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- 02 May 2008
- What Do You Think?
What is the Future of State Capitalism?
regulations even begin to deal with what in effect are global markets? Will some kind of global agreement be required? Just how easily will that be achieved? Or does this phenomenon really matter in the long run? Is state capitalism just another way of View Details
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by Jim Heskett
- 08 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
What’s Missing From the Debate About Trump’s Tax Plan
resources should be redistributed and argues for a less progressive tax structure, just as we see in the current plan. Missing in action: debate Unfortunately, amid all the recent wrangling over rates and deductions, we have failed to...
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by Matthew Weinzierl
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IFC: Europe; Decarbonization and Sustainable Production - Course Catalog
the safety and logistical feasibility of running Immersive Field Courses in each location. Please be aware that IFCs can be canceled at any time due to changes in global health and safety or other unforeseen circumstances. Students will not be View Details
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IFC: Ghana; Africa Rising - Course Catalog
Please be aware that IFCs can be canceled at any time due to changes in global health and safety or other unforeseen circumstances. Students will not be redistributed into another IFC, nor will a new course be developed. Course fees will...
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IFC: Saudi Arabia; Economic Diversification - Course Catalog
global health and safety or other unforeseen circumstances. Students will not be redistributed into another IFC, nor will a new course be developed. Course fees will be refunded. Copyright © 2024 President & Fellows of Harvard College....
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- 23 Jun 2020
- Book
Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System
eliminated. Voters who backed that candidate as their top choice have their second choice picks redistributed among the remaining candidates until one receives 50 percent of the vote in the recount, and a winner is declared....
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
in a new paper, Why Do We Redistribute So Much but Tag So Little? The Principle of Equal Sacrifice and Optimal Taxation. The fundamental challenge, he writes, is that "different people find different criteria compelling, and most people...
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IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog
safety and logistical feasibility of running Immersive Field Courses in each location. Please be aware that IFCs can be canceled at any time due to changes in global health and safety or other unforeseen circumstances. Students will not be View Details
- 01 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Cast a Longer Shadow on the 21st Century: Friedman or Galbraith?
provide an order to the economy. We cannot live with one without the other." Kamal Gupta noted that, "in the case of an economy that is coming out of poverty, like India . . . [the ideas of Galbraith] would provide for a faster View Details
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by James Heskett
- 29 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29
beliefs about their place in these distributions. We focus on potential causes that lead to these misperceptions and discuss the implications that misperceived inequality—but not actual inequality—have for policy and redistribution...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
EU10 exhibit a pattern of geographical concentration close to a random distribution, i.e. the process of regional concentration and redistribution of industry is in a very early phase. If Europe is to build a more competitive economy,...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
philanthropy, or even sustainability, but a new way to achieve economic success,” the authors contend. “It is not on the margin of what companies do but at the center.” Nor is shared value about redistributing the wealth already created...
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- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
about tax legislation beyond concern over the amount of the check we write each April 15? Yes, very much so. Our tax policies reflect the values that the country stands for. Do we cut taxes on top earners or redistribute their wealth to...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
value creation for shareholders overall. August 2013 Quarterly Journal of Economics Last-place Aversion: Evidence and Redistributive Implications By: Kuziemko, Ilyana, Ryan Buell, Taly Reich, and Michael Norton Abstract—We present...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts
unpopular social issues, enabling spirituality, redistributing wealth to the needy, supporting cultural activities, and effectively and efficiently providing long-term solutions for social needs. Government and business, she said, cannot...
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Health, Social Assistance
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
complex. Publisher's link: http://sloanreview.mit.edu/x/55314 August 2013 Journal of Monetary Economics Income Inequality and Social Preferences for Redistribution and Compensation Differentials By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—In...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
electoral redistribution yields a compelling framework to test for the presence of capture. I find that government-owned banks are subject to substantial capture: the growth rate of agricultural credit lent by public banks is 5-10...
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Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
ability distributions as endogenous to current taxes. We model this endogeneity, calibrate the model to match estimates of the intergenerational transmission of earnings ability in the United States, and use the model to simulate optimal policy numerically. Optimal...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
suppliers to rescue surplus fresh food and redistribute it to local charities and nonprofits that run food programs to support people in need in their communities. Before the pandemic, SecondBite was providing food for 40 million meals a...
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- 06 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 6
Case Study of Utilitarian Income Redistribution Authors:N. Gregory Mankiw and Matthew C. Weinzierl Publication:American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (forthcoming) Abstract Should the income tax include a credit for short taxpayers...
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Martha Lagace