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Global Evidence on Gender Gaps and Generative AI

Generative AI has the potential to transform productivity and reduce inequality, but only if adopted broadly. In this paper, we show that recently identified gender gaps in generative AI use are ...
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Democracy & Governance

The Harvard Crimson's podcast Newstalk returns with special guest Jason Furman, who speaks on the Federal Reserve and President Trump's new nominee for Fed Chair Kevin Warsh.
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Private Credit & Systemic Risk

June 2025, Paper: "The private credit market has rapidly expanded in recent years, becoming an established source of corporate loans to middle-market firms, a key financing tool for private equity ...
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A trafficked sex slave could be sold off as a virgin for $7000...a child slave for $20.

A trafficked sex slave could be sold off as a virgin for $7000...a child slave for $20. Siddharth Kara, Harvard University fellow and author of three books on modern-day slavery, talks about the ...
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Why is the war in Iran so expensive?

On February 28, the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran, killing supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. By early April, the United States had more than 56,000 troops in the war zone ...
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"A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight:" The Day the American President Threatened Genocide

The views expressed below are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights or Harvard Kennedy School. These perspectives have been presented to ...
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Taxes: Price of Civilization or Tribute to Leviathan?

Taxes: Price of Civilization or Tribute to Leviathan? Lant Pritchett, August 2015, Paper. "There are two dominant narratives about taxation. One is taxes are the “price we pay for a civilized society” ...
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The Real Target of Trump’s Crypto Strategy is the Federal Reserve

February 2025, Opinion: "Among the many executive orders signed by President Donald Trump in recent days, one promises to bring about a revolution in an area we did not expect the new president to be ...
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Find an Executive Education Program

Whether you complete a program on our historic Cambridge campus or through the flexibility of an online offering, your immersive learning experience at Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education will ...
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“For the Game. For the World.” FIFA and Human Rights

In December 2015, FIFA asked me to develop recommendations on what it means for FIFA to embed respect for human rights across its global operations. The authoritative standard for doing so is the ...
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Professors say they teach critical thinking. But is that what students are learning?

The ability to think critically is an essential skill for professionals, including doctors, government officials, and educators. But are instructors at professional schools teaching it, or do they ...
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News & Announcements

Samantha Power, former USAID administrator and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, returns to Harvard with a joint faculty appointment at the Kennedy School and the Law School ...