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October 29, 2020
Endnotes: A World Safe for Democracy (G. John Ikenberry)
For 200 years, the grand project of liberal internationalism has been to build a world order that is oriented toward progressive ideas. Today, this project is in crisis, threatened by illiberal challengers and nationalist-populist movements. A new book by G. John Ikenberry offers the first full account of liberal…
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April 22, 2020
Politics & Polls #182: Economic Turmoil During Covid-19 Featuring Cecilia Rouse
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to have devastating impacts on the global and U.S. economy. As a result of quarantines and social distancing, the bulk of the economic activity has shut down, leaving thousands of workers and small businesses in the U.S. struggling and stock markets reeling. The federal government has made…
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April 17, 2020
Macrofinance Lab Receives National Science Foundation Funding
Funding from the National Science Foundation will support the work of a Macrofinance Lab at the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance (JRCPPF), which is based at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.The project will develop an open-source textbook and data-sharing…
Research Briefs
April 16, 2020
Mentoring Programs Help Female Economists Secure Tenure-Track Positions
There remains a dearth of women in economics, with far fewer females securing tenure-track jobs and publishing academic research than men. Past research points to several barriers contributing to this “leaky pipeline” including: access to mentoring, social networks, and implicit biases.Many groups, including the American…
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January 15, 2020
Social Networks May Drive College Decisions
Younger siblings may indeed look up to their older kin — to the point that it influences where they go to college.Using data from centralized school systems in three countries, a team of researchers that includes Princeton University economist Christopher Neilson finds causal evidence that social interactions greatly influence…
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January 07, 2020
Grant Awarded to Program on Science and Global Security to Advance Nuclear Arms Control
A $600,000 grant was awarded to Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security (SGS) by the Carnegie Corporation of New York for work on reducing nuclear risks through research, policy engagement, and training.The new grant will support SGS activities aiming to provide technical and policy analysis to reduce the…
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December 09, 2019
Paul A. Volcker ’49, Former Federal Reserve Chairman, Dies at 92
Paul A. Volcker ’49, a formidable force in U.S. government who led the Federal Reserve to quell inflation in the late 1970s and early 80s, died on Dec. 8 in New York. He was 92.Volcker is among Princeton University’s most esteemed alumni and served as the Frederick H. Schultz Class of 1951 Professor of International Economic…
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November 20, 2019
WWS Reacts: Leaked Cables Reveal Iran’s Influence over Iraq
Around 700 pages of documents detailing Iran’s influence of Iraq were leaked earlier this week, published simultaneously by the Intercept and The New York Times. The reports, written in 2014 and 2015 by Iranian officers based in Iraq, were sent by an anonymous leaker and have been verified by the media. We discussed the trove…
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October 16, 2019
Politics & Polls #157: How Economists Attained Power in the Modern Era Featuring Binyamin Appelbaum
Economists shape conversations on topics ranging from business to politics, and their influence is widely felt; the Federal Reserve, trade negotiations, and public spending have become central focuses of political debate. But economists weren’t always permanent fixtures in policymaking.Binyamin Appelbaum joins Sam Wang and…
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October 14, 2019
WWS Reacts: Trump’s Decision to Withdrawal U.S. Troops from Syria
Last week, President Donald Trump withdrew all U.S. troops from northern Syria. Later, a deal was made between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, allowing Syrian troops — most of whom are Kurdish — to head north to confront Turkish forces. What will all of this mean for the eight-year…