What's the point of tariffs? And can they bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States? HKSl Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy and Academic Dean for Strategy and Engagement Gordon Hanson weighs in on the history and use of tariffs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_r2....

Daniel Goetzel (RtE Practitioner in Residence and former Program Director, NSF TIPS Directorate) takes us behind the scenes of the CHIPS and Science Act and NSF Regional Engines Program. He draws on his experiences and interviews with people who made it happen. www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/wien...

I joined @samseder.bsky.social and @emmavigeland.bsky.social to discuss Trump's trade tantrums, whether Jon Voight is behind them, and what better industrial policy would look like. Please subscribe to and join @majorityreport.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/live/a5LSpTp...

Congratulations to HKS's @marcellaalsan.bsky.social for being named to the 2025 STATUS List (compiled by @statnews.com)—recognizing her as one of the most influential people shaping the health and life sciences across biotech, medicine, health care, and policy: www.statnews.com/status-list/...

I spoke with @bostonglobe.com for their weekend big read (pre-"Liberation Day" on 4/2, pre-"UnLiberation Day" on 4/9) about tariffs - when they're useful, when they're not, and what role they might continue to play in the clean energy transition. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/10/o...

Maya Sen on defying court orders: “Even if defying the Supreme Court carries significant political costs, those costs may be relatively meaningless — especially if the standoff involves elections or an expansion of his own authority.” Read the full article below: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Harvard Kennedy School Professor Maya Sen says U.S. courts weren't designed to check an authoritarian president. They move too slowly, and rely on the legislative branch to keep the executive in line—something this GOP Congress refuses to do. My latest PolicyCast. www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...

Clock's ticking! Senior Fellows applications deadline is just around the corner - March 3rd. Don't miss this incredible opportunity, finish and submit your applications today at www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcb...

HKS's @marcellaalsan.bsky.social and the Health Inequality Lab recently awarded more than $130,000 to Ph.D. students across Harvard to support their dissertations related to social equity or health equity: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

What’s happening today in US democracy cannot be fully addressed by any one discipline - it’s a question of law, politics, history etc That’s one reason I was happy to have a dialogue with HKS colleagues Alex Keyssar (history) and Sarah Wald (law) Excerpt => www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...

Gordon Hanson, @drodrik.bsky.social, & my chapter for @nber.org's upcoming volume on place-based policy. We discuss the history of innovations in place-based policies in the US & unpack the "supply chains" through which these policies are implemented in different domains | www.nber.org/papers/w33511

I wrote a short piece on NIH funding cuts that takes a pragmatic look at the situation TLDR: people here probably won’t like it, but I don’t think indirects of 70% are coming back any time soon www.wsj.com/opinion/high...

Under the Biden administration, tariffs paired with clean energy investments fueled record manufacturing growth. Tariffs can yield benefits—but only when used strategically. @toddntucker.bsky.social explores the trade-offs of Trump's vision of tariffs: rooseveltinstitute.org/public...

Thank you @JPAL_NA for featuring our work! Excited that the study was recently accepted in @JHealthEcon (link in next tweet). A short 🧵: x.com/JPAL_NA/stat...

Postdoc opportunity on industrial policies and related topics at the Reimagining the Economy program at Harvard www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/...

Professional update: I've joined the Reimagining the Economy Project @harvardkennedy.bsky.social @harvardmwc.bsky.social as a senior research fellow, alongside Gordon Hanson, Dani Rodrik (@drodrik.bsky.social), @rohansandhu.bsky.social, and their excellent team. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

HKS's Mark Shepard ponders the future of America's patchwork health insurance system under Trump: www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...

On Saturday, February 8, Christopher "Sandy" Jencks—renowned sociologist, caring mentor, and the Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy, Emeritus—passed away. The HKS community reflects on his monumental presence in the field and in their lives: www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...

Wrote up some of my thoughts on why courts can’t be the only line of defense on US constitutional governance Thanks to The Conversation for publishing it! theconversation.com/why-federal-...

HKS's @marcellaalsan.bsky.social joined the History Channel's HISTORY This Week podcast to discuss the American Medical Association's historical resistance to national health care: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

What should/will Trump do on the proposed Nippon - US Steel merger? I spoke with Morgan Chalfant of @semafor.com about the stakes, and the sector's unique dynamic of labor unions being stewards of long-term investment. www.semafor.com/article/02/0...

In which Martin Sandbu of the FT and I try to make sense of Trump's tariffs (and fail) www.ft.com/content/9f2a...

My latest on how not to respond to Trump's tariff threats www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...

We are hiring pre-docs at the Reimagining the Economy Program at Harvard www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/wien...

Delighted to be hosting Heather Boushey at the Reimagining the Economy program at Harvard. www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/wien...

In a conversation with the Harvard Gazette, HKS's @marcellaalsan.bsky.social and HLS's Crystal Yang discuss how health care accreditation in jails can contribute to improved health care delivery and standards, a decrease in deaths, and millions in cost savings: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

In today's blog, @berkozler12.bsky.social summarizes new work by @marcellaalsan.bsky.social & co-authors on how mean reversion may lower average impacts in RCTs - lots of people being treated may be in a temporary dip that will improve on its own blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Excited to announce that our paper, “The Global Distribution of Authorship in Economics Journals”, co-authored with @jacobgreenspon.bsky.social @drodrik.bsky.social, is now published in World Development! 🌍📚 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Here’s a quick summary 🧵

Harvard students: Application deadlines are fast approaching for our summer fellowships and research grants. Students from @gsd.harvard.edu @harvardkennedy.bsky.social and across the university are invited to an info session Friday, February 14 @ 2pm. www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/inf...

As Trump comes into office here is what tariffs can and cannot do. ICYMI. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...

Grateful to LA Times @keribla.bsky.social and Connor Sheets for the terrific coverage www.latimes.com/california/s...

Excited to share results from a 4-year first-ever RCT across US jails. We (Crystal Yang & I) find that death rates are much higher in jails than officially reported & health care accreditation improves staff coordination, quality & save lives. www.nber.org/papers/w33357

Thanks to amazing work by @harvard.edu PhD students tinyurl.com/Katherine-Ia... and tinyurl.com/graeme-peter... and for the invite to write for the OxREP issue on Race, Caste and Economic Policy edited by Sandy Darity and Isabel Ruiz. Full issue here academic.oup.com/oxrep/issue/...

How does the design of U.S. health insurance markets contribute to racial disparities in health care? @marcellaalsan.bsky.social examines the history of the market-based approach to health care delivery and how racial inequities have been embedded into the system: www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...

How can teachers identify social isolation—and what can they do to make every child feel included in the classroom? Michela Carlana recently joined the VoxTalks podcast to discuss how teachers can help isolated children: cepr.org/multimedia/s....

As we look back on a successful Fall 2024, we're grateful for the contributions of every scholar here at the Malcolm Wiener Center. They produced research on timely topics and weighed in on the most important questions of the day. View our newsletter for a full recap: mailchi.mp/hks/news-ana....

The Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy recently convened a panel to honor the impact of Orlando Patterson, the novelist and sociologist whose examinations of freedom, slavery, and social death have influenced a generation of academics: youtu.be/R2d5kZkSaUQ?....

Research from the @shift-project.bsky.social found that some negative financial and health-related effects of job loss during COVID were offset by historically generous unemployment insurance benefits: www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...

@harvardkennedy.bsky.social's Marcella Alsan has won a Humboldt Research Award, honoring her impact and cutting-edge achievements: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...