One of the most-pervasive debates in literature on managing people is whether using “hard” or “soft” approaches produces better…
Would the world be more peaceful if women were in charge? A challenging new book by the Harvard University psychologist Steven Pinker says…
Looking for novel solutions to public policy problems? You could check the high-end think tanks in the U.S. or Britain, maybe research from…
It's been easy to dismiss the Occupy Wall Street-and-beyond protesters. To many, they seem disorganized, lack a clear agenda, and advance…
Compared to many of my colleagues, I am more inclined to read academic journals from cover to cover rather than just the one or two papers…
Exploiting a randomized natural experiment in India, we show that female leadership influences adolescent girls' career aspirations and…
Climate change is more uncertain, more
global, and more long-term than most issues facing humanity. This
trifecta makes a policy…
Citing an escalating dispute over islands in the East China Sea, The Economist warned last week that “China and Japan are sliding toward…
I work for the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard's Kennedy School. Roy L. Ash, who died last month, stood for…
China’s president, Hu Jintao, greeted 2012 with an important essay warning that China was being battered by Western culture: “We must…