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China’s Grand Canal

June 6, 2022

Does disruption of major trade routes fuel social unrest?

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Breaking through restrictive attitudes

May 16, 2022

Can a school-based program have a meaningful impact on gender inequality?

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Comparing 911 responses

May 2, 2022

CarlyWill Sloan discusses race and police use of force in two American cities.

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Local politics

April 25, 2022

How does geographic context influence voter behavior?

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Building state capacity with local elites

April 18, 2022

The Democratic Republic of Congo shows how city chiefs can help low-capacity governments collect more taxes.

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Digging into an argument

April 7, 2022

Do people become more convinced of their own positions in the midst of a debate?

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Money problems

March 21, 2022

Do monetary themed questions on standardized tests have a negative impact on students of low socioeconomic status?

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Market failures vs. regulatory shortcomings

March 4, 2022

Market-based reforms from 1999 to 2012 significantly decreased the costs of producing electricity in the United States.

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Moving on up?

March 2, 2022

Ellora Derenoncourt discusses how economic prospects declined for the generations of African Americans that followed the Great Migration.

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Political turnover and education quality in Brazil

February 14, 2022

How does political turnover affect the government bureaucracy and its performance?