Harvard Kennedy School's Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government

09/07/2026

Join us on September 8 for a seminar on the role of public investment in private innovation. Should the state share in the profits when public risk leads to private gain? Hear from John Haigh and Edoardo Campanella at Wexner 434AB or via Zoom. Lunch provided! https://www.hks.harvard.edu/events/public-money-private-gain-rethinking-industrial-policy-social-returns-0

09/07/2026

Political risk in Europe is now a key factor for bond investors, not just an afterthought. As central banks step back from quantitative easing, markets are more sensitive than ever to political shifts. Insights from M-RCBG Sr. Fellow Ludovic Subran

August 27, 2026, Opinion: "For bond investors, political risk in Europe should no longer be considered a defensive afterthought. It is becoming part of core portfolio construction. Since central banks stepped back from programmes of bond buying in 2022 known as quantitative easing, the sensitivity o...

09/04/2026

Connect with our experts in business and government at M-RCBG's Fall Open House!

Enjoy great food, meet our community, and explore our programs on September 10, 11:45am-1:15pm in Wexner 434AB. RSVP here: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/events/m-rcbg-fall-student-open-house-4

09/04/2026

What really fuels workplace stress? M-RCBG affiliate Jennifer Lerner’s research in Leadership Decision Making at Harvard Kennedy School informs this recent explainer video. Watch it here -

Dr. Jennifer Lerner, Thornton F. Bradshaw Professorship of Public Policy, Management, and Decision Science at the Harvard Kennedy School, shares findings around the real causes of workplace stress from her Harvard program, Leadership Decision Making.

09/03/2026

How can Europe overcome fiscal challenges and fragmentation to strengthen its defense industry? Read some solutions for investment, resilience, & renewal in this PAE paper by Elif Memet

Europe must rearm rapidly, yet national procurement fragmentation, import dependence, and constrained fiscal space undermine industrial scale. Drawing on cross-country fiscal space analysis and expert interviews, the paper proposes a Fiscal–Industrial Coordination Mechanism to guide public investm...

09/03/2026

AI is transforming the landscape of our economy and government spending. Dive into insights from the Congressional Budget Office and find out why future decisions are crucial. Learn more:

Predictions of the effects of AI on the economy and society tend to focus on productivity growth, job losses, and shifts in the distribution of income. This column examines various potential scenarios for the macroeconomic effects of AI, using Congressional Budget Office projections to estimate thei...

09/02/2026

Unlocking transparency in battery raw materials by investigating how the new Unit-Process Life Cycle Costing framework standardizes cost benchmarking, enabling clearer investment decisions and technology comparison in the circular economy. Read the methodology and findings by M-RCBG Sr. Fellow Krishnaswamy Sankaran

09/01/2026

M-RCBG's Digital Assets Policy Project faculty co-chair Robin Greenwood was a part of this Marketplace piece on accention of Reddit into the S&P 500.

The so-called “front page of the Internet” started with a $100,000 investment two decades ago, and is now worth more than $30 billion.

09/01/2026

What does present U.S. leadership really mean for the economy? M-RCBG Director Jason Furman, former top economic adviser under President Obama, shares his perspective amid global uncertainty. Watch the full conversation on Amanpour & Co. https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/amanpour-co/clip/pres-trumps-surprising-impact-on-the-us-economy-yxveup

Jason Furman discusses the state of the economy.