Not since the early, heady days of recombinant DNA (rDNA) has a technique of molecular biology so gripped the scientific imagination as the…
September 2015. GrowthPolicy staff members Jennifer Nash and Devjani Roy interviewed Harvard Kennedy School Professor Richard Zeckhauser,…
The conventional wisdom in health economics is that idiosyncratic features of
the healthcare sector leave little scope for market forces to…
A combination of legal rules and institutional forces pushes health plans to cover nearly every medical innovation. The result is that many…
Reflecting on Work Improves Productivity. Francesca Gino, October 5, 2015, Opinion. “Professor Francesca Gino of Harvard Business…
A Tax Boon for Working Women. Martin Feldstein, October 5, 2015, Opinion. "The U.S. tax code is unfair to women who work. It also…
The Future of Growth in Developing Countries by Professor Dani Rodrik. Dani Rodrik, October 5, 2015, Video. "Professor Dani Rodrik, Ford…
Coasean Bargaining in the Presence of Pigouvian Taxation. Ian Mackenzie, October 2, 2015. "Coasean arguments against the Pigouvian…
Markets Systems: Michael Porter - Innovation and Competition. Michael Porter, October 2, 2015, Video. "Master Class Series, MC10010,…
Rethinking economics, from the inside out.
In the wake of the financial crisis and the Great Recession, economics seems anything but a…