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The Myth of Rising Protectionism

There was a dog that didn’t bark during the financial crisis: protectionism. Despite much hue and cry about it, governments have, in fact, imposed remarkably few trade barriers on imports.

Don't Underestimate Nuclear Terror Threat

Before 9/11, most Americans found the idea that international terrorists could mount an attack on their homeland and kill thousands of innocent citizens not just unlikely but inconceivable. After mor

In Search of the Deep Structure of Morality

Book abstract: Can we trust our intuitive judgments of right and wrong? Are moral judgments objective? What reason do we have to do what is right and avoid what is wrong?

Inequality in Cities

Much of the inequality literature has focused on national inequality, but local inequality is also important.

Simple Strategies Drive Out the Subtle

“Bad money drives out the good.” This sentence is universally known as Gresham’s Law — named for Sir Thomas Gresham, who is famous for six words he never said and for a concept he did not invent.

Discrimination in a Low-Wage Labor Market: A Field Experiment

Decades of racial progress have led some researchers and policymakers to doubt that discrimination remains an important cause of economic inequality.

Are Bilateral Remittances Countercyclical?

Recent Trends in the Earnings of New Immigrants to the United States

This paper studies long-term trends in the labor market performance of immigrants in the United States, using the 1960-2000 PUMS and 1994-2009 CPS.

Poverty and Poverty Alleviation Strategies in North America

This book is a dialogue about poverty in North America, especially in Mexico and the United States.

Performance Improvement and Performance Dysfunction: An Empirical Examination of Distortionary Impacts of the Emergency Room Wait-Time Target in the English National Health Service

The literature on the use of performance measurement in government has focused much attention on hypothesized unintended dysfunctional consequences that such measurement may produce.