In our first seminar of the Spring semester, Bohnet and Chilazi will give an overview of their book and the theme of this ...

January 2021, Book: "Critics of contemporary economics complain that belief in free markets–among economists as well as many ordinary citizens–is a form of religion. And, it turns out, that in a ...

November 26, 2021, Audio: "The first of our two-part conversation with Naill Ferguson is on applied history’s lessons of the 1920s and the 1970s…for the 2020s. Niall is a historian and senior fellow ...

May 2020, Paper: "We investigate whether ESG ratings predict future ESG news and the associated market reactions. We find that the consensus rating predicts future news, but its predictive ability ...

October 24, 2020, Opinion: "Economists broadly agree that placing a price on carbon, whether through a cap-and-trade program or a tax, is a key element of an economically efficient suite of policies ...

August 10, 2020, Opinion: "Business travel, which used to represent $1.5 trillion a year – about 1.7% of world GDP – has slowed to a trickle. But the economic impact will extend far beyond lost jobs ...

November 2021, Interview: "TIE Founder and Editor David Smick interviews Larry Summers, the former Clinton Treasury secretary, top Obama economic adviser, and Harvard president. Summers’ recent ...

October 12, 2020, Paper; "The SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) pandemic is the greatest threat to prosperity and well-being the US has encountered since the Great ...

April 2021, Paper: "We provide evidence of the stock market wealth effect on consumption by using a local labor market analysis and regional heterogeneity in stock market wealth. An increase in local ...

October 1, 2020, Paper: "From the technical analyses of wide ranges of scholars to the public discourse backlashes against globalization, there is a huge volume of work historicizing, quantifying, and ...

September 21, 2021, Book Chapter: "This paper employs an updated algorithm and database for classifying exchange rate and anchor currency choice, to explore the evolution of the global exchange rate ...

April 15, 2021, Video: "Half of Americans under forty say they would “prefer living in a socialist country.” A self-described “Democratic socialist” surged to an early lead in the 2020 Democratic ...