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2018 Leader: William Darity, Jr.
Wednesday, February 7, 2018Duke Chronicle
Professor William Darity, Jr. has been named a 2018 leader at Duke University for his work on inequality.
The Psychological Forces Behind a Cultural Reckoning: Understanding #MeToo
Wednesday, February 7, 2018NPR's The Hidden Brain
Why did the #MeToo movement take off recently and not decades ago, when a group of women accused playwright Israel Horovitz of sexual misconduct? To explain the psychology of when people stay silent and when they speak up, The Hidden Brain asked Professor Timur Kuran to explain preference... Read More »
Professor Lori Leachman Publishes Memoir
Friday, February 2, 2018Duke Today
From Duke Today: Professor Lori Leachman's memoir, out in an e-edition on Jan. 30 and in print in May, tells about a football life in the South from a daughter's perspective. Her father, a noted high school, college, and NFL coach, died from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative... Read More »
Professor Timur Kuran Featured Essayist in Upcoming Book
Friday, February 2, 2018Duke Today
From Duke Today: Professor Timur Kuran is among the authors featured in "Can It Happen Here? Authoritarianism in America," a collection of essays exploring the lessons of history, how democracies crumble, how propaganda works, and the role of the media, courts, elections, and "fake news" in... Read More »
Running the Numbers on Black Unemployment
Thursday, February 1, 2018WYNC's 'The Takeaway'
During his first state of the union speech, President Trump took credit for the reduced black unemployment rate. While it is at an all-time low, the numbers fail to explain why African Americans are still twice as likely to be jobless than white Americans. Professor William Darity, Jr. ... Read More »
Medical Miracles From FDA Inefficiency
Tuesday, January 30, 2018The Wall Street Journal
Features Professor David Ridley's work in creating priority review vouchers as part of the FDA review system to incentivize manufacturers to develop drugs for neglected diseases.
Do Soda Taxes Work? Not Unless Retailers Raise Prices
Monday, January 22, 2018Harvard Business Review
Writing for the Harvard Business Review, Professors Steven Sexton and Bryan Bollinger (Fuqua) report findings from their research, which shows that a soda tax won't reduce consumption unless retailers pass along the added cost to their customers.
Faculty Research Featured in NBER Digest
Tuesday, January 16, 2018NBER Digest
Each month, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) selects a handful of working papers to feature. The January 2018 Digest summarizes a paper co-authored by Professor Allan Collard-Wexler that estimates the extent to which market power is a source of oil production misallocation.
There's a Serious Proposal to Give Babies Born in the United States $20,000 (or More)
Thursday, January 11, 2018The Washington Post
Based on their research, Professors William Darity, Jr. and Darrick Hamilton (New School) have proposed a new idea to solve wealth inequality in America: Give every newborn a "Baby Bond" account, which can range from $500 to $50,000 in cash.
Making Admissions More Efficient
Monday, January 8, 2018American Economic Association
Economists helped New York City design its high school admissions process. In the December issue of the American Economic Review, Professor Atila Abdulkadiroglu and his MIT co-authors evaluate the matching system and say it's making students better off.