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Are we headed for a constitutional crisis? Kennedy School scholars on the Trump administration and the rule of law

The Trump administration’s first month included a slew of actions and statements that have postulated new legal theories and challenged existing norms. Through a flurry of executive orders, the White ...
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Andrew Collier | The Decline of China’s Property Market and the Global Economy

From 1992 until the boom ended in 2021, Chinese home property sales grew at an average rate of 25 percent per year. China was awash in new construction — often in the middle of empty fields far from ...
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The Economic Consequences of the Iran War

Join The Journalist’s Resource and EconoFact on Monday, March 16 at 11:30 a.m. ET for an hourlong webinar, “The Economic Consequences of the Iran War.” This free webinar will feature: Binyamin ...
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Perspectives on China

AS CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY GENERAL SECRETARY XI JINPING has strengthened his grip on power, China has solidified its position as the United States’s only peer competitor on the global stage. Its rise ...
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Enemy of the People: Trump's War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy

Shortly after assuming office in January 2017, President Donald Trump accused the press of being an “enemy of the American people.” Attacks on the media had been a hallmark of Trump’s presidential ...
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Human Rights Impact Assessments for AI: Learning from Facebook's Failure in Myanmar

Human rights impact assessments (HRIAs) have recently emerged as a way for technology companies to identify, mitigate, and remedy the potential risks and harms of artificial intelligence (AI) and ...
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Private Credit & Systemic Risk

June 2025, Paper: "The private credit market has rapidly expanded in recent years, becoming an established source of corporate loans to middle-market firms, a key financing tool for private equity ...
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Big Tech makes billions off our personal data. It’s time for the US to pull in the reins

February 14, 2023, Opinion: "Every day, the $6.7 trillion Big Tech industry affects our lives in ways that empower and harm. Despite recent hits in earnings, current layoffs and Google getting slapped ...
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The Science of Corresponding with Busy People Webinar

Explore the intersection of Behavioral Insights and Public Policy in our Executive Education programs. Gain valuable insights for effective decision-making.
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Social Capital: Measurement and Consequences

Citation Putnam, Robert D. "Social Capital: Measurement and Consequences." Isuma: Canadian Journal of Policy Research 2 (Spring 2001): 41-51.
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API-201: Quantitative Analysis and Empirical Methods

API-201 is required for MPP students and is a prerequisite to API-202. The R sections teach students to use the statistical programming language R, move more quickly through the material, and prepare ...
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Community Banking and Its Impact On America: Updated Analysis for the COVID Economy

This working paper focuses on the US community banking industry, trends in its development over the past five years, and the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. It begins with a discussion of the American ...