Political Economy
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The following activities and people highlight efforts at Stanford to understand, reimagine and strengthen democracy at the intersection of politics and the economy.
Upcoming Events
Research
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King Center on Global Development
The Stanford King Center on Global Development is a university-wide research center working to help improve the lives of people living in poverty around the world. -
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) is Stanford University’s home for understanding the economic challenges, opportunities, and policies affecting people in the United States and around the world. -
Socialism and Free Market Capitalism: The Human Prosperity Project
Over the last century, free-market capitalism and socialism have provided the dominant interpretations, and conflicting visions, of political and economic freedom. -
Basic Income Lab (BIL)
The Stanford Basic Income Lab (BIL) aims to promote an informed public conversation on Universal Basic Income (UBI) and its potential in alleviating poverty, precariousness and inequality. -
Technology Policy Accelerator
Seeks to understand the drivers and dynamics of technological innovation in the 21st century, assess opportunities and risks that breakthrough technologies are creating, and develop governance approaches that maximize the benefits and mitigate the risks. -
State and Local Governance Initiative
This key focus area centers on empowering state and local governance through research and policy recommendations. -
Renewing Indigenous Economies Project
Dedicated to understanding how the rich history of governance, entrepreneurship, and trade allowed indigenous peoples to thrive before colonization and how restoring these traditions can help rebuild indigenous economies, cultures, and communities. -
Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on the Middle East and the Islamic World
Research into the Middle East--"to support changes that enhance economic and political freedom, and foster personal liberty and rule of law—developments that are critical to the very order of the international system." -
American Voices Project
Conducts a fact-finding census of 200 rural, suburban, and urban communities interviewing over 5,000 citizens across the country to understand their successes and struggles, and hopes and dreams to improve our country -
Political Economy and Governance Project
The Political Economy and Governance stream within the Center on China's Economy and Institutions is focused on understanding the interaction of politics, economy and society in China. -
Program on Capitalism and Democracy
The Program on Capitalism and Democracy seeks to address the crisis in democratic capitalism, marked by public disaffection with the system and perceived market and political failures. -
John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics
The John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics supports faculty and student research, issues working papers, holds seminars and lunch discussions, and awards student fellowships in law and economics to Stanford students. -
Business, Government and Society Initiative
We are bringing together the best leaders and thinkers in business, government, and society to build new paths forward. -
Hoover Institution
Seeking to improve the human condition by advancing ideas that promote economic opportunity and prosperity while securing and safeguarding peace for America and all mankind.
Engagement Opportunities
People in the Stanford Community
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Senior Fellow (Adjunct) -
Economics of Technology Professor, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI and Professor, by courtesy, of Economics -
Senior Research Scholar/Associate Director, Academic and Student Affairs
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Hoover Research Fellow -
Ralph M. Parsons Professor of Law and Business
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Associate Professor of Political Science -
Tully Friedman Professor of Economics and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council
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Associate Professor of History -
Herbert Hoover Professor of Public and Private Management, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Professor, by courtesy, of Economics and of Political Science
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Professor of Political Science, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Economics at the Graduate School of Business -
RoAnn Costin Professor and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Rose-Marie and Jack R. Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Professor, by courtesy, of Economics and of Finance at the Graduate School of Business
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Senior Research Scholar
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Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science -
Wayne and Jodi Cooperman Professor and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Senior Lecturer in the Program in Science, Technology and Society -
Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Health Policy -
Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Emeritus -
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Bing Professor of Human Biology, Associate Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Professor of Anthropology -
Landau Professor of Technology and the Economy and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Charles J. Meyers Professor in Law and Business, Emeritus -
Janet M. Peck Professor of International Communication, Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Shuzo Nishihara Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics, Emeritus -
The Bowman Family Endowed Professor in Humanities and Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, Emeritus -
W. A. Franke Professor of Law and Business, Emeritus
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Edward Ames Edmonds Professor of Economics and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
A.A. and Jeanne Welch Milligan Professor, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Professor of History and, by courtesy, of Economics -
Robert and Carole McNeil Endowed Professor of Economics and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution -
Judge John W. Ford Professor of Dispute Resolution
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Lecturer
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Associate Professor of History
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Professor of the Practice of Law
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Associate Professor of Political Economy at the GSB, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research & Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science and of Economics -
Assistant Professor of Political Science, by courtesy, of Environmental Social Sciences and Center Fellow, by courtesy, at the Woods Institute for the Environment -
Lewis Talbot and Nadine Hearn Shelton Professor of International Legal Studies, Associate Dean for Advanced Degree Programs and Professor, by courtesy, of History
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Landau Professor of Economic Policy and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Associate Professor of Anthropology, and by courtesy, of Medicine (Stanford Prevention and Research Center) and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies -
Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies -
Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Emerita -
Benjamin M. Page Professor, William Wrigley Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, at the Woods Institute for the Environment and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Professor of Economics, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies -
Edith M. Cornell Business Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science
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Professor (Teaching) of Law
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Associate Professor of Political Economics at the Graduate School of Business and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
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Sakurako and William Fisher Family Director of the Stanford Global Studies Division, Robert G. Freeman Professor of International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature -
William F. Baxter-VISA International Professor of Law and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies -
Associate Professor of Economics and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Robert Grimmett Professor of Mathematics -
Assistant Professor of Political Science -
Ormond Family Professor of Finance and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
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Lecturer
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Professor of Political Science, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Helen C. Farnsworth Professor of International Agricultural Policy and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Steven and Roberta Denning Professor, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
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William J. Perry Professor, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of East Asian Languages and Cultures -
David S. and Anne M. Barlow Professor in the Graduate School of Business and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science
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Professor (Teaching) of Microbiology and Immunology -
Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement and Burnet C. and Mildred Finley Wohlford Professor -
Professor of Management Science & Engineering, Emeritus -
Mary and Robert Raymond Professor, George P. Shultz Senior Fellow of Economics at the Hoover Institution and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Associate Professor of Anthropology -
William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Center On Poverty And Inequality Research Scholar
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Ward C. Krebs Family Professor and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies -
Senior Research Scholar
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Kwoh-Ting Li Professor of Economic Development and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Past Events
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Past Event Campus Events
Markets vs. Mandates: Promoting Environmental Quality and Economic Prosperity
Hoover InstitutionOpen to: Everyone-*This event has already occurred. -
Past Event Campus Events
Executive Director of "The American Conservative": A Conversation on Trade and Foreign Policy
Freeman Spogli Institute for International StudiesOpen to: Stanford community (in-person); Public (online)-*This event has already occurred. -
Past Event Campus Events
RURAL MAINSTREETS: Economic Revitalization and Cultural Preservation in Small-Town America
The Bill Lane Center for the American WestOpen to: Stanford community-*This event has already occurred.