Political Economy

Energy Policy Is Not About “Creating Jobs”

Energy Policy Is Not About “Creating Jobs”

As international headwinds and political failures prolong our macroeconomic problems, we continue to look in the wrong places, like energy policy, for solutions to the jobs deficit. [Continue]

What is Land: Part I

What is Land: Part I

Foreign acquisitions of African land for agricultural development have more in common with extractive mining than with food production. [Continue]

Clean is Not Free: Tackling Climate Finance

Clean is Not Free: Tackling Climate Finance

Climate change policy, especially in developing countries, is expensive. A critical look at the politics of money on a warming planet. [Continue]

Climate Cartography

Climate Cartography

Changing the way we draw maps could help change the ways we think about the connections between the environment and the economy. [Continue]

Damming Patagonia

Damming Patagonia

Sustainable development of Chile's extensive renewable resources is blocked by the Supreme Court. [Continue]

Scrapping corn ethanol subsidies for a smarter biofuels policy

Scrapping corn ethanol subsidies for a smarter biofuels policy

With the sudden demise of U.S. corn ethanol subsidies, opportunity beckons to remake American biofuels policy along greener, more efficient lines. [Continue]

Keystone kiboshed?

Keystone kiboshed?

President Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline, but the relief may only be temporary. [Continue]

California Prisons: Does Realignment Mean Reform?

California Prisons: Does Realignment Mean Reform?

The Supreme Court has ordered California to reduce its state prison population by 33,000. Realignment is an extraordinary opportunity for reform, but its success is uncertain. [Continue]

Dr. Ngaire Woods on Global Financial Regulation Following the 2008 Crisis

Dr. Ngaire Woods on Global Financial Regulation Following the 2008 Crisis

Ngaire Woods talks about the challenges of regulating international finance and proposes some essential regulatory reforms. [Continue]

Youth & Sustainability

Youth & Sustainability

Regardless of its many definitions, sustainability is ultimately about the future of today's youth. As a result, they should have a say in today's policy choices. [Continue]

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After 9/11, Arab Americans were thrust into a position of a minority, which induced stress. In the six months after 9/11, Arab-named women were significantly more likely to have pre-term and low birth-weight infants compared to the same cohort in prior time periods.

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