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Edward Glaeser and David Cutler

Edward Glaeser and David Cutler
Edward L. Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He studies the economics of cities, housing, segregation, obesity, crime, innovation and other subjects, and writes about many of these issues for Economix.

David Cutler is the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics in the Department of Economics at Harvard University. Honored for his scholarly work and singled out for outstanding mentorship, Professor Cutler's work in health economics and public economics has earned him significant academic and public acclaim.



Brilliance and Blind Luck: How Did Medieval Europe Invent the Concept of Quarantine?

Edward Glaeser and David Cutler on the History of Medieval Plagues and Its Connections to COVID-19
September 16, 2021  By Edward Glaeser and David Cutler
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