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
Cutler, David, and Edward Glaeser. "The Mysteries of Cities and Economic Growth." Finance & Development Magazine. December 2024.
Summers, Lawrence H., Marijn A. Bolhuis, and Judd Cramer. "The True Cost of Living." Finance & Development. December 2024.
Rodrik, Dani. "Addressing Challenges of a New Era: Against Rule-of-Thumb Economics." Finance & Development. March 2024.
Fransen, Sonja, Neil Adger, Ricardo Safra de Campos, and William C. Clark. "Migrants Can Be a Transformative Force for Sustainable Development." The Conversation. January 18, 2024.
Furman, Jason. "The Economic Consequences of the Ukraine War." Project Syndicate. February 25, 2022.
Hausmann, Ricardo, Miguel Santos, Corrado Macchiarelli, and Renato Giacon. "What economic complexity theory can tell us about the EU’s pandemic recovery and resilience plans." LSE Blog. August 30, 2021.
Masoud, Tarek, A.Kadir Yildirim, and Peter Mandaville. "Will the Pandemic Spark a Religious Revival in the Muslim World?" Washington Post. April 2, 2021.
Rajan, Thillai, and Akash Deep. "More highways should be built by States." The Hindu Business Line. September 13, 2019.
Goldsmith, Stephen. "Government Employment for Those Who Need a Leg Up." Governing. May 21, 2019.
Goldsmith, Stephen. "Development Incentives That Make Sense." Governing. February 26, 2019.
Rajan, Thillai, and Akash Deep. "How funding from multilateral agencies aids road projects." Mint. January 28, 2019.
Dynan, Karen. "Household Debt." Milken Institute Review. April 27, 2018.
Mayne, Quinton. "Cities on a Hill?" Boston Review. February 13, 2018.
Rodrik, Dani. "The Elusive Promise of Structural Reform: The Trillion-Euro Misunderstanding." Milken Institute Review. 2016.
Parker, Richard. "Greece on the Razor's Edge." The American Prospect. April 22, 2015.
Perkins, Dwight H. "Institutional Reforms the Key to Growth, Stability." East Asian Forum Quarterly. July-September 2013.
Campante, Filipe R., and Davin Chor. "The Educated Middle Class, their Economic Prospects, and the Arab Spring." World Financial Review. September 2012.
Rodrik, Dani. "Global Poverty Amid Global Plenty: Getting Globalization Right." Americas Quarterly. Spring 2012.
Parker, Richard. "A Personal Journey to the Heart of Greece’s Darkness." Financial Times. February 15, 2012.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The Curse: Why Natural Resources Are Not Always a Good Thing." The Milken Institute Review. October 2011, 28-39.
Parker, Richard. "How They Wrecked the Economy." The American Prospect. June 9, 2011.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Some Big Ideas from Small Countries." European Financial Review. April 15, 2011.
Parker, Richard. "What Would Galbraith Say?" Boston.com. February 19, 2009.
Parker, Richard. "Galbraith and Vietnam: An Adviser Who Told Kennedy the Truth." The Nation. February 24, 2005.
Parker, Richard. "Inside the Collapsing Soviet Economy." The Atlantic. June 1990.