Goals and realities: What World Cup performances can teach us about development in African countries
Matt Andrews, the faculty director of the Building State Capability program at Harvard Kennedy School, says the reasons why African nations haven’t done better at soccer’s world championships have a l...
9 Joulu 202233min
How American cities can prepare for an increasingly destructive climate
Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has a unique perspective on the topic of climate resiliency. He was a city official in 2012 for Superstorm Sandy—which many call the worst disaster in New Yor...
23 Marras 202233min
Why women are authoritarianism’s targets—and how they can be its undoing
Harvard Kennedy School Professor Erica Chenoweth and Lecturer in Public Policy Zoe Marks say the parallel global trends of rising authoritarianism and attempts to roll back women’s rights are no coinc...
3 Marras 202242min
Former Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven on stemming the tide of right-wing authoritarianism
During his 7 years leading Sweden’s government from 2014 to 2021, Stefan Löfven had a front row seat to observe the rise of right-wing and neo-fascist political parties both at home and around Europe....
19 Loka 202239min
Low-wage and gig workers have it worse than we thought—and why that matters for us all
Harvard Kennedy School Professor Danny Schneider says research shows that even as they were being lauded as heroes during the COVID-19 pandemic, working conditions for hourly workers were deterioratin...
5 Loka 202239min
Data analysis and policy design—not good intentions—will fix healthcare post COVID
As healthcare policy navigates what is widely seen as a historic inflection point, Harvard Kennedy School professors Amitabh Chandra and Soroush Saghafian say policymakers need to pursue change with c...
21 Syys 202240min
Values, courage, and how good public leadership can save us
New Center for Public Leadership co-director Deval Patrick ascribes bad leadership as a root cause of many of the huge problems facing human society and the world, including the climate crisis, and th...
2 Syys 202233min
He predicted globalization’s failure, now he’s planning what’s next
For more than a quarter century, economist and Harvard Kennedy School professor Dani Rodrik has been ringing alarm bells about the dangers of globalization. And for a long time, it didn’t seem like a ...
30 Kesä 202238min
