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Stefanie Stantcheva

Stefanie Stantcheva

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Stefanie Stantcheva is Professor of Economics at Harvard University.

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  1. Inside America's Polarized Views on Race
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    Inside America's Polarized Views on Race

    Dec 13, 2021 Stefanie Stantcheva shows that the beliefs that are most predictive of policy views are also the hardest to change.

  2. Inequality and the Macron Commission
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    Inequality and the Macron Commission

    Jul 8, 2021 Dani Rodrik & Stefanie Stantcheva describe their recommendations to the French president on the global economy's main long-term challenges.

  3. Civil Liberties in a Pandemic
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    Civil Liberties in a Pandemic

    Oct 30, 2020 Stefanie Stantcheva shares findings from 15 countries on public attitudes toward the trade-offs needed to tackle COVID-19.

  4. The Post-Pandemic Social Contract
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    The Post-Pandemic Social Contract

    Jun 11, 2020 Dani Rodrik & Stefanie Stantcheva urge policymakers to pursue growth strategies that directly target the creation of good jobs.

  5. The Fog of Immigration
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    The Fog of Immigration

    Aug 3, 2018 Stefanie Stantcheva shares findings from a recent study revealing Western publics’ widespread ignorance of the issue.

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    Turning the Financial Tide for Small Island States

    Maya Delaney & Aminath Shauna tout the potential of green and blue bonds to protect critical ecosystems and build economic resilience.
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    School Meals Provide Food for Thought – and Fuel for Development

    Gordon Brown & Kevin Watkins tout universal nutrition programs in lower-income countries to mitigate a lost decade for poor children.
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    A House Gutted by Fire

    Terry Lynn Karl blames the inferno now consuming Los Angeles County squarely on greenhouse-gas emissions.
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    False Economies

    William H. Janeway

    For decades, an efficiency-centered “economic style” has dominated public policy, overriding the concerns for fairness that animated the New Deal and Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society. Now, Americans must brace for economic governance that delivers neither efficiency nor fairness, only chaos.

    highlights the high cost of the single-minded focus on efficiency that has come to dominate the discipline.
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    Can US Institutions Withstand Trump 2.0?

    While some observers doubt that US President-elect Donald Trump poses a grave threat to US democracy, others are bracing themselves for the destruction of the country’s constitutional order. With Trump’s inauguration just around the corner, we asked PS commentators how vulnerable US institutions really are.

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    The Climate Policy Pendulum

    Gernot Wagner notes that green technologies retain their many advantages, regardless of national political developments.
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    Could High-Skill Immigration Increase Under Trump?

    Michael R. Strain argues that the recent kerfuffle over foreign workers underscores the president-elect’s pragmatic instincts.
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    What Happened to International Law?

    Eric Posner sees the web of treaties, conventions, and institutions as another victim of the anti-globalization backlash.
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    Europe’s Year of Fundamental Choices

    Ana Palacio considers the complex array of internal and external challenges the European Union must confront in 2025.

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