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Search News Nov 19 2020 Politics & Polls #210: All About State Courts - Packing, Expansion & More (Marin Levy) The unique circumstances of this year's elections created quite a stir among state courts regarding mail-in ballots, with some requiring intervention… News Nov 11 2020 Politics & Polls #209: A Week After Election 2020 The results are in: Joe Biden has won the presidency. However, President Donald Trump has yet to concede and is filing lawsuits in a number of states… News Oct 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… News Oct 21 2020 Politics & Polls #206: What Happens Next? As the election inches closer, polling data seems favorable to the Democrats, especially in a number of Senate races. Yet some say the Democrats are… News Oct 12 2020 Mellody Hobson ’91 Shortly after graduating from Princeton University, Mellody Hobson ’91 joined Ariel Investments as an intern. Today, she serves as the company’s co… News Jun 30 2020 Covid-19 is Exposing Inequalities in Health and Wealth, Deaton Testifies The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is exposing and exacerbating health disparities in America, with Black and brown communities hit especially hard. This… News May 11 2020 Scheppele Named Winner of Service Award by Law and Society Association Professor Kim Lane Scheppele was named the winner of the Ronald Pipkin Service Award from the Law and Society Association (LSA), where she served as… News Apr 29 2020 Politics & Polls #183: Economic Inequality and Covid-19 Featuring Sir Angus Deaton Covid-19 has had a disproportionate impact on at-risk populations, shining the spotlight on economic inequality and instability. Issues such as… News Apr 27 2020 WWS Reacts: China’s Response to Covid-19 As the rest of the world struggles to combat Covid-19, China, where the virus originated in late 2019, appears to have made significant strides to… News Apr 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… News Apr 20 2020 How Foreign Subversion Weakens the State (Melissa M. Lee) Policymakers worry that “ungoverned spaces” pose dangers to security and development. Why do such spaces exist beyond the authority of the state? In… News Apr 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 &… News Dec 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… News Nov 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… News Oct 16 2019 Why the Supreme Court Should Rule in U.S. Foreign Affairs (Martin Flaherty) Some argue that U.S. foreign affairs should be left to Congress and the President. But as more executive and legislative actions arise in this arena,… News Oct 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… News Oct 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… News Aug 07 2019 Lee Receives 2019 Inaugural Emerging Scholars Global Policy Prize News Jul 17 2019 Politics & Polls #147: Reagan’s Tax Cut Revolution Featuring Monica Prasad In the 1980s, supply-side economics became a rallying cry of conservative politicians. This macroeconomic theory posits that lower taxes and… News May 09 2019 Politics & Polls: The Mueller Report Book Club Episode #138: Volume I Featuring Marcy Wheeler News Mar 21 2019 Politics & Polls #131: 'Mass Human Caging' Featuring Alec Karakatsanis There are unprecedented rates of incarceration in America today, with hundreds of thousands of people being jailed annually. How does the cash bail… News Feb 04 2019 Project to Collect Real Portraits of American Life Today, only half of children grow up to earn more than their parents, as opportunities for upward mobility continue to decline. Meanwhile, more than… News Jan 18 2019 Private Sector Can Grow Despite Violent Conflict, Princeton Study Shows Despite decades of violent conflict across countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, thousands of private sector firms are operating in those… News Jan 16 2019 Politics & Polls #122: American Global Leadership Some say the United States is heading down a road toward isolationism. In this episode, Julian Zelizer and Sam Wang discuss the uncertain future of… News Jan 07 2019 No Laboratory Needed: The Person Project Mines Social Science Data with Secure Online Quizzes Understanding the human psyche is complex, for ordinary people and scientists alike. Now, researchers at Princeton University have created a new tool…