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New presidential lecture series begins with talk on ‘big data,’ economic opportunity

A new lecture series hosted by Yale President Maurie McInnis will commence on Wednesday, Feb. 19 with a talk by Raj Chetty, a renowned Harvard economist who uses “big data” to study the science of ...
The Harvard Crimson

Daron Acemoglu Highlights Technology’s Role in Inequality at HKS Lecture

MIT Economics professor Daron Acemoglu delivered the fourth annual Stone Lecture at a JFK Jr. Forum Tuesday evening, discussing the impacts of AI and technological advancement on wealth concentration.
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Harvard professor unpacks unexpected democratic resilience in Latin America at lecture event

In an era when “it’s simply easier to be an autocrat” than it was three decades ago, Steven Levitsky P’26, a professor of Latin American studies and government at Harvard, views the survival of some ...
The Harvard Crimson

The Former Harvard Professor Who Won This Year’s Nobel Prize in Economics

Former Harvard Economics professor Philippe M. Aghion won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his research on economic growth and innovation, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Oct. 13.