Innovation and Technology

SIEPR’s Darrell Duffie tells The Economist that, even if the Federal Reserve starts to play a smaller role in financial markets, the central bank will step in to avert a crisis. “But even with all guns blazing it can’t stop Treasury-market dysfunction. It can only make it less bad," Duffie said.

Scott Wallsten, a new SIEPR policy fellow and president of the Technology Policy Institute, uses his experience building a retirement-planning tool to show how AI is reducing the time and cost from idea to product, with implications for companies and the intermediaries they typically hire to build custom tools.

Kevin Warsh, confirmed last week as Federal Reserve chair, is wise to reexamine the central bank's models and overall approach as stagflation risks grow, explains SIEPR Senior Fellow John Cochrane in The Washington Post.

New York Times exclusive features findings of the first large study of cellphone bans in U.S. schools, co-authored by SIEPR Senior Fellows Hunt Allcott, Thomas Dee and Matthew Gentzkow.

In a New York Times op-ed, SIEPR Senior Fellow Amit Seru warns that political dysfunction is seeping into American capitalism. Trump's erratic policies are the key reason, but Biden shares some blame, too.

The Financial Times covers a new report by SIEPR's Neale Mahoney and Chad Maisel detailing what they dub the "annoyance economy." Mahoney tells the outlet that AI will likely lead to even more frustration as scams and fees rise.

On the first anniversary of President Trump's "Liberation Day" declaration, SIEPR's Steve Davis tells Politico Magazine that one potentially lasting consequence of the breakdown in global cooperation is that U.S. companies have fewer reasons to innovate.

The Wall Street Journal features new research by Michael Blank, SIEPR faculty fellow, measuring how much generative AI is helping people to be more productive at home.

Erik Brynjolfsson, SIEPR senior fellow, tells Politico that politicians can't "just sit back and watch" as AI rattles workers; says he's advised lawmakers from both parties who are working on bipartisan AI legislation.