This article discusses the non-academic, social-emotional factors that contribute to student academic achievement, including the cognitivebehavioral characteristics of underachieving students and those with learning disabilities; the ‘‘You Can Do It! Education’’ (YCDI) theory of achievement; derivative research on social-emotional capabilities, called the Five Foundations (Academic Confidence, ...

Researchers in moral psychology and social justice have agreed that morality is about matters of harm, rights, and justice. On this definition of morality, conservative opposition to social justice programs appears to be immoral, and has been explained as a product of various non-moral processes such as system justification or social dominance orientation. In this article we argue that, from an...

† I would like to acknowledge and thank Samuel Bowles who was both the motivator and a virtual co author of this paper. James Heintz provided valuable editorial assistance I would also like to thank the MacArthur Foundations Network on Inequality and Economic Performance for financial assistance.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is one of the most important methods for in vivo investigation of cognitive processes in the human brain. Within the last two decades, an explosion of research has emerged using fMRI, revealing the underpinnings of everything from motor and sensory processes to the foundations of social cognition. While these results have revealed the potential of ne...

Introduction In the broad project of ‘class analysis’ a great deal of effort goes into defining class and delineating the boundaries of classes. This is necessarily so, because class analysis is ‘the empirical investigation of the consequences and corollaries of the existence of a class structure defined ex-ante’ (Breen and Rottman 1995b, p. 453). By starting from a particular definition, socio...

The Rise of Rationality at Foundations – and an Emerging False Dichotomy Over the past 15 years, a technocratic approach to philanthropy has become more common and brought numerous benefits to the field. While the term “technocratic” may carry negative connotations, it embodies elements that are positive: It typically involves experts applying business principles to help foundations define thei...

While technological change is a dominant social force, international political economists have not developed theories of the political foundations of technology adoption. We analyze a gametheoretic model of clean technology adoption and derive the following predictions. First, foreign countries should support clean technology adoption in countries with secure property rights and democratic poli...