Jun 24, 2020
The economics profession is in a moment of racial reckoning.
A field still dominated by white men is rethinking long-held notions about racial discrimination and its impact on the profession. That includes the way that the issue is studied.
Harvard professor Mario Small says that sociology can help. There is a lot about...
Jun 10, 2020
Few economists have shed as much light on the long-run impact of institutions as Melissa Dell.
Her efforts, which earned her this year’s John Bates Clark Medal, have helped pinpoint some of the root causes of poverty and insecurity around the world. Her research stands out for the novel datasets she’s collected and...