February 15
Smitha Radhakrishnan — Making Financial Citizens? Gendered Livelihoods and Commercial Microfinance in Urban India
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Adam Posen on central banks, China and the enduring power of the dollar
January 11, 2019 Financial Times
21st Century Economic Challenges
From college affordability and upward mobility to debates around austerity and government investments, Watson Institute scholars cross disciplines and regions in the study of economic trends. Across economics, political economy, sociology and political science, research illuminates current global economic developments and foreshadows where policies and actions may lead us.
Publications
Sales Force and Competition in Financial Product Markets: The Case of Mexico's Social Security Privatization., Econometrica, no. Forthcoming, Peer Reviewed, In Press
Events & Workshops
October 10
How Inequality Harms the Wealthy
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
September 27
Richard F. Doner and Ben Ross Schneider ─ The Middle Income Trap and the Politics of Skills
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
News & Research
Watson Senior Fellow Among Authors of Letter for Architecture of OECD/DAC
January 3, 2019 Brookings Institution
Elizabeth Warren: Government's job is to make the economy work for everyone
November 8, 2018 News from Brown
