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Beyond Criminal Justice Reform

October 5, 2015

Dissent | By Michael Javen Fortner (Ph.D. '10).



Michael Hankinson awarded TESS and JCHS grants to investigate political behavior and the housing affordability crisis

October 4, 2015

Awardee | Michael Hankinson, Ph.D. candidate in Government & Social Policy.... Read more about Michael Hankinson awarded TESS and JCHS grants to investigate political behavior and the housing affordability crisis



Weather, sharks, and the world economy: the luck of the political cycle

September 30, 2015

Inside Story | By Andrew Leigh (Ph.D. '04). A former Professor of Economics at the Australian National University, Leigh is the Shadow Assistant Treasurer and a Member of Parliament for the district of Fraser. This is an edited extract from his new book The Luck of Politics, published earlier this month by Black Inc.



101 economists defend the'Cadillac tax'

October 1, 2015

Letter to Congress | A group of prominent health economists and policy analysts issued a statement urging that Congress take no action to weaken the Cadillac tax "unless and until it enacts an alternative tax change that would more effectively curtail cost growth." Signatories include Amitabh Chandra, David Cutler, David Ellwood, Douglas Elmendorf, Lawrence Katz, Tom Vogl (Ph.D. '11), and Justin Wolfers (Ph.D. '01).



Offering too many choices can hurt community colleges and their students

October 1, 2015

Washington Post | Judith Scott-Clayton (Ph.D. '09)



Katherine Levine Einstein awarded APSA Urban Politics paper prize

July 1, 2015

Awardee | Katherine Levine Einstein (Ph.D. '12)... Read more about Katherine Levine Einstein awarded APSA Urban Politics paper prize



Daniel Hopkins serves as fellow with White House Social and Behavioral Sciences Team

September 15, 2015

Social and Behavioral Sciences Team | Daniel Hopkins (Ph.D. '07)... Read more about Daniel Hopkins serves as fellow with White House Social and Behavioral Sciences Team



Daniel Hopkins wins APSA awards in Urban Politics and Political Methodology

September 4, 2015

Awardee | Daniel Hopkins (Ph.D. '07)... Read more about Daniel Hopkins wins APSA awards in Urban Politics and Political Methodology



Why 21 year-old offenders should be tried in family court

October 2, 2015

Washington Post | By Vincent Schiraldi and Bruce Western, senior research fellow and chair, respectively, of the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management at the Malcolm Wiener Center.



Behind the Rise in Mass Incarceration

October 2, 2015

The New York Times | By Jeremy Travis (John Jay College of Criminal Justice) and Bruce Western. Letter to the Editor in response to David Brooks's Sep 29 column, "The Prison Problem."

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