Research Highlights Podcast
Journal of Economic Perspectives
ISSN 0895-3309 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7965 (Online)
JEP Research Highlights
Research Highlights Podcast
Supreme polarization
March 3, 2021
University of Chicago law professor Daniel Hemel discusses whether the nation’s highest court is facing a legitimacy crisis and, if so, what to do about it.
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The globalization of American universities
March 1, 2021
Foreign students are a growing presence on college campuses. Whether they stay in the United States after graduation largely depends on job opportunities back home.
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Business incomes at the top
February 16, 2021
The rich have changed the way they report their income. That has important consequences for how economists measure inequality.
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The anatomy of inequality
November 25, 2020
Florian Hoffman discusses how income disparities have grown in the US and Europe over the last 40 years.
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How economists can help combat COVID-19
November 11, 2020
Boston University epidemiologist Eleanor Murray says the tools of economics can help her field better understand the impacts of the disease.
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Populism's rise
October 14, 2020
Political scientist Yotam Margalit discusses why economic anxiety alone doesn’t explain the appeal of populist politicians.
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The next big thing
September 23, 2020
A lot of cities want to be the next Silicon Valley, but transforming into a high-tech hub is not that easy.
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Reviving distressed communities
September 16, 2020
Tim Bartik of the Upjohn Institute on how economic development policy is shortchanging poor regions.
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