Using a new national dataset tracking over 1 million public housing units built between 1935 and 1973, this paper estimates causal effects of public housing construction on neighborhood change. Public housing neighborhoods experienced large, persistent increases in Black population shares and substantial declines in median incomes, reinforcing patterns of economic and racial segregation and reducing long-run economic opportunity.

Using several case studies, this paper describes the inner hedgehog, a psychological condition widespread in academic occupations. The condition has lasting consequences and no known cure.

This paper reviews unusual uses for olive oil throughout the Mediterranean world. It highlights in particular the challengs arising from excessive or unorthodox consumption of olive oil.

This paper studies the pulmonary efficiency of sausage dogs through several experiments.