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What Could Raising Taxes on the 1% Do? Surprising Amounts

October 16, 2015

The New York Times | Cites study by Adam Looney (Ph.D. '04, now U.S. Treasury Dept) and Kevin B. Moore (Federal Reserve), which found the long-term reduction in capital gains rate to be the primary reason for the "muted effectiveness" of the income tax system in reducing wealth inequality. View the original study.



Humans need not apply: Will the robot economy pit entrepreneurship against equality?

October 28, 2015

Institute for Policy Research | Distinguished Public Policy Lecture at Northwestern University by Andrew Leigh (Ph.D. '04), MP and Shadow Assistant Treasurer, Australia, and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences.



Will the Robot Economy Endanger Equality?

October 27, 2015

WBEZ Chicago | Guest: Andrew Leigh (Ph.D. '04)



Accidental New Yorker: Grandparents Relocate

October 2, 2015

The New York Times | Van C. Tran (Ph.D. '11)



What about measuring beyond reading and math scores?

November 4, 2015

Boston Globe—HKS PolicyCast | Interview with Ronald Ferguson, Harvard Achievement Gap Initiative.



Boston is gentrifying rapidly, so why do movies continue to romanticize the bygone grit?

November 1, 2015

Boston Globe | Robert J. Sampson quoted.



New Study Outlines Impacts of Higher Health Insurance Deductibles

October 22, 2015

Harvard Kennedy School | Amitabh Chandra



Ban the box: President Obama's plan to help ex-prisoners get jobs, explained

November 2, 2015

Vox | Devah Pager, Bruce Western featured in this look at the research behind the policy.



The Loneliness of the Black Republican

November 3, 2015

The New Republic—Intersection | Leah Wright Rigueur, Assistant Professor, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy.



Mehta Named Commissioner of NCTAF

November 3, 2015

Harvard Graduate School of Education | Jal Mehta (Faculty, Ph.D. '06) has been named a commissioner with the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future.

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