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SIEPR Senior Fellow Erik Brynjolfsson and tools developed by his Stanford Digital Economy Lab are featured in a Fortune Magazine story on the raging debate over AI's impacts on the labor market.

The New York Times covers at length the latest results from the TIAA Institute–GFLEC Personal Finance Index, an annual report measuring financial literacy rates and coauthored by SIEPR Senior Fellow Annamaria Lusardi.

SIEPR's Erika McEntarfer, former head of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, details her own failed attempt to file a claim in a NPR segment on the dysfunction in state-run unemployment insurance programs.

The Washington Post features research by SIEPR's Maya Rossin-Slater showing that exposure to a respiratory illness before a baby's first birthday predicts reduced earnings, education and health later in life.

A Bloomberg opinion columnist details the extensive research by SIEPR's Ran Abramitzky in challenging the latest political rhetoric around U.S. immigrants, including the claim that they don’t work hard, follow the law or integrate into American society.

Scott Wallsten, a new SIEPR policy fellow and president of the Technology Policy Institute, uses his experience building a retirement-planning tool to show how AI is reducing the time and cost from idea to product, with implications for companies and the intermediaries they typically hire to build custom tools.

The Financial Times, in a story about Gen Z’s economic challenges, quotes SIEPR Senior Fellow Annamaria Lusardi on how parents can help their children learn financial literacy. She points out, too, that today's economic reality means "common wisdom" around personal finance no longer works for any age group.

The Wall Street Journal features new research by Michael Blank, SIEPR faculty fellow, measuring how much generative AI is helping people to be more productive at home.

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.

Writing in The Economist, Alice Evans, a visiting professor at SIEPR, challenges elites to stop thinking there's a one-size-fits-all solution to global gender inequality.

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).