Social Sciences


Artificial Intelligence in the Academy

Harvard symposium assesses the new technology.

by Jonathan Shaw

Thank the Rich for Low Rates?

High savings rates among the wealthiest U.S. earners may represent a macroeconomic risk

by Jonathan Shaw

Will Cities Survive Another Pandemic?

Inequities threaten the long-term health of cities

by Daniel Oberhaus

Both Sides Now

Tomiko Brown-Nagin’s bifocal view of the civil-rights movement

by Lincoln Caplan

Reporting, with an M.B.A.

Charles Duhigg unpacks how individuals and organizations work at war, on Wall Street, and in Silicon Valley

by Jonathan Shaw

Thinking Straight

Steven Pinker on rationality

A Democracy of Opportunity

Liberals must learn from conservatives how to interpret the Constitution in all its dimensions.

by Lincoln Caplan

Optimizing Public-School Spending

Home prices are a bellwether of efficient spending in local schools

by Erin O'Donnell

Bruno Carvalho

An urbanist’s lifelong study of the “rhythm of cities,” from Rio to Cambridge 

by Nancy Walecki

Penny Pritzker Gives $100 Million for New Economics Facility

Landmark support for an eminently strong department

by John S. Rosenberg

Repatriating Native American Remains

Disputes over the disposition of sensitive collections shadow Peabody Museum

by Juliet Isselbacher