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Oligarchy in the open: What happens now as the U.S. is forced to confront its plutocracy ...

Professors Archon Fung of HKS and Lawrence Lessig of Harvard Law School say Trump’s brazen embrace of billionaire ruling partners could be an inflection point in America’s long slide toward rule by ...
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The U.S. Sulphur Dioxide Cap and Trade Programme and Lessons for Climate Policy

See citation below for complete author information. The sulphur dioxide (SO2) allowance-trading programme established under Title IV of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) was the world’s first ...
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Bias, Distrust, and Trauma

George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police officers was followed not only by global protests for racial justice but also by the promise of reforms meant to curtail anti-Black law enforcement patterns ...
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For the Sake of Argument

Civil discourse isn’t just about polite conversation. It’s a vital ingredient to better public policy and public leadership. And vital to the Kennedy School’s focus on public engagement. With a number ...
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Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights

The Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights serves as the hub of the Harvard Kennedy School’s research, teaching, and training in the human rights domain. The center embraces a dual mission: to educate ...
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M-RCBG Senior Fellows 2025-26

In financial services, Wilmot worked with private equity funds, financial institutions and infrastructure groups at the International Finance Corporation. He was also Global Project Manager to CEO ...
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How understanding the economics of guns can improve public welfare

In 2022, there were more than 48,000 firearm-related deaths in the United States, and firearms were the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 19. But little is known about how the ...
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Educational Programs

Tomorrow’s challenges need today’s changemakers. The world needs leaders who can meet the moment. Harvard Kennedy School empowers our students and professional learners to make real, tangible impacts ...
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The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy.

In this paper, John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago's Department of Political Science and Stephen M.Walt of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government contend that the centerpiece ...
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Study finds vertical integration in medicine is leading to higher costs and worse health ...

In theory, vertical integration in health care makes sense: when physicians work directly for hospitals, rather than in independent practices, there should be greater efficiencies through economies of ...
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The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and ...

When change requires you to challenge people's familiar reality, it can be difficult, dangerous work. Whatever the context, whether in the private or the public sector, many will feel threatened as ...
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Jeffry Frieden on Globalization, the Rise of Populism, and the Future of Democracy

January 2020. GrowthPolicy’s Devjani Roy interview Jeffry Frieden, Chair of the Department of Government at Harvard and Stanfield Professor of International Peace, on globalization, the rise of ...