Albert O. HIrschman

In an article for TIME Magazine, Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor in the School of Social Science, has announced her resignation from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. Nelson, who was appointed to the National Science Board in 2024 and the Scholars Council in 2023, outlined the factors behind her decision.

In 1970, the economist Albert Hirschman, former Professor in the School of Social Science, published a short book outlining the choices available to public officials confronted by immoral or dysfunctional behavior in office. One option was to “kick...

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) will present the 2016 Albert O. Hirschman Prize to Amartya Sen on April 19 in Wolfensohn Hall at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., 5:00–7:00 p.m.

In addition to the award presentation...