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The official Twitter feed of the @UChicago Harris School of Public Policy. For the latest in evidence-based research and news, visit https://t.co/ovOGQIC8jk.
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Joined February 2011
More tales of service on #VeteransDay: ⚓️ From commanding nuclear reactors on a carrier to championing climate-forward nuclear energy, Sarah Claudy Lemonick, MPP’19, shows how public policy meets a real-world mission in this 2024 profile.
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Investigate instances where governments surpass their budgets and the public scrutiny that follows 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://t.co/oIlJ5gs6zL
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🇺🇸 On #VeteransDay, we reflect on service — including that of Captain David Cox, MBA’00, MPP’00. As a 25-year Navy officer commanding submarines, he reflects on leadership, mentorship, and the values that guided his career in this 2023 profile.
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Hear Prof. James Robinson, 2024 Nobel laureate, describe the ways he believes AI to be potentially "calamitous," exacerbating inequality and driving down wages, in @CNBC. AI should be "complementary with people, rather than a substitute for them."
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At the Nobel Prize Dialogue in Mumbai — in association with the Tata Trusts — Nobel laureates James Robinson and David MacMillan discuss AI, inequality, science funding and the future of globalisat...
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"Alderpeople would have to choose to exercise that power, and it could be politically costly," Research Prof. Justin Marlowe says of a reported $501M cost overrun by @Chicago_Police over five years. It's a “crazy way to run a city,” he added.
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Allowing CPD to spend unlimited sums of taxpayer money is a “crazy way to run a city,” said Justin Marlowe, a professor in the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, and the director...
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Trump’s first three Cabinet meetings feature more press questions and answers than all of Biden’s
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🏠 New data show in Baltimore that wealthy homeowners tend to underpay property taxes while owners of lower-value homes are overassessed. Prof. Christopher Berry's research highlights how such patterns reflect systemic inequities in local tax systems.
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The Stone Center for Research on Wealth, Inequality, and Mobility invites you to a special week of events with Samuel Bowles, former advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Learn more: https://t.co/L0BdJUiIVr
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How religion shapes economic development 📢 Last week on VoxDevTalks, @sararlowes (@UCSDEcon), @emontero_CR (@HarrisPolicy) & @benjaminmarx (@bu_economics) discussed how religion and economic development interact: https://t.co/VD2kMGvc0Z
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On November 19, join @UChiEnergy scholar Koichiro Ito for a masterclass on renewable energy expansion and learn more about our new MS in Climate & Energy Policy degree at @HarrisPolicy. Register: https://t.co/cYsWCumIcf
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Consult research on the best and most efficient ways to help children grow and succeed in this edition of Harris on Education. Subscribe to explore academic scholarship on how schools respond to challenges on these and other fronts. https://t.co/yPIRrdMzzm
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🚨 New from @jakehbraun of the Cyber Policy Initiative: "Fentanyl: Fighting the Mass Poisoning of America and the Cartel Behind It" pulls back the curtain on the secret strategy to dismantle the Sinaloa Cartel and its Chinese suppliers.
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Consult new research about how a global rise of populism affects every aspect of a nation in this week’s episode of Not Another Politics Podcast. Listen here: https://t.co/Kb8jolmFwr
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💡 Research Professor Justin Marlowe weighs in on the controversial audit of Hillsborough County: as auditors find extreme overspending, Marlowe emphasizes the need for clear data (and reasonable assumptions) in public finance.
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Officials haven’t been transparent about their findings.
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In under two weeks, Inequality Reconsidered: A Week with the Stone Center begins. Join Samuel Bowles & Steven Durlauf at @HarrisPolicy on November 4th and 6th to unpack why economic inequalities endure. Reserve your seat → https://t.co/o5B8nQNTng
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Professor @k_sonin in the @WSJ on Putin's Russia: “We keep waiting that a political collapse of Russia will happen.... This collapse isn’t happening now. But sooner or later those things always happen.”
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Long-range strikes on infrastructure are becoming increasingly critical as front-line advances stall.
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💵 New research from Associate Professor Peter Ganong (@p_ganong) shows that most U.S. workers experience major month-to-month swings in pay — even when they stay in the same job. “For many workers, the problem isn’t losing a job — it’s losing hours.”
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Read about how new approaches to taxes trade off against a need for more revenue streams 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://t.co/oIlJ5gs6zL
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Changes to the built environment make a remarkable difference, Prof. Jen Ludwig of @UChiUrbanLabs tells @TheAtlantic in a story that digs into how abandoned lots, inequality, and politics hang heavy in the City of Chicago.
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The problem with minimizing the city’s violence
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Inequality persists not by accident, but by architecture. Join Samuel Bowles & Steven Durlauf for Inequality Reconsidered: A Week with the Stone Center, featuring insightful exchanges on research, policy, and the path forward. RSVP → https://t.co/o5B8nQNlxI
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What looks like democracy can function like autocracy. At the latest Policy Outlook event, @sguriev, dean of @LBS, breaks down consolidation of power under Putin, highlights why trust is now a critical variable in global governance.
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