“You are working on the most difficult, consequential problems in this country. And often, the world.”
Meet Neale Mahoney, a SIEPR senior fellow who recently served on the National Economic Council. His role as a special policy advisor required his academic expertise to guide decisions made by the White House. Neale describes his experience in Washington, D.C., what hooked him on econ, and the importance of a “two-way street” between academia and the policy world.
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Connecting research to policy
Academics produce policy-relevant research, advise government agencies, and contribute to policy debates. But their work can even more directly shape policy through the federal regulatory process. This policy brief describes the value that academic research can bring to the process and explains how scholars can connect to it.
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Big cities foster socioeconomic segregation. Here’s how we can fix that
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Dollars and sense: The case for teaching personal finance
The latest analysis by Stanford’s Annamaria Lusardi reaffirms how little people understand money and underscores the need for policies supporting personal finance education.
November 28, 2023
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How runaway disability compensation is straining Veterans Affairs
A new op-ed by SIEPR’s Mark Duggan published by The Hill connects the growth in veterans’ disability to declines in veterans’ employment and our crisis in military recruiting.
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