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Feature: The Democratic Necessity of Reckoning

Erica Chenoweth reviews scholarship that overwhelmingly shows the Black Lives Matter movement generated high levels of public awareness about systemic racism and increased support for criminal justice reform.

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Feature: Against Rule-of-Thumb Economics

Dani Rodrik argues against neoliberalism’s universal rule-of-thumb approach and for economic analyses grounded in contextual dependencies.

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Feature: Leaders’ Psychological Bravery

Dana Born explores what skills leaders need to cultivate psychological safety on their teams and across their organizations.

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Feature: Dollar vs. Euro as International Reserve Currencies

Jeffrey Frankel explores the strengths and weaknesses of using the Dollar and the Euro as international reserve currencies.

Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

The Quants in the Room: How Much Power Do Economists Really Have?

Furman, Jason. "The Quants in the Room: How Much Power Do Economists Really Have?" Review of by Thinking Like an Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in US. Public Policy. ed. Elizabeth Popp Berman. Foreign Affairs, 101.4, 2022: 182-189.

Why Did (Almost) No One See the Inflation Coming?

Furman, Jason. "Why Did (Almost) No One See the Inflation Coming?" Intereconomics 57 (2022): 79-86.

The Economic Consequences of the Ukraine War

Furman, Jason. "The Economic Consequences of the Ukraine War." Project Syndicate. February 25, 2022.

What the Federal Reserve Should Do Now: An Elaboration

Furman, Jason. "What the Federal Reserve Should Do Now: An Elaboration." Peterson Institute for International Economics, November 18, 2021.

Prepared Testimony on “Economic Disparities and the Economic Challenges Facing American Families”

Furman, Jason. "Prepared Testimony on “Economic Disparities and the Economic Challenges Facing American Families”." Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, 07/29/2021.

The role of childcare challenges in the US jobs market recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic

Furman, Jason, Melissa S. Kearney, and Wilson Powell. "The role of childcare challenges in the US jobs market recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic." NBER Working Paper Series, June 2021.

How Much Have Childcare Challenges Slowed the US Jobs Market Recovery?

Furman, Jason, Melissa Kearney, and Wilson Powell III. "How Much Have Childcare Challenges Slowed the US Jobs Market Recovery?" Peterson Institute for International Economics, May 2021.

The Crisis Opportunity: What It Will Take to Build Back a Better Economy

Furman, Jason. "The Crisis Opportunity: What It Will Take to Build Back a Better Economy." Foreign Affairs 100.1 (January/February 2021): 25-35.

A Reconsideration of Fiscal Policy in the Era of Low Interest Rates

Furman, Jason, and Lawrence H. Summers. "A Reconsideration of Fiscal Policy in the Era of Low Interest Rates." November 30, 2020.

US Unemployment Insurance in the Pandemic and Beyond

Furman, Jason. "US Unemployment Insurance in the Pandemic and Beyond." Peterson Institute for International Economics, July 2020.

Fiscal Policy Responses to Economic Inequality

Furman, Jason, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin. "Fiscal Policy Responses to Economic Inequality." Business Economics 55 (July 2020): 113-119.

The Unemployment Pandemic: Addressing America’s Jobs Crisis

Furman, Jason. "The Unemployment Pandemic: Addressing America’s Jobs Crisis." Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, June 18, 2020.

What a Successful Economic Recovery Plan Must Look Like

Furman, Jason, Timothy Geithner, Glenn Hubbard, and Melissa S. Kearney. "What a Successful Economic Recovery Plan Must Look Like." Washington Post, June 16, 2020.

The Disappearing Corporate Income Tax

Furman, Jason. "The Disappearing Corporate Income Tax." U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, February 11, 2020.

The Fiscal Response to the Great Recession: Steps Taken, Paths Rejected, and Lessons for Next Time

Furman, Jason. "The Fiscal Response to the Great Recession: Steps Taken, Paths Rejected, and Lessons for Next Time." First Responders. Yale University Press, 2020, 451-488.

How to Increase Growth While Raising Revenue: Reforming the Corporate Tax Code

Furman, Jason. "How to Increase Growth While Raising Revenue: Reforming the Corporate Tax Code." The Hamilton Project, January 2020.

AI and the Economy

Furman, Jason, and Robert Seamans. "AI and the Economy." Innovation Policy and the Economy 19.1 (January 2019): 161-191.

Testimony to Hearing on ‘Market Concentration’

Furman, Jason. "Testimony to Hearing on ‘Market Concentration’." Testimony before the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, June 7, 2018.

A Firm-Level Perspective on the Role of Rents in the Rise in Inequality

Furman, Jason, and Peter Orszag. "A Firm-Level Perspective on the Role of Rents in the Rise in Inequality." Toward a Just Society: Joseph Stiglitz and Twenty-First Century Economics. Ed. Martin Guzman. Columbia University Press, 2018.

Slower Productivity and Higher Inequality: Are They Related?

Furman, Jason, and Peter Orszag. "Slower Productivity and Higher Inequality: Are They Related?" June 2018.

Macroeconomic Effects of the 2017 Tax Reform

Barro, Robert J., and Jason Furman. "Macroeconomic Effects of the 2017 Tax Reform." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (Spring 2018).

How Lawyers Can Help Macroeconomists in the Wake of Three Major Challenges

Furman, Jason. "How Lawyers Can Help Macroeconomists in the Wake of Three Major Challenges." Yale Journal on Regulation 34 (Fall 2017).

What Is the Potential Growth Rate of the U.S. Economy, and How Might Policy Affect It?

Furman, Jason. "What Is the Potential Growth Rate of the U.S. Economy, and How Might Policy Affect It?" Business Economics 52.3 (July 2017): 158-167.

Destination Basis with Border Adjustment as Tax Policy and as Macroeconomic Policy

Furman, Jason. "Destination Basis with Border Adjustment as Tax Policy and as Macroeconomic Policy." Peterson Institute for International Economics, April 2017.