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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
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Another school shooting, another check — why Congress won't act on guns
Newsweek op-ed from SIEPR's John Donohue describes his new research showing that pro-gun groups significantly increase their political contributions following school shootings.
September 12, 2025
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A contracting population need not be a catastrophe
The Economist cites work by SIEPR's Chad Jones and Nick Bloom in suggesting that AI could offset one potential downside to a shrinking world: fewer new ideas.
September 11, 2025
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Competition law won't break up Big Tech
SIEPR's Mark Lemley, in a Financial Times op-ed, advocates for antitrust policies that prevent monopolists from forming in the first place.
September 08, 2025
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Americans lose faith that hard work leads to economic gains, WSJ-NORC poll finds
SIEPR director Neale Mahoney quoted, and his research with SIEPR chief of staff Ryan Cummings cited, in Wall Street Journal story on the loss of faith in the American dream.
September 01, 2025
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Workers aren't getting what they want from AI
SIEPR's Erik Brynjolfsson talks with American Public Media's Marketplace Tech about the mismatch between AI's capabilities and workers' needs.
August 25, 2025
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Why are some stats too ‘girly’ for the BLS?
SIEPR's Nick Bloom tells Bloomberg Opinion that return-to-office mandates, even if unenforced, may be contributing to recent declines in the number of working moms with young kids.
August 19, 2025
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Trump’s tariff policy raising prices of coffee, clothing and more
SIEPR director Neale Mahoney appeared on KQED's The Forum talk show to discuss all things tariffs, including their effects on consumers and the U.S. economy.
August 14, 2025
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The deeper reason for banking’s retreat
The Economist credits research by SIEPR's Greg Buchak in describing how regulatory red tape only partially explains commercial banking's retreat from traditional lending.
July 31, 2025
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Can markets trust stablecoins?
SIEPR's Amit Seru warns in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that the recently passed Genius Act doesn't go far enough in regulating the digital currency known as stablecoins.
July 28, 2025
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What economics can teach foreign-policy types
The Economist features work by SIEPR's Matteo Maggiori into how countries like the U.S. and China are using economic coercion to achieve geopolitical goals.
July 24, 2025