In the News

Harris Public Policy Professor Bruce Meyer was featured on CNN Business discussing the need for COVID-19 stimulus checks for low income Americans.

Harris Public Policy Dean Katherine Baicker was featured in The Chicago Sun Times discussing the importance of equity in the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Harris Public Policy Dean Katherine Baicker was featured on the 55th episode of the podcast The Power of Data discussing data-driven approaches to policymaking and the value that working across data silos can bring to people’s healthcare.

A study by Harris Public Policy Senior Lecturer Paula Worthington was featured in an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune which discussed the need for reform of fines and fees in major cities like Chicago.

On this episode, they spoke with Professor James Robinson, author of the renowned book Why Nations Fail, about his groundbreaking theories on why certain nations succeed and others fail.

Harris Public Policy Professor Konstantin Sonin, Assistant Professor Austin Wright, and Visiting Professor Jesse Driscoll authored an Op-Ed featured in The Washington Post discussing whether stimulus checks incentivize people to stay home during the COVID