Published Works

Spotlight: Gathering data on inequalities in America

Bloomberg CityLab's profile on American Inequality

Will China dominate the world of semiconductors?

Data and original research featured in Economist article

Helping others achieve the American dream

Ney bridges policy and data to understand U.S. income inequality

IDEAS Alum combats inequality with data

MIT Public Service Center interview on American Inequality

‘Hidden flood risk’ is everywhere, but especially in Eastern Kentucky

Op-ed published in the Lexington Herald

Pollution and inequality

100,000 Americans die every year from pollution related illnesses, but some communities die at much higher rates than others.

Tax Filing and Inequality

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is America's most successful poverty alleviation program, but too few families actually claim this benefit.

Financial Access and Inequality

The average interest for a payday loan is 391%. For the 7.1 million unbanked households in America, these exorbitantly high rates can be the only option.

Food Deserts and Inequality

The United States has now hit the worst levels of hunger in decades with 54 million Americans having no reliable access to food

Internet access and Inequality

A child born into a county with a median income of $35,000 has a coin-flip chance of having any internet connection

Life Expectancy and Inequality

America is experiencing the greatest gap in life expectancy across regions in the last 40 years

Launching American Inequality

Mapping inequality & closing the divide

United States Entity List: Limits on American Exports

The US government is increasingly relying on export controls to restrict foreign companies from accessing critical made-in-America components.

Amazon Ring is helping the police watch your neighborhood

Police, Amazon Ring, and Facial Recognition: A Modern Trilemma of Surveillance

Inclusive Innovation Challenge Impact Report

The Inclusive Innovation Challenge awards $1.6 million each year to inclusive startups. This report highlights the impact those companies have made on over 350 million people.

Financial Stability and Digital Currencies

This research was top 10 on SSRN for Monetary Policy and explores the ways that Central Bank Digital Currencies can improve financial stability.

Digital Currency Wars

This simulation held at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center was covered in the WSJ, MIT Media Lab Review, and CoinTelegraph. It explores how the US can defend against China's digital yuan.

The Case for a Digital Dollar: Security at Home and Abroad

This research was published in hardcopy and in print in the Harvard Kennedy Review.

Global CBDC Tracker

In collaboration with the Atlantic Council, this research was published by the Belfer Center to track every country's ongoing CBDC development.

European Economic Response to COVID-19

This article was published by the Belfer Center's Economic Diplomacy Initiative to explore how different Euro countries reacted differently to the crisis.