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Why Bother to Vote?

On March 23, 2016, Harris Public Policy Professor Konstantin Sonin, a prominent political scientist and commentator on Russia, examined the Russian economy's supposed downturn and the fate of the Putin regime. Hear what he had to say about Russia's military campaign in Syria, the Russian economy's supposed downturn and the fate of Vladimir Putin.

Radio Replay: What's in Store for Russia?

A new method of measuring poverty reveals a surprising truth.

Winning the War on Poverty?

When data reveals what dictators try to hide.

CSI Colombia (Econ Edition)

How 'outsider' political candidates can (and do) make it to the top. And why partisanship helps party outsiders succeed.

Crashing the Party

What does one of the world's great novels have to do with the way inequality works?

The Great Gatsby Curve

Rising global temperatures mean very different things to different populations - even within the United States.

Inequality in Climate Change

Over the last year, Academic Director of the Center for Municipal Finance and Harris Public Policy Professor Christopher Berry has been helping the Chicago Tribune uncover injustices hidden within the Cook County property tax system.

Behind the Tax Divide

In 2016, Chicago saw 762 murders. The University of Chicago Crime Lab, led by Harris' own Jens Ludwig, is using hard analysis to figure out what's really causing this violence, and what can be done about it.

Chicago Homicides - Separating Fact from Fiction

In new research, Harris Interim Dean and Professor Kerwin Charles finds that the median African-American male holds the same position relative to the median white male as his grandfather did. But why?

The Black-White Earnings Gap Won't Go Away

Your choices matter - so why not use social science to make them? That's the idea behind the new book from Harris economist Robert Michael.

Big Decisions, Down to a Science

Since January, small teams of Harris students have been diving headfirst into real-time policy questions. Three students share their experiences in the first-ever Harris Policy Labs.

Policy Labs, Firsthand

In his new book, "Relic", Professor William Howell argues that the Constitution is undermining effective government - and offers a way to move forward.

Constitutional Flaw

We sit down with Professor Konstantin Sonin, a prominent political scientist and commentator on Russia, to get his perspective on Russia's military campaign in Syria, the Russian economy's supposed downturn, and the fate of Vladimir Putin.

What's in Store for Russia

Do Senate Republicans really want to block the President's Supreme Court Nominee? What might a "creative" compromise look like? On this special mini-episode, three Chicago Harris political scientists share their perspectives.

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