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Professor Bruce Meyer
Meyer uses consumption and other factors to show how official poverty calculations significantly overestimate the percentage of people living in poverty.
Harris Public Policy Dean Katherine Baicker
A letter about health insurance which was mailed by the IRS to 3.9 million people due to a budgeting accident saved hundreds of lives.
Max Kapustin
READI Chicago, which provides young men with the "Control-Alt-Delete" technique to de-escalate dangerous situations, 18 months of paid employment and help finding a permanent job, is an evidence-based Crime Lab success.
A headshot of Dean Katherine Baicker
Health care spending as percentage of GDP decreased from 2017 to 2018, but the spending rate is increasing. Health outcomes do not reflect the extra investments in health care.
Harris Public Policy Professor William Howell - Headshot
As federal judges continue to rule against President Trump's notion of executive power, Professor William Howell provides context: most presidents do not receive so many judicial defeats.
Theaster Gates
Gates helped create the Keller Center Forum, choosing to repurpose damaged ash trees for the wood which provides the focal point of the Keller Center lobby.