Media Mentions

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.

Business Insider quotes Michael Blank, SIEPR faculty fellow, explaining how CEOs are using layoffs to signal to investors that their AI investments are paying off (and how a weak labor market means they can easily refill positions AI can’t replace).

The 74, a national news site focused on education, features SIEPR's Susanna Loeb and her research in a story about federal and state governments' continued investment in student tutoring programs even after $120 billion in pandemic-linked federal funds expired.

Erika McEntarfer, a research scholar at SIEPR, explains in a NPR segment why it's hard to know at this point how much of an impact artificial intelligence is having on worker productivity.

Not long ago, the promise of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing was all the rage. In a new Harvard Business Review essay, SIEPR's Amit Seru and coauthors detail their new study showing the extent to which attitudes have now changed and why.

Annamaria Lusardi, SIEPR senior fellow and director of the Initiative for Financial Decision-Making, is one of 30 women featured in a Smithsonian oral history project for her work in advancing women's financial independence.

Bloomberg covers new research by SIEPR Senior Fellow Marshall Burke identifying the high borrowing costs and debt loads that many small countries will face as they try to adapt to climate change-driven extreme weather.

A proposal in Congress to establish a market structure for crypto, while commendable, has rules for decentralized finance (DeFi) that could weaken U.S. power over the global financial system, warns SIEPR's Amit Seru in a new Barron's op-ed.

Marshall Burke, SIEPR senior fellow, tells the New York Times that leaving out estimates of the value of human lives saved in cost-benefit analyses for new air pollution rules is a mistake.

SIEPR's Neale Mahoney and Adam Shaw, writing in Time Magazine's World Economic Forum issue, call cost-of-living issues a worldwide problem and discuss how political leaders can respond.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

SIEPR director Neale Mahoney, in a Bloomberg feature, talks about how the 'abundance' movement is gaining traction nationwide and across the political spectrum.

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.

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.