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  • Why Bother to Vote?

    18/12/2018 Duración: 10min

    And other 2018 midterms lessons from an elections expert.

  • Radio Replay: What's in Store for Russia?

    16/10/2018 Duración: 21min

    On March 23, 2016, Harris Public Policy Professor Konstantin Sonin, a prominent political scientist and commentator on Russia, examined the Russian economy's supposed downturn and the fate of the Putin regime. Hear what he had to say about Russia's military campaign in Syria, the Russian economy's supposed downturn and the fate of Vladimir Putin.

  • Winning the War on Poverty?

    18/09/2018 Duración: 19min

    A new method of measuring poverty reveals a surprising truth.

  • CSI Colombia (Econ Edition)

    28/08/2018 Duración: 16min

    When data reveals what dictators try to hide.

  • Crashing the Party

    05/07/2018 Duración: 16min

    How 'outsider' political candidates can (and do) make it to the top. And why partisanship helps party outsiders succeed.

  • The Great Gatsby Curve

    14/05/2018 Duración: 10min

    What does one of the world's great novels have to do with the way inequality works?

  • Inequality in Climate Change

    27/04/2018 Duración: 16min

    Rising global temperatures mean very different things to different populations - even within the United States.

  • Behind the Tax Divide

    31/07/2017 Duración: 24min

    Over the last year, Academic Director of the Center for Municipal Finance and Harris Public Policy Professor Christopher Berry has been helping the Chicago Tribune uncover injustices hidden within the Cook County property tax system.

  • Chicago Homicides - Separating Fact from Fiction

    11/05/2017 Duración: 14min

    In 2016, Chicago saw 762 murders. The University of Chicago Crime Lab, led by Harris' own Jens Ludwig, is using hard analysis to figure out what's really causing this violence, and what can be done about it.

  • The Black-White Earnings Gap Won't Go Away

    10/02/2017 Duración: 27min

    In new research, Harris Interim Dean and Professor Kerwin Charles finds that the median African-American male holds the same position relative to the median white male as his grandfather did. But why?

  • Big Decisions, Down to a Science

    06/12/2016 Duración: 21min

    Your choices matter - so why not use social science to make them? That's the idea behind the new book from Harris economist Robert Michael.

  • Policy Labs, Firsthand

    20/06/2016 Duración: 14min

    Since January, small teams of Harris students have been diving headfirst into real-time policy questions. Three students share their experiences in the first-ever Harris Policy Labs.

  • Constitutional Flaw

    28/04/2016 Duración: 30min

    In his new book, "Relic", Professor William Howell argues that the Constitution is undermining effective government - and offers a way to move forward.

  • What's in Store for Russia

    24/03/2016 Duración: 21min

    We sit down with Professor Konstantin Sonin, a prominent political scientist and commentator on Russia, to get his perspective on Russia's military campaign in Syria, the Russian economy's supposed downturn, and the fate of Vladimir Putin.

  • Replacing Scalia

    23/02/2016 Duración: 05min

    Do Senate Republicans really want to block the President's Supreme Court Nominee? What might a "creative" compromise look like? On this special mini-episode, three Chicago Harris political scientists share their perspectives.

  • What Really Causes Gridlock in Congress

    25/01/2016 Duración: 16min

    There's a rational explanation for gridlock - and it means our politicians might be more rational and forward-thinking than we give them credit for.

  • Managing the Flood

    07/12/2015 Duración: 17min

    How will the U.S. handle the ongoing refugee crisis? With a delicate balance of security and compassion, explains Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Anne Richard, AM'84.

  • Thomas Piketty vs. Inequality

    24/11/2015 Duración: 32min

    The "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" author talks about the reaction to his book, whether economists are wasting their time with useless math and why he thinks climate change is the next frontier of inequality.

  • Nudging Parents and Children Together

    06/11/2015 Duración: 24min

    Behavioral scientists at Chicago Harris spent months studying whether cheap, easy nudges could get parents to read to their kids more. Now the results are in.

  • Introducing the Pearson Institute

    08/10/2015 Duración: 21min

    On September 30, the Pearson Family Foundation donated $100 million to University of Chicago, creating an institute to confront the new era of global conflicts with data-driven analysis.

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