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Eswar Prasad, SAP

Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and international trade policy, discusses the potential for cryptocurrencies to lead to financial instability.

Robert Hockett, CRADLE/Einaudi

This piece references comments by Robert Hockett, professor of law, on why the Taliban is unlikely to ever see the Afghan central bank’s assets.

Ed Mabaya, IAD

In this op-ed, Ed Mabaya, research professor in the Department of Global Development, shares Africa's unique contributions to global food, from $40...

Eswar Prasad, SAP

Eswar Prasad, professor of economics, discusses the future of digital currencies. 

Durba Ghosh, PACS and SAP

Durba Ghosh, professor of history, explains that adding the Sharma family to season two of the Netflix show “Bridgerton” is historically accurate as...

Stephen Yale-Loher, Immigration

“The problem is that it only protects people who were already in the United States,” says Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law. “People...

Eswar Prasad, SAP

Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and international trade policy, says that an abrupt default on a number of debts by Evergrade “would be a useful...

Saurabh Mehta in Lancet

Tuberculosis is a major contributor to the global burden of disease, causing more than a million deaths annually. This Lancet article assesses the...

Eswar Prasad, SAP

Eswar Prasad, professor of economics, says, “If the insurance industry is very exposed to catastrophic events resulting from climate change — and if...

Eli Friedman, EAP

Eli Friedman, associate professor in the ILR School, says that the new push by the Chinese government for companies to unionize workers may leave many...