June 2
Bidenomics and Beyond: A Conversation with Mark Blyth and John Friedman
11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
In Liberia, the UN mission helped restore confidence in the rule of law (written by Robert Blair)
April 30, 2019 The Washington Post
Future of the Welfare State
Our researchers are striving through comparative study to understand the future of the welfare state, as advanced industrial nations of the West struggle to redesign social welfare systems inherited from a prior era and newly emergent economies in Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East scramble to build welfare states that would for the first time guarantee the health and wellbeing of increasingly urbanized and globally aware citizens.
Events & Workshops
March 5
Albena Azmanova — Capitalism on Edge
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
February 4
Pavlina Tcherneva — The Case for a Job Guarantee
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
News & Research
Yes, conditions in Venezuela are bad. No, we shouldn't intervene. (written by Stephen Kinzer)
February 11, 2019 The Boston Globe
Watson Senior Fellow Among Authors of Letter for Architecture of OECD/DAC
January 3, 2019 Brookings Institution
