Study gauges efficiency of Affordable Care Act at reducing uninsured rates
UChicago economist finds public coverage helped poorest households while often replacing employer-sponsored insurance at higher incomes
GLP-1 drugs may hold few benefits beyond physical health, study finds
Research from UChicago economist finds no measurable shift in mood, employment or marriage among people taking medications such as Ozempic
Competition may push AI firms to favor speed over safety, new study finds
UChicago researchers highlight how incentives, market structure and public policy guide AI development toward artificial general intelligence
What a thousand years of economic history reveals about modern growth
Nobel laureates James Robinson, Joel Mokyr explored origins of the modern economy with Harris and Booth colleagues at recent Stone Center panel
As Chicago's sports teams angle for new deals, students offer a playbook
Winning team in Harris Policy Innovation Challenge at UChicago proposed sweeping overhaul of how the city handles stadium deals with pro sports franchises
No clear endgame to U.S. operation in Iran, UChicago experts say
A Harris panel weighed the costs of the Iran conflict, from oil disruptions to strained alliances, and questioned what success would look like
Roll-call votes may understate polarization in Congress, study finds
A UChicago Harris study finds accounting for a small share of 'protest votes' can significantly shift how researchers map ideology on Capitol Hill
In pre-colonial Africa, political decentralization was by design
A new working paper from Nobel laureate James A. Robinson finds a vast landscape of 45,000 polities—deliberately fragmented to protect local autonomy
$20 million gift launches lab at Harris School to advance field of algorithmic public policy
Gift from Thomas and Susan Dunn supports creation of the Bike Shop @UChicago, which aims to shape AI development and build scalable solutions to pressing societal problems
Unique program uses behavioral science to help train police
UChicago-led research could help reduce use of force, racial disparities in arrests