The Geography of Poverty
By Ed Murphy Among several new economic proposals in his State of the Union address on January 20th, President Obama issued a call to substantially […]
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Falling Through the Cracks: How overlapping responsibilities among many agencies contributes to the poor living conditions of garment workers in Gurgaon, India.
By Anshuman Tiwari India’s new government in Delhi has promised to create more jobs and tackle urban chaos. Yet a stone’s throw away from where […]
The Promise of Brown Not Yet Fulfilled
By Stevon Cook “We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place.” -Chief Justice Earl Warren, […]
Military Spouses: Burdened and Alone
By Tabatha Renz “I will not break. I cannot break.” Those are the words I repeated to myself when my husband returned from Iraq and […]
Tweaking Obamacare to make “bad jobs” better
By Miranda Everitt Though not everyone knows it, everyone is familiar with externalities – the costs or benefits that one receives from a transaction they […]
The dangers of data: How numbers became more important than children
By Wyatt Donnelly-Landolt There’s a scene in Boy Meets World in which Mr. Feeny imparts his typical wisdom on Corey: “You see, Mr. Matthews, education […]
The ACA Cost Crunch: Why Hospitals are Deporting More High-Cost Patients
By Danny Hogenkamp In 2000, a drunk driver in Stuart, Florida collided with Luis Jiménez, an undocumented gardener from Guatemala. After life saving surgery, Martin […]
Trading Mis-pricing From Mexico: Policy Solutions to Confront the War on Drugs
By Will Gray In July of last year, the U.S. Department of Justice discovered that the banking giant HSBC “willfully failed” to apply money laundering […]
A Modest Proposal on the 'Sequester'
By Leo Covis About two months ago, when everybody finished panicking about the averted-just-in-time fiscal cliff, most pundits were clever enough to point out that […]
International Perspectives: Economic Development in Brazil
By Ashley Clark Last week, the International Policy, Development and Practice Speaker Series welcomed Flavio Feferman, President of Developing Markets Group, an economic consulting firm, […]
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