Energy and Environment

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.

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.

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.

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.

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..

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.

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.

Inc. Magazine features research by SIEPR's Petra Persson measuring the 'menopause penalty' women encounter at work.

SIEPR's Neale Mahoney and Ryan Cummings have a new analysis identifying a large and persistent gap in consumer sentiment between women and men.

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.

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.

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.

SIEPR's Mark Lemley, in a Financial Times op-ed, advocates for antitrust policies that prevent monopolists from forming in the first place.

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.

SIEPR's Erik Brynjolfsson talks with American Public Media's Marketplace Tech about the mismatch between AI's capabilities and workers' needs.

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.

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.