is Bad for Everyone

August 25, 2016

The New Yorker | Summarizes an expanding body of research, including work by Peter Ganong and Daniel Shoag (Ph.D. '11), Associate Professor of Public Policy, which suggests that the unaffordability of wealthy cities is itself a source of decreasing opportunity and a contributor to income inequality.

To learn more, see Ganong and Shoag's discussion and link to their paper, "Why Has Regional Income Convergence Declined?", at the Brookings Institution here.



Why the Museum of African American History Is About More Than the Past

September 29, 2016

Moyers & company| By Leah Wright Rigueur, Assistant Professor at Harvard Kennedy School.



Why the New Research on Mobility Matters: An Economist's View

May 4, 2015

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.



Why the poor do better on these simple tests of financial common sense

January 16, 2016

Chicago Tribune | Discusses research by psychologists Anuj K. Shah (University of Chicago), Eldar Shafir (Princeton), and economist Sendhil Mullainathan, Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics at Harvard. The work was presented earlier this month at the American Economic Association annual meeting.
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Why the Republican Party Can't Win Over Black Voters

April 19, 2016

The New Republic | By Theodore R. Johnson and Leah Wright Rigueur (Assistant Professor, Harvard Kennedy School). "The very politics of exclusion that have delivered dozens of statehouses run counter to the message of inclusion necessary to win the White House," Johnson and Rigueur argue.

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