Global Development and Trade
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China plans to have its currency rival the dollar. A new study assesses its prospects.
SIEPR Senior Fellow Matteo Maggiori is tracking China's push to internationalize its currency and says it's "a viable contender."
August 19, 2022
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Q&A: Stanford Law Professor Alan Sykes on the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022
SIEPR Senior Fellow Alan Sykes discussed the bipartisan bill prior to its signing.
August 09, 2022
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SIEPR Senior Fellow Matteo Maggiori wins Bernácer Prize
Stanford finance professor Matteo Maggiori is recognized for “influential research.”
August 08, 2022
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Why the children of immigrants are the ones getting ahead in America
Research by SIEPR's Ran Abramitzky shows children of immigrants have more upward mobility than the children of the U.S.-born. Read his op-ed in Time Magazine.
June 01, 2022
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The clearest path to global prosperity
Foreign Policy - the Global Magazine of News & Ideas cites "Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success," co-written by SIEPR's Ran Abramitzky.
May 31, 2022
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Matteo Maggiori named Carnegie Fellow
Maggiori, an expert in international macroeconomics and finance, is a professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business and co-founder of The Global Capital Allocation Project.
April 26, 2022
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Q&A: The U.S. is at a policy crossroads for digital currencies
SIEPR’s Darrell Duffie discusses policy recommendations on how America and its partners can address the global rise of central bank digital currencies.
March 21, 2022
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SIEPR Economic Summit highlights policy challenges — and solutions — from the pandemic
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Sal Khan and Lisa Su were among the speakers who gave insightful perspectives into tough economic issues rippling across society.
March 10, 2022
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Yellen discusses Russian sanctions at SIEPR Economic Summit
From the policy front line: Treasury secretary addresses invasion of Ukraine
March 04, 2022
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What a 19th-century bank crash can teach us today
By digging through old bank ledgers, SIEPR Faculty Fellow Chenzi Xu reveals the lasting impacts of financial crises.
December 02, 2021
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CBO director meets with SIEPR scholars, students
CBO director meets with SIEPR scholars, students
November 12, 2021
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Climate inaction costlier than net zero transition: Reuters poll
A recent Reuters poll of climate economists shows that hitting the Paris Agreement goal of net-zero carbon emissions will require sizable investments in a green transition.
October 25, 2021
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Enter third-wave economics
Research by SIEPR's Susan Athey and Nicholas Bloom is cited in "The Economist": Has the pandemic has given economists a new lease of life?
October 23, 2021
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As more Californians head to Texas, how do the states really stack up?
As the debate about California-to-Texas migration pits low-cost, anti-regulation Texas against higher-income, socially liberal California, San Francisco Chronicle cites [...]
September 24, 2021
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China is purging celebrities and tech billionaires. But the problem is bigger than ‘sissy men’
SIEPR's Scott Rozelle, an expert on rural development in China, weighs in on China's economic outlook, efforts to end poverty, and what's in store for "the China we don't see."
September 14, 2021
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Michael Boskin: Remarks on the foreign policy impact of President Biden's economic agenda
SIEPR's Michael Boskin joins Bloomberg's David Westin to discuss the economic ramifications of the recent U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
August 30, 2021
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A new breed of crisis: War and warming collide in Afghanistan
As unrest puts some of the world's most vulnerable to the test, Marshall Burke discusses how #climatechange acts as “a finger on the scale that makes underlying conflict worse.”
August 30, 2021
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Central bank digital currencies are coming. The US must be prepared
With central bank currencies (CBDCs) on the rise alongside cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and dogecoin, SIEPR's Darrell Duffie points to CBDCs as an attractive alternative [...]
August 13, 2021
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Biden to tap artificial intelligence expert as top business diplomat
SIEPR's Ramin Toloui is in talks to be President Biden's nominee for assistant secretary of state for business [...]
July 30, 2021
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Geithner panel warns of more treasuries meltdowns without reform
SIEPR's Darrell Duffie remarks on the impact of the reserve currency status of the U.S. dollar.
July 28, 2021