Professor Truman Bewley discusses his book Why Wages Don’t Fall During a Recession

Edward L. Glaeser, Matthew E. Kahn, and Jordan Rappaport explore China and Brazil's radically different approaches to fighting poverty and consider what the two nations can learn from each other.

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     Anyone who follows politics knows that healthcare is never far from voters’ (and politicians’) minds. Given the 47 million uninsured and the looming bankruptcy of Medicare, U.S. policymakers should be thinking long and hard about how to improve the national healthcare system, but what types of policies should they consider?