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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
@Soldiers Field
Understanding how the brain’s cognitive system relates to social and economic phenomena—including financial markets—was the focus of an April workshop on Belief Formation and Prediction, sponsored by the Behavioral Finance and Financial... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
departure of more than 200,000 Huguenots at the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes was a well-documented economic disaster for the kingdom of France, but the importance of these refugees to the countries where they settled is less known.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
An Orchestral Startup
In 1993, Richard J. Lim (HBS '98), a violinist with a degree in economics and East Asian studies from Harvard College, cofounded the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, a critically acclaimed thirty-member chamber orchestra based in Boston.... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
industry’s growth from a small base in the U.S. North-east in the 1960s to today’s highly visible role in economies all over the world. Brooke lays out his vision for the industry as an essential element of economic growth and... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
adjourns at 11:25 p.m., the auditorium is nearly empty. This stage is a far cry from the one Cognetti inhabited at Treasury, serving as senior advisor to Under Secretary for International Affairs Lael Brainard. From 2009 to 2012, Cognetti was part of a team working to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
assistant professor in the Finance Unit. They detail their proposal in a paper titled “The Economics of Housing Finance Reform: Privatizing, Regulating, and Backstopping Mortgage Markets.” Scharfstein recently answered questions about the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter
helping lower-income homeowners add a second unit to their property, both to create financial stability and expand the housing supply in singlefamily neighborhoods. Here, Oakes takes your questions about zoning, displacement, and best... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Research Brief: So Many Sites, So Little Time
and news to social media and video. That stability becomes easier to understand if you take into account that internet use inside most homes is an activity that takes place in little moments of free time that don’t change much. This... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
initiative helps organizations create short-term financial stability for vulnerable workers and communities. FINANCE AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY READ MORE STORIES FINANCE AND THE View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
Jorge Paulo Lemann, A.B. 1961; Carlos A. Sicupira, OPM 9, 1984; Marcel H. Telles, OPM 10, 1985
Jorge Paulo Lemann, Carlos Sicupira, and Marcel Telles have been primary figures in Brazil’s economic development for more than 30 years. The three friends and business partners have much in common: remarkable business acumen, a strong... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
decisions managers must make.” ADVICE TO STUDENTS “Spend at least as much time focusing on people as you do on numbers.” ON LEADERSHIP “Too many of our leaders fail to translate macroeconomic trends into human experience. Increasing worldwide poverty is having a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
moderation, and rejection of terrorism can lead to improvements in the lives of its citizens, give them hope for the future, and thus ensure greater stability for the government. A lot of countries are watching to see if Morocco is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
long-term business confidence, setting the stage for the release of immense economic energy. His programs had helped to shape the distinctive American balance between political stability on the one hand and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
rights? When will the division of policy authority across different government agents (e.g., federal and subnational governments, or politicians and bureaucrats) enable better policy decisions? And what are the consequences of globalization for the View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
to help, has the government unwittingly created the mother of all moral hazards — implicit rescue guarantees as far as the eye can see? No doubt about it, says HBS professor and economic historian David Moss. “The extension of implicit... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
market-based reforms that have made the country the world’s second-largest economic power. He has helped document that journey as the author of scores of cases, articles, and papers on Chinese business, as well as his recent book, Can... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
undervaluing its currency. The Chinese government has pegged the yuan at 8.3 to the dollar since 1996, which undervalues it by 15 to 25 percent, according to Morris Goldstein of the Institute for International Economics in Washington,... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
going to get cheaper, and storage is going to get cheaper. “Coal is not going to get developed, because it will be more costly than the alternatives. Greenhouse gases are going to be an issue, but economics will be the primary factor... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
economies. What is the last country you visited, and what did you do there? I travel a lot, so this answer will be outdated. I recently gave a talk at the University of Ghana on the need for African countries to develop a unified economic... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
international guidelines on issues such as maintaining biodiversity, conserving forests, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. "People left the conference feeling enthusiastic and confident," says Fri. "Unfortunately, nagging economic... View Details