The Haas Institute Spring Newsletter highlights key program activities, research and events from the spring 2014 semester. Download and read the full newsletter with key features that include: An analysis of the current state of "Global Hunger and...

A few months ago, Comcast announced a $45 billion deal to purchase Time Warner. Although much of the initial commentary focused on the potential effect this proposed merger would have in the cable television market (since Comcast and Time Warner are...

The report’s authors argue that market forces alone will not bring the recovery to these severely impacted communities, and call for local or federal intervention to reduce mortgage principal.

As part of his nationwide book tour, French economist Thomas Piketty stopped on campus and in San Francisco last week to speak to overflowing lecture halls. The lecture I attended in San Francisco quickly filled to capacity, and the enthusiasm in the...

There is a new hospital being built, a university expansion project, or a large public agency housed in your neighborhood, what is at stake for your community? What could these ‘anchor institutions’ have to do with solving extreme inequality and lack...

A key function of the Haas network will be to enhance, if not create, the ability to work on issues that are complex, important, and impactful, but within areas that have not been addressed due to a lack of capacity or interdisciplinary foci.

March 20, 2014 By: Director john a. powell Download: Implicit Bias_powell_March_19 jp2.pptx

By: Director john a. powell Population Health- Determinants, Outcomes, and Inequities and the Role of Targeted Universalism.pptx

The Poverty & Race Research Action Council has published its March/April 2014 issue of Poverty & Race. Read "The Challenge of Inquality" by Justin Steil - a concise and powerful overview of recent economics research, including new scholarship at UC...

When I was in high school, I wore combat boots with white laces, cuffed jeans, a studded belt, a ripped t-shirt, and I dyed my hair green. After the last bell and before my job stocking shelves, I hung out with a small crew of skinheads from another...