Social Sciences
Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.
Robert Coles Was Most at Home on the Playground
A colleague remembers the late Harvard professor and child psychiatrist, who died this month.
by Alex Harris
Raiders Rehabilitated
Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner and coauthors offer a revisionist view of corporate raiders and their Gordon Gekko image after reviewing 5,000 buyouts...
by Josh Lerner
Your Money, or Your Life?
The promise of a more fulfilling approach to personal finance: George Kinder, author of Seven Stages of Money Maturity, explains how financial planning is an emotional process...
Unequal America
Causes and consequences of the wide—and growing—gap between rich and poor
Where Does Tuberculosis Hide?
The fight against an ancient scourge shifts to new battlegrounds...
Feldstein: Why the Government Should Help Homeowners
On the opinion page of yesterday's Washington Post, Feldstein (Baker professor of economics, who soon ends his term as...
Islam in the United States, from 1492 to 2008
A recent episode of the Here & Now interview show on WBUR, a Boston-based National Public Radio affiliate, features Jocelyne Cesari, director of Harvard's Islam in the West Program...
The ancient Mesopotamian settlement of Tell Brak
Evidence of ancient urbanism at the Mesopotamian settlement of Tell Brak....
by Paul Gleason
Making Credit Safer
It is impossible to buy a toaster that has a one-in-five chance of bursting into flames and burning down your house. But it is possible to...
Race in a Genetic World
“I am an African American,” says Duana Fullwiley, “but in parts of Africa, I am white.” To do fieldwork as a medical...
Scanning the Social Sciences
Letters have gone out inviting senior faculty members from across the University, nominated by the deans of their respective schools, to...