With tariffs back in the daily news headlines, we talked with Andy O’Brien, chief of Operations, about their potential ...

Two samples of more than 4,000 millionaires reveal two primary findings. First, only at high levels of wealth—in excess of $8 million (Study 1) and $10 million (Study 2)—are wealthier millionaires ...

Brooks, Arthur C. Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America—and How We Can Get More of It. New York: Basic Books, 2008.

In this paper, we analyze how the physical layout of cities affects innovation by influencing the organization of knowledge exchange. We exploit a novel data set covering all Census Block Groups in ...

Jill Kravetz will become the Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Executive Director of the Harvard Innovation Labs, a University-wide ...

The Chinese Debt Trap Is a Myth: The Narrative Wrongfully Portrays Both Beijing and the Developing Countries It Deals With.

We document a link between the relational diversity of one’s social portfolio—the richness and evenness of relationship types across one’s social interactions—and well-being. Across four distinct ...

BOSTON—The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports over 12 million Americans are either unemployed or underemployed, while new research finds that 3 in 5 employers report difficulty in filling ...

Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Why an Early Start Is the ‘Quintessence of Life’." The Atlantic (January 2, 2025).

Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Why Are Young People Everywhere So Unhappy?" The Atlantic (May 1, 2025).

James Bedford, from the Harvard Business School’s (HBS) MBA Class of 2025, has been named the recipient of the Dean’s Award. This prestigious award celebrates the extraordinary achievements of a ...

Drawing on surveys of small business owners and employees, we present three main findings about the evolution of remote work after the onset of COVID-19. First, uptake of remote work was abrupt and ...