A Missing Link in Poverty Alleviation: Humility Grace Messemer | December 6, 2021 | Blog Contributor Consider the last time you found yourself moved to compassion or feeling for a particular cause— what prompted you? For many, these thoughts are something emotionally moving or worthy of attention for a little while, yet that vigor seems to die down after the shock... Read More Grace Messemer Grace Messemer is a junior studying political science and economics at the University of Florida. She was selected as a Fall 2021 Student Blog Contributor for Faith & Public Life.
The Benefits Cliff and Labor Supply: Lessons from Behavioral Economics Emma Nyhof | November 16, 2018 | Economics, Politics, Society, Young Scholars Standard economic theory relies on the assumption that we make choices rationally. Besides the disagreement surrounding the definition of rationality itself, there is growing evidence that suggests our behavior actually is not always rational. While it seems... Read More Emma Nyhof Emma Nyhof was a 2017-2018 Young Scholar for the Initiative on Faith and Public Life and graduated from Hope College where she majored in economics and psychology.
