Interview with Mark L.J. Wright
March 26, 2018
Senior Vice President and Director of Research on our new Institute, the minimum wage study, and fostering excellence in research
Moments from the Ninth
March 26, 2018
Videos from a year in community engagement
Reflections from outgoing Board Chair MayKao Hang
March 26, 2018
Remarks to the Board of Directors made on November 29, 2017
From Board Chair Kendall J. Powell
March 26, 2018
Interviews
Interview with Anne Case
December 12, 2017
Princeton economist on the cost of AIDS in South Africa, “deaths of despair” in the U.S. and women in economics
Interview with Lawrence Katz
September 25, 2017
Harvard economist on the gender pay gap, fissuring workplaces and the importance of moving to a good neighborhood early in a child’s life
Featured Articles
Abandoning a Currency Peg
October 4, 2016
Fear of future loss can convince central banks to loosen a fixed exchange rate
The Costs of Monopoly: A New View
July 12, 2016
Contrary to conventional wisdom, monopolies inflict substantial economic harm, particularly on the poor
Research Digest
U.S. inequality: It’s worse than we thought
April 19, 2018
Time spent on home chores increases inequality among American households
You’re fired?
February 6, 2018
Wage inequality in Brazil is exacerbated by high firing costs—a form of worker protection that may actually worsen the lot of low-income employees
Equity and Efficiency in Space
January 17, 2018
If the rich are richer partly because they live in more productive locations, does a progressive federal income tax result in a poorer economy?
Economic Policy Papers
Reforming the European Monetary Union
May 8, 2017
The lack of policy commitment that led to the EMU also created its challenges. Addressing those challenges, not dissolving the Union, is the way forward
Container Imports and the Advantage of Size
March 20, 2017
Large retailers have used the scale economies of shipping containers to expand sales and imports
The Great Recession: A Macroeconomic Earthquake
February 7, 2017
Why it happened, endured and wasn’t foreseen. And how it’s changing theory
Insuring Against Adverse Outcomes at Birth
December 1, 2016
Policy should focus on the insurance motives of parents
Innovation and Growth with Frictions
November 1, 2016
Monetary policy that provides sound banking and sound money can spur growth through innovation
