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How to Deregulate Cities and States; Cost-benefit analysis and 'lookbacks' could lift the unnecessary burdens of occupational licensing. Edward Glaeser, Cass Sunstein, August…
Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy? Karen Mills, July 21, 2014, Opinion. “Small businesses are core to America's economic competitiveness. Not…
Saving More to Borrow Less: Experimental Evidence from Access to Formal Savings Accounts in Chile. Dina Pomeranz, June 12, 2014, Paper. "Poverty is often characterized not only by…
Long-Term Unemployment and the Great Recession: The Role of Composition, Duration Dependence, and Non-Participation. Lawrence Katz, June 2014, Paper. "We explore the extent to…
Informality and Development. Andrei Shleifer, Summer 2014, Paper. "In developing countries, informal firms account for up to half of economic activity. They provide livelihood for…
Family Values and the Regulation of Labor. Alberto Alesina, May 27, 2014, Paper. "To be efficient, flexible labor markets require geographically mobile workers. Otherwise firms…
The future is not what it used to be. Lawrence Summers, May 6, 2014, Audio. "The baby boom generation came of age when it was accepted knowledge that innovation and productivity…
Women Make More Rigorous Supply Chain Auditors. Michael Toffel, April 24, 2014, Opinion. "A year after the Rana Plaza factory collapse killed more than 1,100 garment workers, we…
Affirmative Action Will Die Another Day. Noah Feldman, April 23, 2014, Opinion. "If the Supreme Court’s affirmative action jurisprudence were a Bond movie, it would be “Die…
Idle Workers + Low Interest Rates = Time to Rebuild Infrastructure. Lawrence Summers, April 11, 2014, Opinion. "Are you proud of New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport? It’s a…