Food Is Medicine: A Primer on Health System Initiatives in Texas
How can “Food is Medicine” programs address the critical link between access to healthy food and optimal health? In a new…
November 27, 2023 3342 Results
Rice economist Peter Hartley receives top honor from US Association for Energy Economics November 27, 2023
Peter Hartley, the George A. Peterkin Professor of Economics at Rice, is the 2023 recipient of the United States Association…
How Brain Capital Can Drive Progress on UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
Progress on the UN’s sustainable development goals — aimed at achieving peace and prosperity for all people and the planet —…
November 21, 2023 
Approaching a Tipping Point for the Electric Grid
Is the electric grid ready for the era of decarbonization? Nonresident scholar Julie A. Cohn explains why new inverter…
November 20, 2023 
US Cannot Meet Its Paris Commitments Through Energy Alone
Almost all of the progress the U.S. has made toward its Paris Agreement target for 2025 has come from falling CO2 emissions…
November 17, 2023 
Small Steps Congress Can Take to Reform America’s Immigration System
Elizabeth M. Mendoza offers nine commonsense actions Congress can take to provide immigration relief and protect U.S…
November 15, 2023 
Looking at the Numbers: 10 Years of Data on the Affordable Care Act Reveal Benefits for Texans
In a review of 10 years of data, fellows Shao-Chee Sim and Elena Marks show how the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace has…
November 14, 2023 
The US-China Economic Relationship Needs ‘Robust De-Risking,’ and a Little Strategic ‘Decoupling’
"Decoupling” from China would come at the cost of American opportunity and influence, writes fellow Gabriel Collins. Instead…
November 13, 2023 
An Economic Lifeline? How Remittances From the US Impact Mexico’s Economy
Do remittances — the money sent home by migrants working abroad — drive economic growth? Research scholar Jose Ivan…
November 13, 2023 
Ukraine Is Now the Other War
Republicans are ready to support Israel. But what about Ukraine? As the war between Israel and Hamas intensifies, fellow Joe…
November 10, 2023