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Why is the war in Iran so expensive?

How much does the war in Iran cost? The war costs America two billion dollars each day, says war budgeting expert and Harvard Kennedy School faculty member Linda Bilmes—and will cost at least one ...
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Former UN Ambassador and National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice Joins Belfer Center as Senior Fellow

Cambridge, MA – Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs has named former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice a ...
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Understanding the Global Economic Impact of Recent U.S. Trade Policies: Insights from CID Faculty Affiliates

Faculty affiliates at CID examine trade policy from multiple perspectives, offering research and analysis that provide valuable insights into the complexities of the global economy and the broader ...
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Are we officially at war with Iran?

On April 1, President Trump made his first formal public address about the United States’ military actions in Iran. His speech came over a month after the United States and Israel sent missiles and ...
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The Current State of Bail Reform in the United States: Results of a Landscape Analysis of Bail Reforms Across All 50 States

This report discusses cash bail reforms that have occurred in the United States and provides key considerations for people interested in implementing bail reforms in their jurisdiction. Based on a ...
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Social capital: Predicting an epidemic of loneliness—and prescribing the solution

IN 2023, then-U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called loneliness an epidemic. In an advisory on the issue, he wrote, “Loneliness is far more than just a bad feeling—it harms both individual and ...
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Fintech, Financial Inclusion, and The Future of Finance

2024, Paper: "This paper explores the impact of financial technology (fintech) on financial in clusion, focusing on the cost of accessing essential financial services as a metric for financial ...
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HKS on the Road

View our past HKS on the Road event photos in the caption links. 79 John F. Kennedy Street ...
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Sovereign Bonds since Waterloo

This paper studies external sovereign bonds as an asset class. We compile a new database of 220,000 monthly prices of foreign-currency government bonds traded in London and New York between 1815 (the ...
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Shackled to the Past: The Causes and Consequences of Africa’s Slave Trades

Shackled to the Past: The Causes and Consequences of Africa’s Slave Trades. Nathan Nunn, August 2008, Book Chapter."This chapter uses statistical techniques to assess whether there is evidence that ...
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Gates Family Foundation Public Leadership Fellowship

The Gates Family Foundation Public Leadership Fellowship supports outstanding public leaders from Colorado to attend Senior Executives in State and Local Government at Harvard Kennedy School. Fellows ...
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Media Mythmaking of Punishment and Safety: Changing the Narrative on Race, Crime, and Reform (11/15/24)

In the U.S., media coverage of crime, violence, the criminal legal system, and criminal system reform faces perennial issues with racial bias, fear-mongering, elite voices setting the agenda and ...