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Make Work Fair: Introduction and the Myths We Need to Debunk
In our first seminar of the Spring semester, Bohnet and Chilazi will give an overview of their book and the theme of this ...
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and the $16 Trillion Virus - David Cutler and Lawrence Summers
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 ...
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Peak China Housing - Kenneth Rogoff
August 2020, Paper: "China’s real estate has been a key engine of its sustained economic expansion. This paper argues, however, that even before the Covid-19 shock, a decades-long housing boom had ...
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Economic Inequality Shapes Judgments of Consumption - Michael Norton
October 12, 2021, Paper: "Economic inequality affects not only how individuals judge and behave in their own lives, but also how those individuals’ judge and behave toward others – both people and ...
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A Brief History of Default - Edwin Truman
Noevember 2021, Opinion: "Barry Eichengreen, Asmaa El-Ganainy, Rui Esteves, and Kris James Mitchener present a valuable, detailed account of the evolution of public debt instruments and institutions ...
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Income Volatility Increases Financial Impatience - Ashley Whillans
2020, Paper: "Using a multi-method approach, we investigate whether income volatility is associated with financial impatience—the preference to receive a small sum of money immediately over a larger ...
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Debates in Macroeconomics from the Great Depression to the Long Recession Cycles, Crises and Policy Responses - Arie Arnon
2022, Book: "This book assesses major schools of thought in macroeconomic theory between the Great Depression and the Long Recession, focusing on their analysis of cycles, crises and macro-policy. It ...
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Structure, Interdependence, and Evolution of Globalization in Global Value Chains
September 6, 2020, Paper: "Global value chains (GVCs) are the practical expressions and principal engines of today’s globalization. There is a burgeoning body of literature that takes a GVC ...
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Lecture: The Future of Globalization - Dani Rodrik
September 1, 2020, Video: "In this lecture Dani Rodrik argues that the model of hyperglobalization we have been pursuing is unsustainable and that we have an opportunity to embark on a sounder, ...
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Crypto, DeFi, and Monetary Policy - Marco Di Maggio
December 9, 2021, Video: "Of all of the possible disruptive uses of cryptocurrency and blockchain, decentralized finance (or DeFi) might be the one most likely to bring this technology to a wider ...
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Maxims for Thinking Analytically: The Wisdom of Legendary Harvard Professor Richard Zeckhauser
This book will help you think more analytically. Doing so will enable you to better understand the world around you, to make smarter decisions, and to ultimately live a more fulfilling life. It draws ...
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Minimum Wages and the Rise of Firms’ Robot Adoption in China - Richard Freeman
2020, Paper: "In this study, we analyze the impacts of minimum wages on firms’ robot adoption using novel panel data related to robots imported by firms in China from 2001 to 2012, a period when most ...