The Conference Advisory Board and the Tobin Project have selected the scholars that will present preliminary results at the Inequality and Decision Making conference in August.
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GOVERNMENT & MARKETS: What are the conditions that distinguish success from failure in the governance and regulation of the economy? »
INSTITUTIONS OF DEMOCRACY: What factors and institutions - of government, business, civil society, and beyond - are most central to the functioning of American democracy? »
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: What are the consequences of the rise of income inequality in the U.S. - for the economy, society, and democracy? »
NATIONAL SECURITY: How can the U.S. sustainably advance its national security interests given fiscal constraints and shifts in the global distribution of power? »
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How can the U.S. craft a sustainable security strategy in the face of shifting threats, sharp resource constraints, and a changing balance of power? The National Security initiative's work on this question, which will be published in an Oxford University Press edited volume, is now available for free download.
Through April 7th, the Tobin Project will be accepting additional Prospectus Development Workshop applications related to Tobin's National Security research area.
The 2015 Tobin Project Update has been published, featuring new projects in the Inequality and Decision Making initiative, highlights from Sustainable Security, and more.
The Tobin Project seeks outstanding applicants eager to join our team and work toward our mission of catalyzing cutting-edge social science research on the nation’s most important unanswered questions.