Work & Economy

A Harvard-based institute created a tool that harnesses big data to provide up-to-date information to policymakers, to measure the economic downturn.

A majority of people in the U.S. want to continue physical distancing measures, even as the federal government and some state governors are pushing to reopen the economy, according to a new national survey.

Harvard economist Melissa Dell has received the 2020 John Bates Clark Medal. The annual award, administered by the American Economic Association, honors an “American economist under the age of forty who is judged to have made the most significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge.”

As governors weigh when to allow businesses to reopen, Harvard faculty discuss which industries have been helped and hurt by the pandemic, and some of the hurdles surviving businesses will face to reverse their fortunes.

Owners of ranch and nursery since the 1970s talk about the interdependence of financial and environmental viability.

An interview with economist Jeffrey Frankel, James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth at Harvard Kennedy School, about the economic impact of the coronavirus on both the world and the U.S. economy.

A Harvard Business School expert on Asian industry said restarting the global economy in COVID-19’s wake won’t be easy, and the task won’t begin until the worst effects are past, perhaps months from now.

Economist Thomas Piketty discusses his new research into the historical roots of inequality around the world and what can be done to begin redressing it.

Harvard University uses its federal research funding to foster economic growth throughout the region.

New research from HBS faculty on the state of U.S. competitiveness finds that the business community may hold the key to dismantling a dysfunctional political system that threatens the nation’s economic outlook.

Harvard Business School’s Christine Exley talks about her recent research that indicates women’s reluctance to self-promote, compared to men’s, may be more persistent than previously understood.

A new report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies breaks down in a series of charts how it has become harder than ever for middle-income Americans to afford rent.

Harvard study says Massachusetts car economy costs $64 billion, and more than half of that comes from public.

An interview with Harvard Law Professor Benjamin Sachs and Lecturer Sharon Block, who co-wrote the report “Clean Slate for Worker Power: Building a Just Economy and Democracy,” calling for a reform in American labor law.

One of China’s best-known economists, Justin Yifu Lin, spoke to the Gazette on some of the dramatic changes China made to spur its growth and on current U.S.-China trade tensions.

Is a smiling flight attendant performing emotional labor? How about the harried mom baking cupcakes for a kindergarten class, or your friend who’s always ready to listen and dispense advice?…

Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban on real-world education, Trump, Warren, and sexual harassment in the front office of his NBA team.

An article authored by Ethan Bernstein’s attempts to explain why in-person interactions dropped so dramatically in open offices.

Accomplished professional women who were once serious athletes discussed the lessons of sports in the HBS forum “Sports as a Classroom: Women in Sports, Leadership and Empowerment.”

The do’s and don’ts of sharing about your children online, according to a member of the Youth and Media team of researchers at the Berkman Klein Center for the Internet & Society,

Michael Fabiano wears many hats. Here, he talks about the need for continuing education in our ever-changing media environment, as well as the AP’s strategy vis-à-vis “fake news.”

Harvard Kennedy School researchers launch interactive online tool to aid planners in identifying economic growth strategies.

Outgoing Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility chair Howell Jackson, the James S. Reid Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, says changing the panel’s focus to developing guidelines can help inform Harvard’s external investment managers, and other interested investors, as they vote on a broad array of shareholder resolutions.

An inverted bond yield curve often has been a harbinger of recession, though the odds of one are still only 1 in 3 for this year, Harvard analyst says.

HBS branding expert Jill Avery on the stories that marketers create to get today’s consumers to buy

Opportunity Insights, a Harvard-based institute of social scientists and policy analysts, looked at a range of social programs to determine which provided the most bang for the government buck, and spending on children came out on top — particularly in the case of disadvantaged kids.

Harvard students Luke Heine and Raphael Rouvinov built a new student travel meet up program, Summer Playbook, to help college students connect with each other all over the world. The app has drawn seed money from Silicon Valley.

A new book by Georgia professor and new Extension School grad student looks at how African American culture bred business success, and the lessons that this offers today.

Harvard’s Zittrain speaks at a Palo Alto silicon valley event, describing the University’s role in founding and research vis à vis technological advances – and ethical issues – in the world of computers and the proliferation of tech start-ups.

Martin Feldstein, George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard, major political adviser, and president emeritus of the National Bureau of Economic Research, died Tuesday at age 79.