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Lessons from state government: healthy disagreements can move a polarized population forward
Nothing illustrates the current ideologic divide in the United States more than the rhetoric used in the 2024 presidential election. Harvard Kennedy School Dean Jeremy Weinstein called out this ...
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A human-algorithm approach to approving medical devices could slash the recall rate and save billions
A new process that consolidates machine learning algorithms with unique human-based expertise promises to improve the regulatory and approval process for new medical devices by reducing the recall ...
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Can receptive language help news media win back readers’ trust?
Recent studies from Harvard Kennedy School and Georgetown have shown that conversational receptiveness (using language that ...
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A clear view of congress
The VoteSee team spoke to students in Harvard Yard and found that many don’t yet know who represents them in Congress. When Golden came to Harvard for her joint degree program, she knew it was time to ...
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Study Group with Alejandra Castillo
The pandemic seems far removed from our rear-view window, yet the lessons are searing and impactful on our national ...
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Aggregate Advertising Expenditure in the U.S. Economy: Measurement and Growth Issues in the Digital Era - Alvin Silk
September 2, 2021, Paper: "The two components of the advertising industry – the creative sector that develops and produces messages, and the communications sector that transmits messages via various ...
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Derivatives and repos in bankruptcy - Mark Roe
June 26, 2020, Book Chapter, "Explains that favorable treatment of derivatives and financial repurchase agreements under bankruptcy law weakens market discipline during ordinary financial times and ...
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US wages grew at fastest pace in decades in 2021, but prices grew even more - Jason Furman and Wilson Powell III
January 28, 2022, Opinion: "Over the last three months nominal wages and salaries for all civilian workers slowed slightly but still rose at a fast 4.4 percent annual rate, according to the newly ...
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High Frequency Data and a Weekly Economic Index during the Pandemic - James Stock
December 2020, Paper: "This paper describes a weekly economic index (WEI) developed to track the rapid economic developments associated with the onset of and policy response to the novel coronavirus ...
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The Declining Worker Power Hypothesis: An Explanation for the Recent Evolution of the American Economy - Lawrence Summers
May 2020, Paper, "Rising profitability and market valuations of US businesses, sluggish wage growth and a declining labor share of income, and reduced unemployment and inflation, have defined the ...
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Experimentation, Innovation, and Economics
2020, Paper, "The experimental method not only helps identify causal relationships, but also provides economists with a rich sense of context, focuses research on specific practical questions, ...
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Open Source Software and Global Entrepreneurship - Frank Nagle & Shane Greenstein
June 2020, Paper, "Does more activity in open source lead to more entrepreneurial activity and, if so, how much, and in what direction? This study measures how participation on the GitHub open source ...