Politics and Media
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High US inflation and war are hardly new – so why were leaders caught by surprise?
US inflation figures are the worst they have been since the early 1980s. SIEPR's Michael Boskin breaks down the economic warfront facing the nation in a recent Guardian op-ed.
April 28, 2023
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Regulators created wasteful rules for banks
SIEPR’s Anat Admati joins Bloomberg TV to to discuss her concerns surrounding the banking system and what regulators need to do to fix it. "It's always an issue of leverage."
April 04, 2023
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Condoleezza Rice: “Globalization is a fact, not a policy”
The onetime top advisor to George W. Bush opened the SIEPR Economic Summit with her candid perspective on current geopolitics and the world economy.
March 09, 2023
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Behind the breakdown in US-China relations
At the 2023 SIEPR Economic Summit, experts on U.S.-China relations discussed how the two countries got to this point and where they’re headed next.
March 09, 2023
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Q&A: Voters “punished” candidates who pushed election fraud claims in 2022
SIEPR Senior Fellow Andrew Hall discusses new research that finds a small group of voters penalized election-denying candidates in 2022 — and could sway 2024 election results.
February 20, 2023
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Police Facebook posts disproportionately highlight crimes involving Black suspects, study finds
As social media has risen as a news source, SIEPR’s Julian Nyarko examines law enforcement Facebook posts and finds Black suspects are overrepresented relative to arrest rates.
November 14, 2022
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We polled verified Twitter users to find out how many will pay $8 to keep their checkmarks. The answer? Zero
Quotes Erik Brynjolfsson, senior fellow at SIEPR and at Human Centered AI arguing Twitter should reward account verification, not tax it.
November 11, 2022
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The mess in Los Angeles points to trouble for Democrats
A New York Times opinion piece quotes Vasiliki Fouka, center fellow at SIEPR, on how “in general, conflict among groups is more likely to emerge when resources are scarce.”
October 19, 2022
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How partisanship crept into a program to boost investment in low-income areas
Research by SIEPR Faculty Fellow Rebecca Lester reveals how political bias influenced the federal Opportunity Zone program rollout, underscoring concerns of fiscal misallocations.
June 20, 2022
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Gentzkow, Imbens elected to National Academy of Sciences
SIEPR’s Matthew Gentzkow and Guido Imbens are among eight Stanford faculty newly elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
May 17, 2022
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White House’s chief economist discusses U.S. economy’s headwinds at SIEPR event
Cecilia Rouse, Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, addressed policies to fuel long-term economic growth.
April 28, 2022
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Stadium politics rile states fighting over NFL teams
As lawmakers race to secure commitments from the NFL in search of massive new stadiums, SIEPR's Paul Oyer warns that stadium deals rarely, if ever, deliver their promised returns.
April 27, 2022
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Using Trump endorsements to move the needle on COVID-19 vaccines
SIEPR’s Brad Larsen and his colleagues ran an experiment showing a compilation of interviews with Donald Trump recommending the COVID shots, leading to a vaccination uptick.
April 04, 2022
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Customers tipping less generously since the beginning of the pandemic
Customers at restaurants & hair salons were tipping handsomely early on in the pandemic, but those tips have since become less generous. SIEPR's Kwabena Donkor weighs in via KTVU.
March 31, 2022
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Moderates or extremists?
The Hill asks, "Are extreme candidates more electable than moderate ones?" Get the scoop and keep an eye out for cited research by SIEPR's Andrew Hall.
March 18, 2022
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SIEPR Economic Summit highlights policy challenges — and solutions — from the pandemic
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Sal Khan and Lisa Su were among the speakers who gave insightful perspectives into tough economic issues rippling across society.
March 10, 2022
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Yellen discusses Russian sanctions at SIEPR Economic Summit
From the policy front line: Treasury secretary addresses invasion of Ukraine
March 04, 2022
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The roots of legislative polarization: How state elections are producing a more extreme pipeline of political candidates
New research by SIEPR Senior Fellow Andrew Hall shows how elections for state legislatures are fueling ideological extremism that can spill over to national politics.
February 28, 2022
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Status Anxiety Is Blowing Wind Into Trump’s Sails
The New York Times asks: "What is the role of status discontent in the emergence of right-wing populism?" Research by SIEPR Fellow Emeritus Gavin Wright is cited.
February 09, 2022
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Opinion: It’s time for Democrats to accept it. GOP voting reforms won’t hinder access to the ballot.
A 2021 study by SIEPR's Andy Hall supports the hypothesis that voter identification requirements do not reduce voter turnout. Learn more via The Washington Post.
February 07, 2022