Although an accurate estimate of how the poverty rate has changed since 1964 would show that we are much closer to achieving President…
The Cold War and decolonization transformed the twentieth century world. The book begins by exploring ideas of modernity, development, and…
Bailing out Greece is politically impossible—it's also increasingly necessary.
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Who speaks for the dispossessed? Matthew Desmond, April 22, 2015, Paper. "This commentary articulates three perspectives on race in America…
The largest and most important flow of scientific talent in the world is the
migration of international students to the doctoral programs…
E. P. Thompson, Politics and History: Writing Social History Fifty Years after The Making of the English Working Class. Andrew Gordon…
After the Soviet Union collapsed, Richard Nixon observed that the United States had won the Cold War, but had not yet won the peace. Since…
Credit-Market Sentiment and the Business Cycle. Jeremy Stein, April 20, 2015, Paper. "Using U.S. data from 1929 to 2013, we show that…
This article reports the results of an econometric evaluation of the effects of Plan Colombia, the largest US aid package ever received by…