Jason Furman
Person on 3 sites
Economist; Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard, nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute, and Chairman of the US Council of…
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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2 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Integration of behavioral science into public policy has so far proceeded from available tools toward problems rather than the reverse. (opens korrents.com)
“But to date, the integration of behavioral science into public policy has proceeded from developing a set of tools to then searching for problems these tools can help solve.”
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Behavioral science can matter more in policymaking if practitioners start from large-scale economic questions and develop complementary insights. (opens korrents.com)
“Behavioral science can play an even more important role in the policymaking process in coming years if practitioners instead begin with some of the large-scale questions that economic policymakers face and then develop…”
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Integration of behavioral science into public policy has so far proceeded from available tools toward problems rather than the reverse. (opens korrents.com)
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11 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Our Dollar, Your Problem (opens rcmnd.app)
“This book manages to pull all of that together in a way that's genuinely readable and engaging, helped along by anecdotes from his own policymaking experience that both clarify the arguments and make them feel concrete…”
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Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future (opens rcmnd.app)
“It's powerful because it's simple without being simplistic and, like Rogoff's book, is interspersed with engaging personal stories that deepen the substantive argument.”
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After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People (opens rcmnd.app)
“It had the best opening sentence of any nonfiction book I read this year: "In 2012, 146 million children were born. That was more than in any prior year. It was also more than in any year since. Millions fewer will be…”
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Our Dollar, Your Problem (opens rcmnd.app)