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A lapse in concentration

September 29, 2016

The Economist | A dearth of competition among firms helps explain wage inequality and a host of other ills, writes The Economist, in its review of various lines of research. Cites work by Harvard's Richard Freeman (joint with Erling Barth, Alex Bryson, and James Davis) and by Raven Malloy (Ph.D. '11) (joint with Christopher Smith and Abigail Wozniak). Malloy is now section chief with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.



A left-handed compliment for the sinistral set

August 13, 2015

Boston Globe | Cites Joshua S. Goodman research on left-handedness, brain structure, and human capital accumulation, which is now available (open-access) from the Journal of Economic Perspectives ►



A lefty's lament: Left-handed edged out on college, career, and earnings outcomes

January 30, 2015

Harvard Gazette | Joshua Goodman



A letter to the class of 2023

March 29, 2019

New York Daily News | By Natasha Warikoo PhD 2005. Warikoo is Associate Professor of Education at Harvard and the author of The Diversity Bargain.



A Look Back At Other Marches In History, And What They Accomplished

January 22, 2017

NPR Weekend Edition | Historian Leah Wright Rigueur of the Harvard Kennedy School discusses the significance of yesterday's Women's March on Washington and how it compares to other marches in history. [audio + transcript]



A Look Back At Other Marches In History, and What They Accomplished

January 22, 2017

NPR Weekend Edition | Leah Wright Rigueur of the Harvard Kennedy School joins to discuss the significance of this weekend's Women's March and how it compares to other marches in history.



A Medicare Drug Incentive That Leads to Greater Hospitalizations

May 8, 2017

The New York Times | Cites study by Amitabh Chandra (joint with Jonathan Gruber and Robin McKnight), published in the American Economic Review. "For sicker Medicare beneficiaries, the Harvard economist Amitabh Chandra and colleagues found, increased Medicare hospital spending exceeded any savings from reduced drug prescriptions and doctor’s visits."



A Middle-Class Stronghold's Uncertain Future

July 2, 2016

The Atlantic | Quotes Elisabeth Jacobs (Ph.D. '08), Senior Director for Policy and Academic Programs, Washington Center for Equitable Growth.



A Moral Conscience for Economics

August 18, 2016

Harvard Magazine | New HKS dean Douglas Elmendorf talks with Harvard Magazine about inequality, the state of economics, and the role of public policy in improving people's lives.



A more inclusive Harvard

September 28, 2016

Harvard Gazette | An interview with Danielle Allen, Archon Fung, and Meredith Weenick,  co-chairs of the new University-wide Presidential Task Force on Belonging and Inclusion. Danielle Allen is Professor of Government and Education and Director of the Edmond Safra Center for Ethics. Archon Fung is Academic Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School and Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Citizenship. 

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