Germany Drew the Wrong Lessons From Its 1923 Hyperinflation
BY THOMAS KARL E. HOCKS In recent years, the political discourse in Germany has been critical of the European
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Minibonds: Putting the Public Back in Public Finance
BY SARAH TESAR AND PITICHOKE CHULAPAMORNSRI The people of San Francisco, hoping to transform their city into a bustling economic
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More Cash, More Problems: Why Governments Should Go Cashless
BY PITICHOKE CHULAPAMORNSRI During the first week at the Harvard Kennedy School, my orientation leaders encouraged us to download Venmo,
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Preventing Crashes: Lessons for the SEC from the Airline Industry
BY CHRIS CLEARFIELD, ANDRÁS TILCSIK, BENJAMIN BERMAN A small error on August 1, 2012 nearly bankrupted the Knight Capital Group.
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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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Making the Financial Sector Whole: Steve Lydenberg on Responsible Investment
Steve Lydenberg began his career in responsible investment in 1975, as he says, before “careers in responsible investment even existed.”
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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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