Cecilia Elena Rouse is the dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, the Katzman-Ernst professor in economics and education, and professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University. A labor economist with a focus on the economics of education, Rouse is the founding director of the Princeton Education Research Section and a member of the National Academy of Education. She is a senior editor of the Future of Children and serves on the editorial board of the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. She also serves on the boards of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Pennington School, and the University of Rhode Island and is an independent director of the T. Rowe Price Funds. Rouse joined the Princeton faculty in 1992 and worked at the National Economic Council as a special assistant to President Bill Clinton from 1998 to 1999. From 2009 to 2011, she served as a member of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers.
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FeaturedInternational efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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FeaturedIntroduction Throughout its decades of independence, Myanmar has struggled with military rule, civil war, poor governance, and widespread poverty. A military coup in February 2021 dashed hopes for…
Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland January 31, 2022
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FeaturedDuring the 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden promised that his administration would make a “historic effort” to reduce long-running racial inequities in health. Tobacco use—the leading cause of p…
Interactive by Olivia Angelino, Thomas J. Bollyky, Elle Ruggiero and Isabella Turilli February 1, 2023 Global Health Program
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FeaturedPresident Donald Trump has promised to enact sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners. At a September campaign event in Pennsylvania he stated, “I don’t need Congress” to impose tariffs, “I have…
Report by Inu Manak and Helena Kopans-Johnson February 4, 2025 Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies
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FeaturedTech leader Reid Hoffman shares his insider’s perspective on an AI-powered future and its transformative potential to improve lives and create positive change. The Malcolm and Carolyn Wiener Annual Lecture on Science and Technology addresses issues at the intersection of science, technology, and foreign policy. It has been endowed in perpetuity through a gift from CFR members Malcolm and Carolyn Wiener.
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