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The value and challenges of regulating Big Tech

Facebook, the $800 billion social media powerhouse, stands accused by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 40 states of anti-competitive practices. The lawsuits, filed last week, are another salvo ...
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Are “bad jobs” dead ends or steppingstones to better things? New research identifies some pathways to better job quality

Nearly one in five workers in the United States work in the low-wage retail and food service sector, which has the largest concentration of low-wage workers, and is characterized by poor benefits and ...
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Justin J. Pearson on his expulsion from the Tennessee legislature and being in a “movement moment”

In April, the Republican-led Tennessee State House voted to expel Justin J. Pearson and Justin Jones, two Black Democratic members of the House, for speaking out on the House floor as part of a gun ...
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Rebuilding state capacity for inclusive economic transformation

Harvard Kennedy School’s Reimagining the Economy initiative, which is run by the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy and the Center for International Development, recently hosted its fourth event ...
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Experts on the Middle East analyze the causes of the war in Israel and Gaza and look ahead

The war in Israel and Gaza has already taken a huge human toll. On Friday at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, leading experts from Harvard and beyond discussed the intractably complicated questions ...
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The corporatization of healthcare gets a bad rap. HKS research explores what’s working and what other options are available.

Healthcare is a service that everyone needs. As such, it fulfills a fundamental task in a functioning society. For this reason, a segment of the population see the increased corporatization of ...
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Experts unpack affirmative action—and why diversity is an asset for U.S. higher education and society

Harvard Kennedy School faculty members brought to bear their combined expertise and experience in history, law, higher education, and public leadership in a conversation on July 21 on issues of race ...
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The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict

Apart from its tragic human toll, the Iraq War will be staggeringly expensive in financial terms. In The Three Trillion Dollar War, Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz and Harvard professor Linda J.
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Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

Despite years of efforts to increase diversity in the venture capital (VC) industry, a significant gender gap remains among both investment decision-makers at venture capital firms and among ...
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Building State Capability: Evidence, Analysis, Action

Governments play a major role in the development process, constantly introducing reforms and policies to achieve developmental objectives. Many of these interventions have limited impact, however; ...
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Senior Executives in National and International Security

Program Fee: The program fee includes tuition, housing, curricular materials and most meals. Executive Certificate: This program is a core program in the Public Leadership and Public Policy ...
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Robert Lawrence

Robert Z. Lawrence is Albert L. Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment, a Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and a Research Associate at the ...