Twenty years ago this week, a jury acquitted the Los Angeles policemen who beat motorist Rodney King, and the city exploded in a six-day…
Book abstract: Over the past two decades there has been great interest in cosmopolitanism across the human and social sciences. Where,…
Since the middle of the last century, the American labor movement has been in steady decline. In the early 1950s, around one-third of the…
In a widely cited study, Collier, Hoeffler & Söderbom show that economic growth reduces the risk of post-conflict peace collapse –…
The police profession has much to gain by recognizing its kinship with a broad range of regulatory professions. Law-enforcement agencies,…
With all the focus on the “war on women,” the issue of war and women isn’t getting its share of attention. On Monday, Defense Secretary…
Just as gross domestic product (GDP) growth is said to be a good measure of a president’s economic management skills, so the nation’s…
The article presents a speech by development economist Lant Pritchett
delivered in the Belmont First Ward in Belmont, Massachusetts on…
The Moving to Opportunity (MTO) for Fair Housing demonstration provided an opportunity for low-income renters to move to low-poverty…