Gordon Hanson

Here is what @davidautor and I have to say about China shocks 1.0 and 2.0 and US trade policy nytimes.com/2025/07/14/opi…

We have a late predoctoral fellowship opening in the Reimagining the Economy Project @Kennedy_School. Join Dani Rodrik and me to work on place-based and industrial policy next year. hks.harvard.edu/centers/wiener…

Looking for a predoctoral opportunity for next year? Join @rodrikdani and me at the Reimagining the Economy Project @Kennedy_School hks.harvard.edu/centers/wiener…

Remember: Predoctoral fellowship applications for the Reimagining the Economy with me and @danirodrik are due on Tue., Mar. 5. hks.harvard.edu/centers/wiener…

Looking to be a predoctoral fellow next year? Join @DaniRodrik and me at Harvard Kennedy School in our Reimagining the Economy program: hks.harvard.edu/centers/wiener…

Delighted that the NY Times covered my new paper with @davidautor, Anne Beck and @ProfDavidDorn on the local labor market impacts of the Trump tariffs. nytimes.com/2024/02/02/us/…

For an update of my work with @rodrikdani on place-based policy and econ development (part of the Reimagining the Economy Project), check out this @vox_dev episode that just dropped. voxdev.org/topic/public-e…

If you are curious about how Trump's trade policy came to be, check out my review in FA of the new memoir by his powerful USTR, Robert Lighthizer Washington’s New Trade Consensus foreignaffairs.com/reviews/washin… via @ForeignAffairs

Thanks to Chen Liu & ⁦@NUSingapore⁩ Economics for hosting me this week. What a great group of young scholars!

Your antidote for the post-spring-break blues: listen to @jimstockmetrics and me discuss transitioning to clean energy without disrupting regional economies hks.harvard.edu/faculty-resear…

The next time your grandmother asks, "why was the China shock so painful for American workers?" you can DM her a link to this video explainer (just 8 min!) youtube.com/watch?v=ZdtI6D…

Applications close soon for the predoctoral positions with Dani Rodrik and me on our Reimagining the Economy project. Apply now! hks.harvard.edu/centers/wiener…

Join Dani Rodrik and me as a predoctoral research fellow at Harvard Kennedy School next year. Please apply! hks.harvard.edu/centers/wiener…

About to go live in 15 minutes, with @johnpodesta and @kearney_melissa, to talk about my new research on local labor market impacts of the energy transition and policy options to address populations that are disrupted. Join here: youtube.com/watch?v=AkBDmz…

Join me TOMORROW to discuss the green energy transition and its impact on American jobs with @johnpodesta @kearney_melissa @econstrategygrp @kennedy_school -- I discuss what is at stake in a new @BostonGlobe oped. tinyurl.com/2m6u2dxp bostonglobe.com/2023/02/01/opi…

Please join @kearney_melissa, @johnpodesta and me for a webinar Thursday, Feb. 2, on what the energy transition means for the labor market. urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https…

Universities in #EriePA & #WatervilleME have become centers for urban renewal and part of local solutions for their communities. Read how in the latest article for @monthly by @JamesFallows here: ourtownsfoundation.org/reviving-ameri…

Let's hope the decline of coal isn't a preview of the energy transition. Since 1980, coal counties have lost 200k mining jobs, had income per capita fall to 62% of US level (left), and seen Medicare+Medicaid benefits rise to 14% of personal income (right).