Politics and Media
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A plan for election-year rate cuts without the political chaos
A new article published by The Hill references the Taylor Rule, which ties interest rates to inflation and economic growth, and was developed by SIEPR's John Taylor.
August 07, 2024
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Hospitals that pursue patients for unpaid bills will have to tell L.A. County
“Medical debt is a dark corner in the U.S. healthcare system, and shining a light on it can be “a strong disinfectant,” SIEPR’s Neale Mahoney tells "The Los Angeles Times."
August 06, 2024
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The world’s most valuable unused resource
SIEPR Senior Fellow and Nobel Prize winner Alvin Roth discusses the pros and cons of time banking on a recent episode of the podcast "Freakonomics."
July 31, 2024
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The surprising economic upside to money in US politics
As election battles heat up and political cash arsenals swell, SIEPR’s Greg Buchak delivers insights into the leveling effects of unlimited campaign donations.
July 10, 2024
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Policy lessons from recent economic crises
Politicians must resist the temptation of using a recession to tick off costly wish list items, writes SIEPR's Michael Boskin for Project Syndicate.
July 08, 2024
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Who's Still Undecided About 2024? A Profile of America's Persuadables
A Newsweek op-ed from SIEPR's David Brady and Bruce Cain on who the undecideds for the 2024 election are, and why it matters.
June 26, 2024
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How large might Labour’s ‘dullness dividend’ be?
Measuring economic policy uncertainty matters a lot, says Financial Times. The relevant correlations are established in a 2016 study from SIEPR's Nick Bloom and Steve Davis.
May 16, 2024
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Facebook Use May Have Helped Trump With Some Voters, Report Says
New study from SIEPR's Hunt Allcott and Matthew Gentzkow evaluates Facebook, Instagram role in US election
May 13, 2024
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Facebook went away. Political divides didn't budge.
A Stanford-led study into how quitting social media affected users’ political views in the runup to the 2020 presidential vote has implications for this year’s election.
May 13, 2024
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How our sense of economic reality is being distorted
A new study from SIEPR's Neale Mahoney adds to the evidence that competition for eyeballs may be warping our sense of the world.
May 09, 2024
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How economists could make themselves more useful
There is a gap between the research supplied by academia and what policymakers actually want, SIEPR's Gopi Shah Goda tells Financial Times.
April 25, 2024
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Economic Report of the President draws on work of SIEPR scholars
President Biden’s assessment of the nation’s economic health and groundwork for what’s next relies heavily on academic research, including the work of several SIEPR scholars.
April 03, 2024
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How could health insurance change with the 2024 election?
SIEPR Senior Fellow Gopi Shah Goda and Undergraduate Research Assistant Emma Casey explore the future of health insurance and health care.
March 18, 2024
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Biden’s budget neglects the military
Sequestration and chronic underfunding have opened a yawning gap in American strength and readiness, writes SIEPR Senior Fellow Michael Boskin for The Wall Street Journal.
March 14, 2024
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The government has a workforce crisis. One of its best-kept secrets can fix it.
A new op-ed by SIEPR's Daniel Ho and Anne Joseph O’Connell discusses the federal government's workforce crisis and how to fix it. Read more in The Washington Post.
March 12, 2024
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Sizing up a competitor: How “tall” is China?
Amid signs of trouble for China’s economy, two veteran diplomats at the 2024 SIEPR Economic Summit discussed the country’s future and the role of U.S. policy.
March 07, 2024
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Fiscal (in)stability: Behind the ticking time bomb of US debt
At the 2024 SIEPR Economic Summit, leading fiscal policy experts shed light on how the U.S. could get its finances in order and avoid economic catastrophe.
March 07, 2024
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No, immigrants aren't more likely to commit crimes than US-born, despite Trump's border speech
A new USA Today piece discusses how immigrants have had lower incarceration rates than U.S. born people over the last 150 years. Research by SIEPR's own Ran Abramitzky is cited.
March 01, 2024
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Neale Mahoney named director of SIEPR
Mahoney aims to continue the institute’s impact by connecting its scholars and their research with state, national and global policymakers.
March 01, 2024
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The truth about illegal immigration and crime
Immigrants over the last 150 years have had lower incarceration rates than people who were born in the United States. Research by SIEPR's Ran Abramitzky is cited.
February 29, 2024