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Why is the war in Iran so expensive?

How much does the war in Iran cost? The war costs America two billion dollars each day, says war budgeting expert and Harvard Kennedy School faculty member Linda Bilmes—and will cost at least one ...
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Fallacies, hard truths, and lessons learned from the global response to COVID-19

Researchers from Harvard, Cornell, and dozens of other universities around the world are conducting an ongoing analysis to compare 18 nations’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic to determine what ...
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Understanding the Global Economic Impact of Recent U.S. Trade Policies: Insights from CID Faculty Affiliates

Faculty affiliates at CID examine trade policy from multiple perspectives, offering research and analysis that provide valuable insights into the complexities of the global economy and the broader ...
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Former UN Ambassador and National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice Joins Belfer Center as Senior Fellow

Cambridge, MA – Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs has named former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice a ...
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The Current State of Bail Reform in the United States: Results of a Landscape Analysis of Bail Reforms Across All 50 States

This report discusses cash bail reforms that have occurred in the United States and provides key considerations for people interested in implementing bail reforms in their jurisdiction. Based on a ...
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Social capital: Predicting an epidemic of loneliness—and prescribing the solution

IN 2023, then-U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called loneliness an epidemic. In an advisory on the issue, he wrote, “Loneliness is far more than just a bad feeling—it harms both individual and ...
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The Geopolitics of Surveillance Capitalism

Surveillance capitalism represents a new form of capitalism that converts human behavior into data for tracking, analysis, and monetization. Yet this framing obscures the deeper architecture that ...
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10 years of health-care reform in China: progress and gaps in Universal Health Coverage

Yip, Winnie et al. 2019. 10 years of health-care reform in China: progress and gaps in Universal Health Coverage. The Lancet 394, no. 10204 (September): 1192-1204.
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Fintech, Financial Inclusion, and The Future of Finance

2024, Paper: "This paper explores the impact of financial technology (fintech) on financial in clusion, focusing on the cost of accessing essential financial services as a metric for financial ...
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HKS on the Road

View our past HKS on the Road event photos in the caption links. 79 John F. Kennedy Street ...
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Hack the Classroom: AI-Powered Learning Companion for Public Schools in India

In May 2025, CID co-sponsored the inaugural AI for Good Hackathon at Harvard Kennedy School as part of the Road to GEM25. This one-day event brought together technical and non-technical students from ...
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Shackled to the Past: The Causes and Consequences of Africa’s Slave Trades

Shackled to the Past: The Causes and Consequences of Africa’s Slave Trades. Nathan Nunn, August 2008, Book Chapter."This chapter uses statistical techniques to assess whether there is evidence that ...