Today, more than half of low-income countries eligible for relief under the Debt Service Suspension Initiative are either in debt distress…
The global COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in soaring infection rates, widespread lockdowns, record-shattering declines in output, and…
The Covid-19 public health crisis has sharply reduced the earnings of millions of U.S. households, following the severe curtailment of…
Emily Breza for VoxDev
March 27, 2020
In an article for VoxDev, CID Faculty Affiliate Emily Breza, Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and…
In expanding its program that lets residents vote on public spending, New York City is enlivening democracy and engaging the electorate.
As the global economy weakens and markets grow more volatile, it is hard to imagine a worse time to stop 25% of US federal spending for…
Federal government shutdowns are the modern equivalent of duels — a dumb and immature way to resolve disputes. The current shutdown has…
An uncomfortable truth for American economists is that they have limited influence on economic policy. Take trade, for example. Anyone who…
For many Americans, cities have become a beacon of hope. They are widely recognized as engines of the U.S. economy and laboratories of…
The excise tax on high-cost health care plans, the so-called Cadillac tax, is good policy. Congress should side with President Obama and…