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Highlights from the 2026 SIEPR Economic Summit
We invite you to explore our 22nd SIEPR Economic Summit, where leading experts delved into some of the most urgent economic issues facing the U.S. and the world. Hear from Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, former Italy prime minister Mario Draghi and our all-star panelists as they discuss AI’s disruption, fallout from the Iran War, the future of higher education, and more.
Season 1 of SIEPR's new podcast
What if you could walk Stanford’s campus alongside leading minds as they unpack the ideas shaping the economy, business and public policy? Introducing Econ To Go, where Stanford economics meets your everyday life — served with a side of coffee. We've wrapped up season 1, but if you missed any episodes, it's not too late to catch up!
AI's impact on jobs
How to fix California's child care crunch
A SIEPR policy brief outlines the economic cost of California’s broken child care market and sheds light on the public investment needed for a universal child care program. Reforms, the researchers find, would not only fix the market but also generate enough returns to exceed upfront costs.
What draws our scholars and students to economic policy?
Priyanka Parikh became a SIEPR predoc to explore life as a researcher. After fully immersing herself in economic policy research, she realized she wanted to train as a health economist. Learn more about what drives Priyanka and others featured in our Why Econ series.
Recent News
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Bessent says the U.S. can grow its way out of the debt crunch. What would it take?
Joshua Rauh, SIEPR senior fellow, tells the Wall Street Journal that reforming Social Security and Medicare is crucial to addressing the country's fiscal problems.
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Crypto fans say stablecoins are good for the dollar. The truth is more complicated
Bloomberg Businessweek turns to Amit Seru, SIEPR senior fellow, for insights into the likelihood that stablecoins will drive demand for U.S. Treasury bonds and, in the process, bring down interest rates.
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What's behind the big surge in US government bond yields
Bloomberg podcast, "Odd Lots," turns to Darrell Duffie, SIEPR senior fellow and presenter at the recent Jackson Hole Fed meeting, for insights into what's driving global bond yields to their highest levels since 2008 and what policymakers can and can't do to bring them back down.