One Size Does Not Fit All: The Rise of Tailor-Made Economic Policies
BY HUBERT WU Many major shortcomings of economic policy making can be attributed to an over-reliance on “one-size-fits-all” policies that
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Why Calling China a Currency Manipulator in 2017 Misses the Mark
BY HAIYANG ZHANG The Trump Administration recently retracted its promise to label China as a currency manipulator—and rightly so. While
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Sweet Nothings: The History, Law, and Economics of American Sugar Subsidies
BY KARL T. MUTH AND KATHERYN R. DEVELVIS What sugar we see in candies and packets at restaurants pales in
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Is It Only Doom and Gloom? Demography and the Future of Millennials
BY TOBIAS PETER In the developed world, parents have come to expect that living standards will rise for their children.
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Social Finance: Sorting Hope from Hype
BY JULIA FETHERSTON ADAM SMITH WOULD HAVE BEEN mystified by the bankers, government officials, analysts, and activists assembled in the
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The Rise of a Narrative: Thomas Piketty at the Kennedy School
BY JOSH RUDOLPH The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are
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Impact Investing for the Average American
Impact investing has become a buzz word in social enterprise circles but, even today, opportunities to invest are hardly accessible
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