Beyond 9/11: Homeland Security for the Twenty-First Century
For Americans, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, crystallized the notion of homeland security. But what does it mean to “secure the homeland” in the twenty-first century?
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Cities in the Developing World
The fast and often chaotic urbanization of the developing world generates both economic opportunity and challenges, like contagious disease and congestion, because proximity increases both positive an
Is China Beating the US to AI Supremacy?
Combining decades of experience advancing frontier technologies, on the one hand, and analyzing national security decisionmaking, on the other, we have been collaborating over the past year in an effo
Messages on COVID-19 Prevention in India Increased Symptoms Reporting and Adherence to Preventive Behaviors Among 25 Million Recipients with Similar Effects on Non-recipient Members of Their Communiti
During health crises, like COVID-19, individuals are inundated with messages promoting health-preserving behavior. Does additional light-touch messaging by a credible individual change behavior?
Review of The Creation of the East Timorese Economy, Volume 2: Birth of a Nation
The Creation of the East Timorese Economy, Volume 2: Birth of a Nation is a welcome addition to the global library of emerging markets literature.
What Explains Racial/Ethnic Inequality in Job Quality in the Service Sector?
White workers experience significant advantages in the labor market both in hiring and in compensation compared to their non-white peers.
What Can Economics Say About Alzheimer’s Disease?
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) affects one in ten people aged 65 or older and is the most expensive disease in the United States. We describe the central economic questions raised by AD.
Price of Gold Should Not Determine US Monetary Policy
Even if the only objective was low and stable inflation it would be a bad idea.
Afterword: Does Deliberative Democracy Have a Role in Our Time of Political Crisis?
Since the first generation of deliberative democratic theory, and the ‘deliberative turn’ in the 1990s, many societies around the world have become more institutionally fragile, multi-dimensionally un
Confidence in Context: Perceived Accuracy of Quantitative Estimates Decreases with Repeated Trials
Across seven studies (combined N = 5,484), we demonstrated that confidence in one’s judgments decreases over a series of quantitative estimates.
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