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Underfunded Public Pensions in the United States: The Size of the Problem, the Obstacles to Reform and the Path Forward

Across the United States, state and local government-sponsored pension plans are in trouble. They are dangerously underfunded to the extent that their assets are unable to meet future liabilities ...
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Research Fellows

David Blumenthal David Blumenthal MD, MPP is Professor of Practice of Public Health and Health Policy at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of ...
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PhD in Political Economy & Government

As of Fall 2022, the PhD in Political Economy and Government (PEG) will no longer be admitting students. Students may apply to the PhD Program in Public Policy (PPOL), or consider the PhD Programs in ...
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The Economic Cost of Long COVID: An Update - David Cutler

2022, Paper: "In a 2020 JAMA Viewpoint, Lawrence Summers and I guessed at the possible economic costs of long COVID.1 At the time, we thought the cost might be $2.6 trillion. With more data, that ...
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What would it take to balance the federal budget?

February 8, Audio: "To balance the federal budget, government revenue must meet or exceed government spending. That’s happened only twice in the past half-century: President Lyndon Johnson did it in ...
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Policing Los Angeles Under a Consent Decree: The Dynamics of Change at the LAPD

The Los Angeles Police Department is completing one of the most ambitious experiments in police reform ever attempted in an American city. After a decade of policing crises that began with the beating ...
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Multi-Year Academic Calendar

Find important dates and events at Harvard Kennedy School from 2025 to 2030.
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Summary of The Mueller Report, for Those Too Busy to Read It All

An abridged version of the Mueller Report intended for those who don't have the time to read the nearly 500-page full report. This version, which is a fourth of the length, focuses on the question of ...
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The Future of Coal Regions: Challenges and Opportunities

Gazmararian presented his research including quantitative analysis of electoral behavior in Coal Country, surveys in the field at county fairs in Southwest Pennsylvania, and interviews with workers, ...
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Jeffry Frieden on Globalization, the Rise of Populism, and the Future of Democracy

January 2020. GrowthPolicy’s Devjani Roy interview Jeffry Frieden, Chair of the Department of Government at Harvard and Stanfield Professor of International Peace, on globalization, the rise of ...
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Advisory Council

Members Tala Al Jabri,Middle East VC Association Amneh Alqasimi, Investment & Development Office Scott Amero, formerly of BlackRock Ambassador Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, Ambassador-at-Large ...
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Carlos A. Pérez-Dávila

Mr. Carlos A. Pérez-Dávila is a Senior Managing Director at Quadrant Capital Advisors, Inc. in New York City. Mr. Pérez-Dávila is a Member of the Board of Bavaria S.A in Colombia. He is also a Member ...