China Shock 2.0, the one that’s fast approaching, is where China goes from underdog to favorite. Today, it is aggressively contesting the innovative sectors where the United…
Presented by Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER Transformational Medicines: Lessons from Social Science Rhoda Au, Julie Bynum, and Kathleen M. McGarry, Organizers NBER…
June 10, 2025, Opinion: "Advanced economies’ most glaring failure, reflected in divided societies and polarized politics, has been their inability to deliver adequate numbers of…
April 6, 2025, Opinion: "From the White House Rose Garden, President Trump called it “Liberation Day” for the United States, but in garment factories in Hanoi and Phnom Penh, the…
April 1, 2025, Interview: "In 2022, there were more than 48,000 firearm-related deaths in the United States, and firearms were the leading cause of death for Americans under the…
To promote economic growth and inclusion, the tools of industrial policy must be oriented towards micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises by targeting firms with high-…
June 10, 2024, Opinion: "Today’s developing economies are in a bind, because innovation in manufacturing has taken a predominantly skill-biased form, reducing demand for workers…
Critics of industrial policy claim that state interventions into the market lead to inefficient subsidies, protectionism, or the “picking of winners.” Kartik Akileswaran and Rohan…
Notwithstanding concerns about staffing levels and burnout in health care, federal wage and employment data does not support the suggestion that a Covid-19 pandemic-related spike…
For much of the past few months, President Joe Biden’s administration has been trying to drum up public enthusiasm around “Bidenomics”—an economic agenda formed around the logic…
