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'Brexit' Hits U.S. Stock Market Harder than an Election

June 24, 2016

The New York Times | By Justin Wolfers (Ph.D. '01), University of Michigan. "While market reactions are surely neither as rational nor as carefully calibrated as the theory suggests, at least they provide a useful quantification of the conventional wisdom. And that conventional wisdom seems to be that Britain’s exit from the European Union will lead to economic disruption that will echo across the Atlantic."



A Family-Friendly Policy that's Friendliest to Male Professors

June 24, 2016

The New York Times | By Justin Wolfers (Ph.D. '01), University of Michigan. "Economics remains a male-dominated field, and the research shows that policies fueled by the best intentions of universities have made an imbalance worse," writes Wolfers. "Three female economists have shown that the tools of economics...suggest that a more nuanced policy would lead to better outcomes. It leaves me wondering how many other policy mistakes we could avoid, if only we had more female economists."



Stagnationists are Simply Wrong

June 16, 2016

Forbes | By Scott Winship (Ph.D. '09), Walter B. Wriston Fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.



How Changing Rent Subsidies Could Impact D.C.

July 20, 2016

WAMU—The Kojo Nnamdi Show | Eva Rosen (Ph.D. '14) and Adrianne Todman, Executive Director of the D.C. Housing Authority, guest to discuss how a proposed change to HUD's method of calculating housing subsidies to better reflect local housing costs could affect neighborhoods and upward mobility for families in the D.C. area. Rosen is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Poverty and Inequality Research Lab at Johns Hopkins University. Read more about Rosen's work at evarosen.org.



A Third Way: Lessons on the Politics of School District Turnaround from Lawrence, Massachusetts

July 21, 2016

Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy | By Beth Schueler (Ph.D. '16). Schueler is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Program on Education Policy and Governance at the Harvard Kennedy School.



The Last Hurrah of the "Silent Majority"?

July 29, 2016

Democracy Journal | By Michael Javen Fortner (Ph.D. '10), Assistant Professor and Academic Director of Urban Studies at the Murphy Institute, CUNY.... Read more about The Last Hurrah of the "Silent Majority"?



Democrats are losing to Republicans at the state level, and badly. Here's why.

August 3, 2016

Vox | By Alexander Hertel-Fernandez and Theda Skocpol. "Faced with a loose-cannon 2016 GOP presidential nominee who disagrees with them on key issues, Charles and David Koch — the two billionaire "Koch brothers" — are directing the vast resources of their political network toward down-ballot races. This should alarm liberals greatly," write Hertel-Fernandez and Skocpol.

Alexander Hertel-Fernandez (Ph.D. '16) is an assistant professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University. Theda Skocpol is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University.



Using Behavioural Science to Improve the Government Workforce

August 8, 2016

Oxford Government Review |  By Elizabeth Linos (Ph.D. '16), in the inaugural issue of the Oxford Government Review (p. 41). Linos and Harvard's Jeffrey Liebman, Malcolm Wiener Professor of Public Policy, spoke at the Challenges of Government Conference 2016, held at the University of Oxford Blavatnik School of Government in May 2016.

Linos is currently VP and Head of Research and Evaluation at the Behavioral Insights Team in North America, where she works with city governments across the US to improve programs using behavioral science and to build capacity around rigorous evaluation. Lean more about Linos's research:
scholar.harvard.edu/elinos




Clinton Abandons the Middle on Education

August 14, 2016

Wall Street Journal | By Paul E. Peterson and Martin R. West. Most rank-and-file Democrats disagree with the party platform, Peterson and West argue, drawing from a survey to be published next week in Education Next. Peterson is Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government at Harvard. West (Ph.D. '06) is Associate Professor of Education.



Inequality is a distraction. The real issue is growth.

August 16, 2016

Washington Post | By Scott Winship (Ph.D. '09), Walter B. Wriston fellow at the Manhattan Institute. A debate with Jared Bernstein, former chief economist to Vice President Biden, who provides the counterargument: "Inequality is deeply entrenched. We'll have to think big to fix it."

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