News & Research
July 5, 2018
A new study by the Costs of War Project investigates the United States' government spending in wars since the War of 1812, addressing the relationship between war-related debt and societal inequality.
June 28, 2018 TomDispatch.com
A new study by the Costs of War Project examines the relationship between the United States' war-related debt and societal inequality.
June 12, 2018
An article co-written by Mark Blyth and published in the American Political Science Association, was recently named "Best Paper" by the journal's European Politics and Society organized interest group for 2018.
May 23, 2018 Marketplace
Economist John Friedman said that while attending college is an "incredible boost to upward mobility," the path to higher education can have pitfalls for lower-income and minority students, who often leave college saddled with unsustainable debt after earning a degree that may not boost their income or upward mobility.
April 24, 2018 The Hechinger Report
Stories of upward mobility were once a key feature of American life. Children born in the 1940s were almost guaranteed to grow up and earn more than their parents did. But upward mobility has stalled, according to economist John Friedman.
April 17, 2018 Quartz
Americans' tax records are the best dataset for assessing income inequality and the odds that a child born poor can become rich. The IRS still only accepts a small number of applications for studies every year, and a list put together by economist John Friedman shows they are almost all from elite schools.
March 12, 2018 GoLocalProv
Economist John Friedman spoke with GoLocalProv in a live video about how children's opportunities to climb the income ladder later in life depend heavily on where they grow up and how big data can play a role in designing place-based public policy.
February 13, 2018 BBC Business Matters
Political Economist Mark Blyth joins BBC's Business Matters to discuss President Trump's budget among other things.
February 5, 2018 U.S. News & World Report
Research by economist John Friedman looks at 10,000 students who had been admitted to a CUNY program called SEEK that helps academically borderline, low-income students complete a four-year degree.
January 30, 2018 Inside Higher Ed
During a presentation at the annual Association of American Colleges and Universities meetings, Associate Professor of Economics John Friedman offered some good news on new findings on big data on intergenerational mobility.
January 23, 2018
In March 2017, political economist Mark Blyth co-hosted a multidisciplinary conference on "The New Financial Geopolitics," that brought about new research on the issue of global monetary stability. These contributions were published together in a new e-book published by Foreign Affairs magazine.
January 11, 2018 Foreign Affairs
This article co-written by political economist Mark Blyth in Foreign Affairs is part of an e-book on financial geopolitics. "As a single-currency area, the eurozone formally has no internal imbalances."
January 5, 2018 WBUR
Political economist Mark Blyth joined WBUR's Radio Open Source to give his state of the union.
December 7, 2017 NPREd
Economist John Friedman joined NPREd to discuss what the tax overhaul could mean for K-12 students and schools.
November 6, 2017 Dan Yorke State of Mind
John Friedman, associate professor of economics, joined WPRI's Dan Yorke State of Mind to break down the GOP's newly released tax plan.
October 26, 2017 To A Degree Podcast
Economist John Friedman joined the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations' podcast, To a Degree, to discuss the relationship between higher education institutions and low-income students.
October 23, 2017 Gears of Biz
Mark Blyth, professor of international political economy, comments on the effictiveness of the low-wage economy in the UK. “There’s no way for labor to push up wages since no one goes on strike anymore and the unions are weak."
September 20, 2017 Liberal Culture
Political economist Mark Blyth in an interview with Liberal Culture, "Poland will be fine. It’s not like the investments are going to stop going into countries outside the eurozone. You just have to convert it from one currency to another."
September 13, 2017 Next Avenue
An idea by Economist John Friedman is mentioned in this article that examines why the retirement system in America might be in the crosshairs of politicians working on tax reform.
August 17, 2017 Business Insider
Children whose parents belong to the top 1 percent of the income ladder are 77 times more likely to attend an Ivy League university, according to a new paper published in the National Bureau for Economic Research. The paper is co-authored by John N. Friedman, an associate professor of international and public affairs, and economics.