📊 In @thecentersquare.bsky.social, Professor @durlauf.bsky.social of @ucstonecenter.bsky.social says the latest labor numbers point to “stasis” in the job market: unemployment remains steady and jobs are growing, but wage growth is weak and gains are uneven. https://har.rs/4tRfS9b

Learn about how opioid-related deaths have shifted party alignment and voting behavior in this week’s episode of Not Another Politics Podcast. Listen here: https://har.rs/48ZKw8H

📈 Why do stocks and bonds sometimes move together? New research from Associate Professor Carolin Pflueger describes what can cause both asset classes to decline simultaneously, challenging one of investing’s most basic assumptions. https://har.rs/4d6WwYv

🌍 New research from Professor Koichiro Ito shows Japan’s fuel-efficiency subsidies improved cars sold in the U.S. too, meaning about 75% of the policy’s total carbon reduction occurred outside Japan’s borders. https://har.rs/4wpy9MZ

🇷🇺 In @newsweek.com, @ksonin.bsky.social says Russians’ growing unhappiness with the war reflects declining living standards: “People's real incomes have not risen during the war, they've fallen... They are living worse than they would have lived if there was no war." https://har.rs/4nm3WdD

Consult examples of parking administration done right and wrong in this week’s edition of Public Money Policy: A Harris Newsletter. Subscribe for the latest insights on fiscal choices, economic policy, and markets. https://har.rs/3TBLZt0

🚓 @politico.com reports on a bipartisan U.S. Senate bill draws on the Crime Lab's Policing Leadership Academy, expanding commander-level training nationwide. Modeled on the Academy, the proposal aims to strengthen day-to-day police leadership. https://har.rs/4tUxd1G

⛽ In @thecentersquare.bsky.social, @durlauf.bsky.social warns that higher gas prices won’t just hit drivers: they can ripple across the economy, affecting costs, behavior, and long-term growth. Even temporary shocks, he notes, can have lasting economic effects. https://har.rs/4cPLVRA

Professor Anthony Fowler expresses concerns about term limits, arguing instead for more active voter engagement in elections. https://har.rs/4epY40L

The winners of the 2026 Harris Policy Innovation Challenge, and their "Structuring the Deal" proposal for Chicago sports stadiums, covered in #TheBondBuyer: https://har.rs/4cVEYNk

Join Gary Slutkin, author of "The End of Violence: Eliminating the World's Most Dangerous Epidemic" for a book talk in conversation with Professor Chris Blattman and Selwyn O. Rogers, Jr., Professor of Surgery and Chief of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery https://har.rs/4mRkc69

Learn more about how federal disaster funding is structured and how it's changing in this week’s edition of Public Money Policy: A Harris Newsletter. Subscribe for the latest insights on fiscal choices, economic policy, and markets. https://har.rs/3TBLZt0

🆕 How does organised crime take over a city – and can mayors act before it does? @chrisblattman.bsky.social joins Kurtis Lockhart and I on Ideas in Development to discuss: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKF3...

💰 In @thecentersquare.bsky.social, Research Professor @justin-marlowe.bsky.social explains why city workers log so much overtime: services like police, fire, and EMS require constant coverage, so gaps from leave or events are often filled with overtime. https://har.rs/4tZJ51T

⛽ In @newsweek.com, Professor Ryan Kellogg says the key to falling gas prices isn’t just reopening Hormuz: it’s whether shipping resumes and a ceasefire holds. Seasonal demand could also push prices up as summer driving begins. https://har.rs/4tpcXoD

🎉 Congratulations to Charlie Schraw, Christine Tsai, and Liz Williams on winning the 2026 Harris Policy Innovation Challenge! Their proposal, Structuring the Deal, delivered a thoughtful, data-driven approach to Chicago’s stadium policy. Learn more: https://har.rs/4eMOtRw

🌎 In a recent story, the Center for Effective Government (here at Harris) notes that local elections (often with less than 20% turnout) shape key environmental outcomes. This #EarthDay, a reminder that climate action can start locally.https://har.rs/42mc0kS

Mexico's new top diplomat: a graduate of the Harris School of Public Policy. Congratulations, Roberto Velasco Álvarez, MPP'17! https://har.rs/4sPczyp

🗳️ In @newsweek.com, Anthony Fowler argues that authenticity matters, and voters are quick to spot when something feels staged – which may help explain why Trump’s DoorDash stunt didn’t quite land. https://www.newsweek.com/why-trump-doordash-stunt-fell-flat-compared-mcdonalds-shift-11828377

The UChicago Public Safety Advisory Council seeks community input on issues impacting safety and security on campus. The meeting will be hybrid, and attendees can join in-person or via Zoom. RSVP: https://bit.ly/RSVP-PSAC

In @economist.com, James Robinson, 2024 Nobel Prize laureate, uses games like chess and mancala to illustrate how societies think about power, arguing that in precolonial Africa, statelessness often reflected preference and success, not failure. ♟️ https://har.rs/4cyEqOu

Explore AI's role in public services, and how to measure its impact, in this week’s edition of Public Money Policy: A Harris Newsletter. Subscribe for the latest insights on fiscal choices, economic policy, and markets. https://har.rs/3TBLZt0

📊 In @the74.bsky.social, Professor @arielkalil.bsky.social explains why parents often miss key learning signals: test scores are complex and confusing, so families rely on grades – even when they mask skill gaps. “This is all very confusing to parents,” she says. https://har.rs/47Ni2hI

📊 Economist @durlauf.bsky.social of the @ucstonecenter.bsky.social tells @fox32chicago.bsky.social that the latest jobs report beat expectations, but flags warning signs ahead. https://har.rs/4siCtKK

🎉 Congrats to MPP students Prerna Panda, Ayan Sarkar, and Sindhuja Reddy for winning 1st place at the Harvard Kennedy School Policy Hackathon, competing against ~800 entries! Their project, UDHAR, tackles credit access for micro-entrepreneurs in Jammu & Kashmir. 👏

🌍 New research shows how domestic unrest can drive foreign conflict escalation. Studying eastern Ukraine, scholars find that protests at home are followed by increased proxy violence abroad, showing how leaders may use conflict to divert attention. https://har.rs/4buw6Pt

📰 In @wsj.com, Prof. Joshua Gottlieb (@gottliebecon.bsky.social) calls healthcare “a modern middle-class jobs engine.” New research shows wages in the sector (especially for nurses) have grown faster and more evenly than in the broader workforce since 1980. https://har.rs/4t1pdLY

A group of Harris students recently went on a career trek to Washington, DC. While there, they went on office visits to World Bank Group and Cornerstone Research.

🎉 Introducing the inaugural Harris Social Impact Fellows! Selected from nearly 800 applicants (under 2% acceptance), 15 exceptional STEM graduates will spend 11 months applying rigorous analysis and data-driven research to tackle some of society’s most urgent policy challenges https://har.rs/41f6dNE

📊 Has class mobility in the U.S. really changed? Are the rich getting richer? New @ucstonecenter.bsky.social research finds a nuanced answer: overall mobility looks stable, but beneath the surface there’s growing stickiness at the top and bottom. https://har.rs/3O3PDx9

🌍 At a recent Policy Outlook event, experts unpacked Operation Epic Fury in Iran and the risks of an “undefined war” — exploring how shifting objectives and unclear end goals can complicate strategy and escalate conflict. https://har.rs/3O4hcqb

Can economic prosperity last? On April 14, join three leading economists at History's Lessons for Economic Growth to explore what sparked the extraordinary boom of the 18th century, and what could halt growth today. Don’t miss your chance to learn from history, register now → cvent.me/Nywo1v

🗳️ Do congressional votes really reveal what lawmakers actually believe? New research from Professor Anthony Fowler shows how protest voting can skew the picture, and that political polarization may be even stronger than traditional measures suggest. https://har.rs/4sHpG5u

Prof. V. Joseph Hotz joins podcast, The Work Goes On, to discuss his research on life cycle models of labor supply and fertility, the challenges of balancing data disclosure risk with data usability, and the child tax credit’s impact on child poverty. https://har.rs/4bKdhb3

Finnegan Keilty, MPP Class of 2027, writes about building community at UChicago by finding shared hobby groups in unexpected places and exploring on and off campus with his cohort. Read more: har.rs/3OmBtqU

📰 In the @nytimes.com, Professor Emeritus Tomas Philipson says the White House views economic fallout from the Iran conflict as secondary to its strategic goal: “The economy is a side effect of a larger goal here, which is to disarm Iran.” https://har.rs/4bxRqCv

Dig into the complexities of funding environmental change in this week’s edition of Public Money Policy: A Harris Newsletter. Subscribe for the latest insights on fiscal choices, economic policy, and markets. https://har.rs/3TBLZt0

The MA in Public Policy with Certificate in Research Methods (MACRM) at UChicago Harris prepares students for jobs in research and academia, as well as PhD programs. We interviewed three MACRM alumni about how their mentors helped to set them up for success. Read more: har.rs/3P1Smre

Examine how survey methods can influence perceptions of polarization in this week’s episode of Not Another Politics Podcast. Listen here: https://har.rs/4rsr1vS

⚾ Should Chicago subsidize pro sports stadiums? Newly announced finalists in the Harris Policy Innovation Challenge are tackling that question with bold proposals on public subsidies, stadium financing, and neighborhood impact. Live final event: April 23. https://har.rs/4uIKQ51

Jake Braun, a former White House official and the Executive Director of the Cyber Policy Initiative at Harris, is answering your questions live on Reddit about the fentanyl crisis, cartel evolution, and the U.S. strategy to combat it. Ask your questions here: https://har.rs/4uksR4j

In a new interview, Harris' own 2024 Nobel laureate James Robinson reflects on the idea of "wealth in people," arguing that in many societies prosperity has been rooted in social networks, kinship, and community institutions, not just material assets. https://har.rs/4aTZNsT

🚨 In @abc7chicago.bsky.social, Jake Braun warns U.S. cities should be vigilant for cyber retaliation amid the Israel–Iran conflict. Iran could target the banking system, oil supply networks, and other critical infrastructure. https://har.rs/4be8c9I

Consult expert research and opinion that reveals how taxes can be used to increase equity in this week’s edition of Public Money Policy: A Harris Newsletter. Subscribe for the latest insights on fiscal choices, economic policy, and markets. https://har.rs/3TBLZt0

📰 In @abc7chicago.bsky.social, Jake Braun says the killing of cartel leader #ElMencho could reshape the drug trade, but warns that targeting kingpins alone isn’t enough. "It has to be layered in with a full-on counter network approach." https://har.rs/4rvb8Vz

📉 Why are U.S. fentanyl overdose deaths falling? @samquinones.bsky.social discusses realities on the ground with Harris' Jake Braun, a former White House official, who has written about federal efforts to target the Sinaloa Cartel and its chemical supply chain. https://har.rs/4ru9Fih

In @cnbc.com, @ksonin.bsky.social says Russia’s push to boost births is “all about societal control." “What matters…is the general feeling of safety. And this is not there in Russia.” He argues war and instability are driving insecurity — and low fertility. https://har.rs/4tZ31mA

📰 Calling for "antitrust enforcement for governments": In @wsj.com, Tomas Philipson argues the U.S. should reject the OECD’s global minimum tax, calling it public price fixing, and instead promote tax competition across countries. https://har.rs/4s40NAe

New from the Health Lab: An evaluation of Washtenaw County’s Co-Response Unit pilot, which highlights both the promise and the practical challenges of pairing law enforcement and behavioral health professionals to respond to crisis calls. https://har.rs/4cztG39

💰 In @usatoday.com, @durlauf.bsky.social says tariff-funded rebate checks were unlikely from the start: “It’s not clear to me they were ever going to happen.” Without precedent for distributing the revenue, "it was not so likely before, and it’s less likely now.” https://har.rs/3MNsz57