Everyone wants to catch billionaire lottery fever (Emily Oster cited)
October 8, 2021 Financial Times
This article cites a statement from Emily Oster that the rich and educated “may have a better understanding of the odds” of lotteries.
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U.S. spent billions on Afghanistan and failed to build a sustainable economy (commentary by Cathy Lutz)
September 27, 2021 Wall Street Journal
This piece includes commentary from Catherine Lutz, co-founder of the Costs of War Project.
The sad, predictable limits of America's 'economic recovery' (commentary by John Friedman)
September 22, 2021 Vox
"You have to think about how it's playing out across distribution - who has recovered, who may actually be doing better than before, and who is still suffering," said John Friedman on the post-pandemic economy.
Whether it’s homes or jobs, our dreams are moving further out of reach every year (written by Mark Blyth)
September 22, 2021 The Guardian
Mark Blyth penned this piece on the current housing market, how it's affecting middle class America, and where it may potentially be heading.
With Haiti in chaos, we must rewrite the script on disaster aid (written by Brian Atwood)
August 20, 2021 The Hill
Brian Atwood penned this piece on the troubled aftermath in Haiti resulting from a recent earthquake, hurricane, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Jobs are still down 22% for low-wage workers. They’re up for everyone else (John Friedman cited)
August 17, 2021 CNBC
This article cites John Friedman, co-director of Opportunity Insights, on the impact of COVID-19 on U.S. employment.
There is no ‘getting back to normal’ with climate breakdown (commentary by Mark Blyth)
August 11, 2021 The Guardian
Mark Blyth provides commentary in this article stating, "As the IPCC report makes clear, there are now only unknown and unfamiliar alternative futures that we can choose from."
China's unavoidable financial rise (Arvind Subramanian cited)
August 4, 2021 Project Syndicate
This article references writings and research by Arvind Subramanian.
WATCH: Zearn CEO Shalinee Sharma Talks About How Her Math App Revealed the Pandemic’s Widening Learning Gaps in Real Time (John Friedman cited)
August 2, 2021 The 74
In this video, Shalinee Sharma references John Friedman and the Opportunity Insights team.
Nicola Sturgeon crushed as own advisors 'not crazy enough to back SNP's currency plan' (Mark Blyth mentioned)
July 28, 2021 The Express
This article mentions Mark Blyth as one of the 17 new members of Scotland's Council of Economic Advisers.
How Voters Use Contextual Information to Reward and Punish: Credit Claiming, Legislative Performance, and Democratic Accountability
July 26, 2021
Eric Patashnik recently co-authored "How Voters Use Contextual Information to Reward and Punish: Credit Claiming, Legislative Performance, and Democratic Accountability," a study focused on how voters use contextual information to evaluate the performance of legislators.
Sturgeon’s economic council is a fig-leaf for independence (Mark Blyth cited)
July 19, 2021 Spectator
This article mentions Mark Blyth as one of the latest recruits for a new economic advisory council formed by the Scottish government.
International Strategy Forum Fellowship Class of 2020
July 1, 2021
Reid Pauly was recently invited to join the inaugural Schmidt Futures International Strategy Fellowship Class of 2020, which aims to elevate and connect rising leaders in global affairs and to equip them to tackle the most pressing challenges of the next few decades.
2020 Year-End Reflections: Helping People Now and Helping People More in a Global Pandemic
June 21, 2021
Reid Pauly is mentioned in "2020 Year-End Reflections: Helping People Now and Helping People More in a Global Pandemic" as being among the 27 fellows from diverse fields that made up Schmidt Futures ISF-North America 2020 cohort - a team working on various humanitarian efforts surrounding COVID-19, climate change, racial injustice, rising economic inequality, and threats to democracy.
New Harvard data (accidentally) reveal how lockdowns crushed the working class while leaving elites unscathed (John Friedman cited)
June 18, 2021 Foundation for Economic Education
This article draws on data from Opportunity Insights, co-directed by John Friedman.
The G7 helped to build this low-tax world. Are they really ready to change it? (written by Mark Blyth)
June 11, 2021 The Guardian
Mark Blyth penned this article in The Guardian.
Racial wealth gap may be a key to other inequities (John Friedman cited)
June 4, 2021 The Harvard Gazette
John Friedman is cited in this article as one of the co-founding directors of Opportunity Insights.
Expert cited in Greene report says austerity 'never works' (interview with Mark Blyth)
June 1, 2021 CBC News
In this interview, Mark Blyth explains why cutting spending could have catastrophic economic consequences.
Who’s scared of a little inflation? (interview with Mark Blyth)
May 19, 2021 Marketplace
Mark Blyth appeared in this podcast segment stating, "You’ve got quite naturally a lot of what we call bottlenecks, a lot of supply shortages, across different sectors that are all coming out of hibernation at once."
Commentary: The US needs a new China strategy (written by Chas Freeman)
May 17, 2021 Channel News Asia
Chas Freeman penned this article on the current and future status of U.S.-China relations.