Do 40-Year-Old Facts Still Matter? Long-Run Effects of Federal Oversight under the Voting Rights Act
In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act that mandated federal oversight of election laws in discriminatory…
Consumption Taxes, Redistribution and Informality. Anders Jensen, 2019, Paper, "We study how the presence of large informal sectors in…
Independent Taxation, Horizontal Equity, and Return-Free Filing. Jeffrey Liebman, 2019, Book Chapter, "Switching from joint to independent…
How Central-Bank Independence Dies. Kenneth Rogoff, May 31, 2019, Opinion, "Since the world’s major central banks came to the global…
There's a 'contradiction' in the US stance on the Chinese yuan. Jeffrey Frankel, May 27, 2019, Video, "Jeffrey Frankel of Harvard…
The Federal Reserve’s Current Framework for Monetary Policy: A Review and Assessment.…
An innovative apprenticeship program is working to bring some of Los Angeles' neediest residents into the city's workforce.
Over the last 10 years, the concept of value has emerged in both business and public life as part of an important process of measuring,…
Effects of Austerity: Expenditure- and Tax-based Approaches. Alberto Alesina, Spring 2019, Paper, "Sometimes governments need to reduce…
What a wise US-China trade deal looks like? Full of trade-offs. Kenneth Rogoff, May 8, 2019, Opinion, "Will a possibly imminent US-China…