Social Studies
MN
Discoveries
New and exciting research from CLA researchers.
One Thing I Know: Redefining Retirement
Life course scholar Phyllis Moen’s classic 2010 piece on why retirement is no longer a moment, but a project.
Why Punishment Is Purple
Sociologist Josh Page on the politics of punishment and why candidates and communities come together on criminal justice and, increasingly, criminal justice reform.
Time for a Fresh Look at Pension Design
In a Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute policy brief, economists Kurt Winkelmann and Jahiz Barlas write that policymakers should be concerned about the ability of many of the world’s pension systems to deliver on their promises. It is time, they believe, to build a new foundation for pension systems using the tools of quantitative economic analysis with aggregate welfare as the evaluation yardstick.
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