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Carol Graham

Leo Pasvolsky Senior Fellow and Research Director - Global Economy and Development

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Op-Ed

Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol: A Morality Tale For Our Times?

Isabel V. Sawhill

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

A homeless person (L) sleeps on the steps of Federal Hall on Wall St. in New York City, U.S., February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - RTS10TR0

External Article

Carol Graham on the optimism gap between rich and poor

Princeton University Press Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Brookings Now

Carol Graham honored as distinguished researcher for happiness and quality-of-life issues

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

A man walks on a street between buildings at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, November 19, 2015. The Bank of Japan maintained its current pace of monetary stimulus on Thursday, clinging to hopes that an economic recovery is in sight despite soft domestic capital expenditure and challenging global business conditions. REUTERS/Yuya Shino - GF20000065409

Up Front

American optimism, longevity, and the role of lost hope in deaths of despair

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Dr. Bryon Harbolt examines patient Barbara Kilgore in his Cathedral Canyon Clinic where he has been seeing her since 1984 in Altamont, Tennessee July 14, 2013. Harbolt, 89, who charges as little as $15 for an office visit, sees patients six days a week in the rural clinic he opened in 1960. Photo taken July 14, 2013. REUTERS/Harrison McClary (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY) - TB3E97F1CTGDW

External Article

Longer, more optimistic, lives: Historic optimism and life expectancy in the United States

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

A Cataldo Ambulance medic holds used doses of naloxone after medics revived a man in his 40's who was found unresponsive from an opioid overdose in the Boston suburb of Salem, Massachusetts, U.S., August 9, 2017. The victim received a total of 12mg of naloxone. Nurses at the hospital recognised the man, saying he was brought in the day before after overdosing. REUTERS/Brian Snyder SEARCH "SNYDER OPIOIDS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC18689E2910

Policy 2020

Understanding the role of despair in America’s opioid crisis

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

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The Avenue

How Memphis, Tennessee is transforming the city through its riverfront

August 21, 2019

Samuel Cole, 85, poses for a portrait in the motorhome in which he lives on the streets of Los Angeles, California, United States, November 12, 2015. Cole is a retired truck driver who began living in his motorhome two years ago when he couldn't afford the $100 rise in his rent. Los Angeles is grappling with a massive homelessness problem, as forecasted El Nino downpours threaten to add to the misery of thousands of people who sleep on the streets. Mayor Eric Garcetti has proposed spending $100 million to combat the problem in the sprawling metropolis but stopped short of declaring a state of emergency. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson PICTURE 8 OF 17 - SEARCH "NICHOLSON MOTORHOME" FOR ALL IMAGES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - GF10000270548

Quality of Life

How do we make America happy again? We start by studying well-being

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Two engineers in protective helmets and fluorescent vests showing the construction site and building activities after the successful project phase.

U.S. Economy

Wise infrastructure investments can stabilize the economy and reduce climate risk

Stacy A. Anderson, Ryan Nunn, and Jay Shambaugh

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Nathan Allen, 65, poses for a portrait in front of the motorhome where he sleeps in a homeless RV and tent encampment near LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 26, 2015. Allen lost his job as a handyman, and so couldn't afford to pay the rent for his apartment. Los Angeles is grappling with a massive homelessness problem, as forecasted El Nino downpours threaten to add to the misery of thousands of people who sleep on the streets. Mayor Eric Garcetti has proposed spending $100 million to combat the problem in the sprawling metropolis but stopped short of declaring a state of emergency. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson PICTURE 16 OF 17 - SEARCH "NICHOLSON MOTORHOME" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000270563

Social Issues

Progress paradoxes and sustainable growth

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

FILE PHOTO: A container area is seen at the Yangshan Deep Water Port, part of the newly announced Shanghai Free Trade Zone, south of Shanghai September 26, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo - RTS11VY3

Order from Chaos

Is Trump wise to take on China over trade?

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Unexpected Outcomes

Edited by Carol Wise, Leslie Elliott Armijo, and Saori N. Katada

2015

Former President George H.W. Bush walks the gangway as he arrives for the christening ceremony of the USS George H.W. Bush at Northrop-Grumman's shipyard in Newport News, Virginia in this October 7, 2006 file photo. The Navy's Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is scheduled to enter service in late 2008. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - TM3E8BU1BPV01

Order from Chaos

Remembering George H.W. Bush—A wise foreign policy leader

Monday, December 3, 2018

A syringe filled a narcotic, an empty syringe and a spoon sit on the roof of a car, where a man in his 20's overdosed on opioids in Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S., August 14, 2017. Picture taken August 14, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RC1257D38130

Future Development

Premature mortality and the long decline of hope in America

Thursday, May 10, 2018