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America’s à la carte economy is making everyone feel poorer
Bloomberg features insights from Neale Mahoney, SIEPR's director, on the rise of consumer "drip pricing" and the distorted incentives the now-popular practice gives companies.
January 14, 2026
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Will Trump implement his $2000 stimulus checks for Americans in 2026? Here’s the latest.
Ryan Cummings, SIEPR chief of staff, describes in Time.com some core challenges behind President Trump's pledge to pay most Americans a portion of the money raised by U.S. tariffs.
January 07, 2026
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27 million fewer car trips: life after a year of congestion pricing
A New York Times analysis of Manhattan's congestion pricing program has so far been a huge success cites research by SIEPR's Shoshana Vasserman and Hunt Allcott identifying some of the early impacts on travel speeds and air quality.
January 05, 2026
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When school shooting headlines fade, the trauma doesn't
Maya Rossin-Slater, SIEPR senior fellow, details in the Boston Globe what her research indicates could be "deep and lasting" emotional and economic consequences for the survivors of the Brown U. mass shooting.
December 20, 2025
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Flawed inflation data dashes Donald Trump’s hopes of a quick affordability victory
Erika McEntarfer, former BLS commissioner and current SIEPR distinguished policy fellow, tells the Financial Times that the recent government shutdown casts some doubt on the latest data on consumer prices.
December 18, 2025
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The Fed needs to earn its independence. Just setting rates isn’t enough.
The Fed's success also depends on its ability to keep the U.S. financial system strong. In Barron's, SIEPR Senior Fellow Amit Seru recommends 8 ways the Fed could get that job done.
December 10, 2025
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An old-fashioned cure for fading trust in government
Bloomberg Opinion highlights new research from SIEPR Senior Fellow Michael Boskin finding that economic factors, like inflation and per capita GDP, determine levels of trust in government more than anything else.
December 04, 2025
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A wealthy New Jersey town’s empty firehouse shows strain of fixing housing crisis
SIEPR director Neale Mahoney, in a Bloomberg feature, talks about how the 'abundance' movement is gaining traction nationwide and across the political spectrum.
November 20, 2025
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A quiet Wall Street force fueled $17 trillion alternatives boom
Bloomberg features new research from Juliane Begenau, SIEPR senior fellow, showing that consultants have been key drivers of U.S. pension fund investments in riskier assets.
November 17, 2025
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An economist asked, how much should we spend to avoid the A.I. apocalypse?
The New York Times highlights research by SIEPR Senior Fellow Charles "Chad" Jones into how much money the government would have to spend to mitigate AI's existential threat.
November 15, 2025
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U.S. consumer sentiment near 3-1/2-year low as government shutdown fuels anxiety
Daniel Hornung, SIEPR policy fellow, warns in Reuters that falling consumer confidence sends a warning about the potential economic harms of a prolonged government shutdown.
November 07, 2025
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ADP rolls out weekly jobs US payrolls after halting data to Fed
Bloomberg reports that, amid the federal government shutdown, ADP will now release weekly jobs data, compiled with SIEPR Senior Fellow Erik Brynjolfsson's Digital Economy Lab.
October 28, 2025
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Is the AI boom an AI bubble?
Jared Bernstein, SIEPR policy fellow and former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, appears on NPR to talk about why he thinks the AI investment frenzy could end badly.
October 16, 2025
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Warning: Our stock market is looking like a bubble
It's time to call artificial intelligence the third bubble of the century, argue SIEPR's Jared Bernstein and Ryan Cummings in a New York Times op-ed.
October 14, 2025
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Measuring the vibecession
SIEPR Distinguished Policy Fellow Jared Bernstein sheds light in Washington Monthly on why there's an affordability crisis despite government data signaling the economy is strong..
October 03, 2025
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It’s jobs Friday without a jobs number: Here’s where to look for alternatives
The Wall Street Journal highlights, given the government shutdown, a monthly jobs report produced by SIEPR Senior Fellow Erik Brynjolfsson's Digital Economy Lab and ADP.
October 03, 2025
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We really want to trust crypto interests with the future of money?
In a New York Times op-ed, SIEPR Senior Fellow Amit Seru explains why pending federal legislation favoring privately-issued digital currencies is bad policy.
September 29, 2025
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Women’s take-home pay often drops 10 percent during menopause, a study finds
Inc. Magazine features research by SIEPR's Petra Persson measuring the 'menopause penalty' women encounter at work.
September 29, 2025
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The gender optimism gap
SIEPR's Neale Mahoney and Ryan Cummings have a new analysis identifying a large and persistent gap in consumer sentiment between women and men.
September 29, 2025
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See where wildfire smoke is getting worse in the U.S.
More Americans are dying from wildfire smoke than from traffic accidents, reports the Washington Post in covering a new Nature study from SIEPR Senior Fellow Marshall Burke.
September 18, 2025