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06.21.2017 Eldar Shafir

Eldar Shafir: Policy in the Contexts of Scarcity

Eldar Shafir sat down with PHP Fellow Gilbert Benavidez to discuss the many faces of scarcity, the behaviors that stem from it, and how to craft effective policy to combat it.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

06.20.2017 Diagram showing various statistics of elder malnutrition

Elder Malnutrition

About half of all older adults in the United States are at risk for malnutrition, leaving them highly vulnerable. Targeted public health efforts to educate the elderly, their caregivers, and policymakers could be straightforward, but funding for these programs now hangs in the balance.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

06.15.2017 Map of the Unites States from Understanding Homelessness

Counting for Insight

The website Understanding Homelessness tells the important story of homelessness in the U.S. through interactive visualizations, with an aim to fend off stigma and misconception.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

06.12.2017 White House lit with Pride colors

Refusal Laws Threaten LGBT Healthcare Access

State laws have been introduced that frame refusal to serve LGBT people and/or same-sex couples as Constitutionally-guaranteed “free exercise” of religion. These bills undermine efforts to improve LGBT access to culturally competent care.

Guest Author Sean Cahill

06.09.2017 Life preserver ring floating in a dirty river

Uncertainty Disrupts More than State Marketplaces

The uncertainty hanging over federal health policy at the national level has been well-covered, but the implications of this uncertainty in federal policy at the state level has gone largely unnoticed.

Guest Author Adam S. Wilk

06.08.2017 Graph showing the top 20 happiest countries in the world

The Pursuit of Happiness in Public Policy

Despite the "pursuit of happiness" being a right of all Americans, the U.S. is the 14th happiest country among the OECD. The relatively low ranking is partly explained by growing distrust in the federal government.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

06.07.2017 Graph showing Life expectancy vs. health expenditure (1970-2014)

Diminishing Returns

The United States spends far more on health than any other nation but does not have the health outcomes to show for it. What's the key to getting more health for our money?

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

06.06.2017 Employment Growth versus Homicide Rate in Minneapolis

Gun Violence Slows Economic Growth

A recent study by Yasemin Irvin-Erickson at the Urban Institute examines the effect of increased gun violence on the local economies in Minneapolis, Oakland, and Washington, D.C.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

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