Individuals tend toward status quo bias: preferring existing options over new ones. There is a countervailing phenomenon: humans naturally…
Governments spend large amounts of money in fighting wars, but until recently, these expenditures have not been subject to rigorous…
Nonprofit brands are visible everywhere. Amnesty International, Habitat for Humanity, and World Wildlife Fund are some of the most widely…
The Moving to Opportunity (MTO) for Fair Housing demonstration provided an opportunity for low-income renters to move to low-poverty…
The proximate cause of poverty is low productivity. Poor people are poor because their labor produces too little to adequately feed and…
Why do many countries find it hard to control their budgets? Concern about budget deficits has become a burning political issue in the…
Leading social analysts Ruth Milkman, Mohammed A. Bamyeh, Benjamin Barber, William Julius Wilson, Dana Williams, and Deborah B. Gould offer…
Developing countries traditionally experience pass-through of exchange rate changes that is greater and more rapid than high-income…
Why was the Arab World Poised for Revolution? Schooling, Economic Opportunities, and the Arab Spring
What underlying long-term conditions set the stage for the Arab Spring? In recent decades, the Arab region has been characterized by an…