Joe Aldy on how Joe Biden can jumpstart the global climate effort
Joseph Aldy, an economist and professor of the practice of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School, has seen this all before. A climate in crisis. A big economic downturn. A transition from a Republic...
8 Dec 202034min
Young voters ascendant: How a generational shift won the 2020 election and could remake American politics
In 2019, the 72-million strong Millennial generation (23-to-38-year-olds) quietly surpassed the Baby Boomers as America’s largest living generational cohort. In the 2020 election, they made their voic...
18 Nov 202035min
Garbage in, garbage out: Dissecting the disinformation that clouds our decisions
Some choices are easy. Some are hard. Some are momentous, which is how many people are describing today’s US national election. Yet all of the choices we make have one thing in common: Our decisions a...
3 Nov 202042min
The end of Us versus Them policing: The tough road ahead for reform
Recent polls show a majority of Americans say we need major changes to how police enforce the law and provide public safety. Policymakers and political leaders—under pressure from the Defund and Black...
5 Okt 202034min
If the Electoral College is a racist relic, why has it endured?
This is the first episode of PolicyCast's 2020-2021 season. Alexander Keyssar is the Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. An historian by training,...
15 Sep 202032min
Championing human rights amid disease and discrimination
Joining PolicyCast and host Thoko Moyo for this episode are Kennedy School Professors Mathias Risse and Jacqueline Bhabha of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Professor Risse is faculty directo...
1 Juli 202035min
A historic crossroads for systemic racism and policing in America
For more information, please visit:The Institutional Anti-Racism and Accountability Project at the Shorenstein Center.The Nonviolent Action Lab at the Carr Center.
8 Juni 202045min
No quick or easy answers for the pandemic's toll on developing economies
Ricardo Hausmann, the founder and director of Harvard Kennedy School’s Growth Lab, is helping developing countries around the globe create capacity to model the coronavirus pandemic and develop econom...
11 Maj 202033min
