The 2016 Tobin Project Update is now available. It features new projects in our National Security and Institutions of Democracy initiatives, highlights from Corporations and American Democracy, and more.
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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? »
Featured News
The Tobin Project is now accepting applications for our 2017 Graduate Fellowship and Workshop and Prospectus Development Workshop from graduate students working on real-world problems related to the Tobin Project’s core research areas.
On August 4th and 5th, the Tobin Project convened a Conference on Inequality and Decision Making. Participants examined the ways in which rising economic inequality might influence the perceptions, beliefs, and behaviors of Americans.
On May 20th, the Tobin Project convened policymakers and scholars across a range of disciplines for a meeting in Washington, DC on “Reassessing Threat Assessment: Building a Better Framework for Evaluating Strategic Threats.” Participants explored where new academic scholarship on past threat assessments could help develop the tools we need to accurately and reliably assess threats we face today.
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.