Social Sciences
Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.
Is the Constitution Broken?
Harvard legal scholars debate the state of our founding national document.
Tarun Khanna
Harvard Business School professor Tarun Khanna seeks to integrate Western business models into emerging markets.
Financial Crises, Faculty Views
Harvard faculty members gather to discuss economic problems on Wall Street and beyond.
Perspectives on Saving Capitalism
Ideas from Harvard scholars and alumni include going local; regulating consumer credit; and getting over our aversion to centralized planning.
Bailout: Dividends No, Savings Bonds Yes
In two newspaper op-ed essays, faculty members critique aspects of the federal government's financial-rescue measures and emerging proposals for another economic-stimulus package...
Bill Gates on “Creative Capitalism”
Highlights from an armchair discussion between Bill Gates and Robinson professor of business administration emeritus James Cash
Financial Crisis, Faculty Perspectives
For detailed accounts of the panel presentations on the financial crisis...
Bailing Out Finance: How Will It End?
Safra professor of economics Jeremy C. Stein and University of Chicago economist Anil Kashyap outline the options, as they see them, for the federal government's promised $700-billion bailout for financial firms...
Thoughts on an Obama Win, or Loss
Klein professor of law Randall Kennedy argues that Barack Obama's nomination as a major-party candidate is a milestone in itself...
I Cook, Therefore I Am?
The "Meeting the Minds" column explores Moore professor of biological anthropology Richard Wrangham's argument that cooking food is what allowed for...
Facebook Profile Before First Steps?
This week's New York Times Thursday Styles section had an article about websites that let infants and toddlers set up profiles...