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Can American agriculture adapt to a hotter climate?
August 3, 2016
How corn and soybean crops fared in the counties hit hardest by climate change
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Can it be rational to overweight very unlikely events?
July 29, 2016
Why this behavioral bias might actually be a canny evolutionary strategy
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Did the introduction of the printing press bolster social capital in Africa?
July 25, 2016
How missionaries’ attempts to spread the written gospel can have unexpected side benefits
Research Highlights Article
Do Chinese government inflation data hold up to scrutiny?
July 18, 2016
Engel curves reveal a more complicated story about inflation and growth than official statistics
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Are colonial-era borders drawn by Europeans holding Africa back?
July 13, 2016
How the “Scramble for Africa” may still be fueling ethnic conflict
Research Highlights Article
What happens to women’s health when women’s health clinics disappear?
July 6, 2016
Evidence from clinic closures in Texas and Wisconsin
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Did the U.S. housing boom obscure a massive manufacturing bust?
June 24, 2016
The housing bubble might help solve a mystery about the declining job prospects of noncollege men
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