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Taxes: Price of Civilization or Tribute to Leviathan?

Taxes: Price of Civilization or Tribute to Leviathan? Lant Pritchett, August 2015, Paper. "There are two dominant narratives about taxation. One is taxes are the “price we pay for a civilized society” ...
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When parents have unstable work conditions, kids are more likely to visit the ER for asthma

Quinn, K., Perez, K. & Schneider, D. Parents’ precarious work schedules and children’s asthma management. BMC Public Health 26, 880 (2026). https://doi-org.ezp ...
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What’s Behind the Non-Bank Mortgage Boom?

Mortgages constitute a large, complex, and controversial market in the United States, shaped largely by federal policymaking. Since 2010, the role of non-banks – a term commonly used to define firms ...
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Senior Fellow-Led Study Groups

M-RCBG Senior Fellows are distinguished professionals from government and/or business who come to HKS to address issues at the interface of the public and private sectors: regulation, corporate ...
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How Framework for Teaching and Tripod 7Cs Evidence Distinguish Key Components of Effective Teaching

What is effective teaching? It’s not enough to say “I know it when I see it” – not when we’re expecting so much more from students and teachers than in the past. To help teachers achieve greater ...
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American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us

Unique among nations, America is deeply religious, religiously diverse, and remarkably tolerant. But in recent decades the nation's religious landscape has been reshaped. America has experienced three ...
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Judgment in Managerial Decision Making

Behavioral decision research provides many important insights into managerial behavior. From negotiation to investment decisions, the authors weave behavioral decision research into the organizational ...
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Jeffrey Liebman

Sponsored projects include research, training, convening, and other initiatives externally funded through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements. Funding sources can include the US federal ...
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Conscience of a Black Conservative: The 1964 Election and the Rise of the National Negro Republican Assembly

n the immediate aftermath of the election of 1964, no group was more visibly alienated by the candidacy of Barry Goldwater than the black electorate. Abandoning the Republican Party en masse, black ...
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The 3.5% rule: Understanding what makes protest powerful

MOVEMENTS MATTER. In 1980, ship workers in the Polish city of Gdańsk went on strike, demonstrating for independent unions, better conditions, and political reforms. Poland, which had been under Soviet ...
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Harvard professor explains the basics of universal basic income

Through a series of longitudinal studies, Professor Randall Kekoa Akee looked at the impact of a Tribal casino’s universal basic income (UBI) payments to their tribe members. Over the course of a ...
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What Can be Done About Food Waste? - Emily Broad Leib

November 15, 2021, Audio: "Emily Broad Leib, founder and director of Harvard’s Food Law and Policy Clinic, discusses how to reduce food waste in the United States and abroad. Topics include the ...