The long shadow of colonial medicine

April 9, 2021

To what extent did French health campaigns from 70 years ago feed modern day mistrust in Central Africa?

Connecting buyers and sellers in the countryside

April 6, 2021

E-commerce development in rural China may not be as promising as many expected.

Climate change and migration

March 31, 2021

Klaus Desmet discusses how accounting for spatial shifts changes estimates of how rising sea levels will affect the economy.

The Facebook filter bubble

March 26, 2021

Is social media making America more polarized?

The failure of “soft” affirmative action

March 22, 2021

Why didn’t the NFL’s Rooney Rule lead to more minority head coaches being hired?

How much do local leaders matter?

March 17, 2021

Christian Dippel discusses the Forty-Eighters and their role in the US antislavery movement.

Bringing financial markets together

March 12, 2021

Securities are typically traded separately from one another. Would it be better to combine those transactions?

Flexible decision-making and short-term forecasts

March 8, 2021

How valuable are long-run predictions?

Supreme polarization

March 3, 2021

University of Chicago law professor Daniel Hemel discusses whether the nation’s highest court is facing a legitimacy crisis and, if so, what to do about it.

The unemployment insurance tax hangover

February 26, 2021

A tax spike on companies after layoffs is discouraging them from rehiring when business turns around.