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Michael Greenstone

Bloomberg: The cost of killer heat: A rising risk of death in poor nations, Prof. Michael Greenstone comments on new research on greenhouse gasses and "the social cost of carbon"

Monday, August 3

Amy Dru Stanley

The Washington Post: The commerce clause was a GOP bogeyman. Now it’s being used to authorize pandemic liability protections. In op-ed, Prof. Amy Dru Stanley discusses Republicans' proposals for corporate immunity from Covid-19 liability

Monday, August 3

Kenneth Pomeranz

Salon: After U.S. economy's most disastrous quarter on record, what lies ahead? Prof. Kenneth Pomeranz discusses the Covid-19 crisis and its economic impact on young people

Friday, July 31

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ABC News: Crowds are gathering in many states despite coronavirus, and mixed messaging may be to blame: Experts, Prof. William Howell discusses the repercussions of mixed messaging on Covid-19 and social distancing

Friday, July 31

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Michael Greenstone

The Washington Post: Biden calls for 100 percent clean electricity by 2035. Here’s how far we have to go. Prof. Michael Greenstone praises the Biden climate plan's emphasis on carbon emissions

Friday, July 31

John Mark Hansen

Chicago Tribune: Flashback: 19,500 arrests and dozens of gunfights? The legendary claims — and ego — of Clifton R. Wooldridge, the ‘Sherlock Holmes of Chicago’, Prof. John Mark Hansen pens op-ed on local legend

Thursday, July 30

NYT: Colonialism made the modern world. Let’s remake it. In op-ed, Prof. Adom Getachew considers reparations, restitution and the fight "for a truly postcolonial condition"

Thursday, July 30

Katherine Kinzler

NYT: The biases we hold against the way people speak, Review praises Prof. Katherine Kinzler's new book on speech and stigma, How You Say It: Why You Talk The Way You Do—and What It Says About You

Wednesday, July 29