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Professor Eric Maskin, PhD ’76, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in economics, proposes a range of creative, feasible reforms—from ranked-choice voting and ways to improve it to changes to the Electoral College and adoption of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact—that can bridge ideological and partisan divides and restore hope for American democracy.  

Ethical intelligence researcher Julian De Freitas, PhD '21, joins a research psychologist and Harvard's humanist chaplain to discuss how the frictionless nature of chatbots is affecting our human relationships.

What’s causing health care costs to increase so steeply, and how new or uncommon a phenomenon is this rise? Health economist Anna Sinaiko, PhD '10, explains.

At recent Harvard-led summit, faculty from top institutions crafted a vision for revamping PhD training and taking advantage of powerful new tools.

The political party we support seems more central to our identities than ever. But the political scientists Dan Schlozman, PhD ’11, and Sam Rosenfeld, PhD ’14, argue that the prominence of party ID and the polarization that accompanies it are, in large part, a sign that our political parties have actually become weaker. 

You understand that something fantastic, or at least good, is latent in the elf draft—which is likely still interesting, if unpolished—and that you are capable enough to bring it to fruition.