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How do we decide whom to rely on? A Q&A with Mario L. Small

October 23, 2017

OUPblog | In theory, the answer seems obvious: if the matter is personal, they will turn to a spouse, a family member, or someone close. In practice, what people actually do often belies these expectations. 

We sat down with Mario L. Small, author of Someone To Talk To, to answer some key questions into how we decide whom to rely on and understanding social networks. Small (PhD '01) is Grafstein Family Professor of Sociology at Harvard.



Mary Waters on the Integration of Immigrants into the U.S.

August 25, 2017

Financial Times Alphachat | Interview with Mary C. Waters, John L. Loeb Professor of Sociology at Harvard. Waters chaired the National Academy of Sciences panel on The Integration of Immigrants into American Society. Listen to the podcast or read the full transcript.



I study undocumented immigrants. Here's how DACA changed their lives.

September 5, 2017

Vox | By Roberto G. Gonzales, Professor of Education at Harvard University and the author of Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America.



Even for the Very Rich, More Money Brings Happiness

December 7, 2017

Wall Street Journal | But a study also shows that happiness depends on where the wealth comes from. By Grant E. Donnelly and Michael Norton, Harvard Business School.
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Evidence-Based Health Policy

December 21, 2017

The New England Journal of Medicine | By Katherine Baicker and Amitabh Chandra. "Having a clear framework for characterizing what is, and isn’t, evidence-based health policy (EBHP) is a prerequisite for a rational approach to making policy choices," Baicker and Chandra argue, "and it may even help focus the debate on the most promising approaches."

Katherine Baicker is Dean of the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. Amitabh Chandra is Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.



The Descent of Democracy

September 20, 2017

Boston Review | By Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. One of Boston Review's Top 10 essays on race in 2017.



Opinion: America needs big ideas to heal our divides. Here are three.

October 19, 2017

PBS NewsHour | By Robert D. Putnam and John Bridgeland. Robert Putnam is Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University.



Opinion: For black athletes, wealth doesn’t equal freedom

October 18, 2017

PBS NewsHour | By Leah Wright Rigueur, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.



Rescuing Economics from Neoliberalism

November 6, 2017

Boston Review | By Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, Kennedy School. This essay is one of Boston Review's Top Ten Reads on Inequality in 2017.

Rodrik's newest book is Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a Sane World Economy (Princeton University Press, 2017).



The real cost of the Republican tax cuts

November 1, 2017

Vox | By Jason Furman and Greg Leiserson. They’ll require spending cuts, or tax increases in other areas. Either could hurt many American families.

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