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Learn more about us: https://siepr.stanford.edu
The biggest threat to #Fed independence isn't Trump's attacks or a potential U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding presidential authority. It's the Fed's mission creep, argues SIEPR's Amit Seru in a new op-ed. The @gsb.stanford.edu professor makes his case in link below.
December 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The biggest threat to #Fed independence isn't Trump's attacks or a potential U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding presidential authority. It's the Fed's mission creep, argues SIEPR's Amit Seru in a new op-ed. The @gsb.stanford.edu professor makes his case in link below.
Sobering reminder from SIEPR's @maya-rossin-slater.bsky.social that, for students who witnessed the Brown U. shooting, the trauma may be just beginning. In this @bostonglobe.com op-ed, she and her co-authors explain the economic and mental health harms facing school shooting survivors. Free link 👇.
December 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Sobering reminder from SIEPR's @maya-rossin-slater.bsky.social that, for students who witnessed the Brown U. shooting, the trauma may be just beginning. In this @bostonglobe.com op-ed, she and her co-authors explain the economic and mental health harms facing school shooting survivors. Free link 👇.
The controversy over C-sections centers on health risks for moms and babies. What about the economic effects for working women? New study, from SIEPR's Petra Persson and @maya-rossin-slater.bsky.social, along with UMich's @smiller.bsky.social and NYU's @laurawherryr.bsky.social, has some answers. 👇
December 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The controversy over C-sections centers on health risks for moms and babies. What about the economic effects for working women? New study, from SIEPR's Petra Persson and @maya-rossin-slater.bsky.social, along with UMich's @smiller.bsky.social and NYU's @laurawherryr.bsky.social, has some answers. 👇
👏 Time's 2025 person of the year: @drfeifei.bsky.social and other "Architects of AI." SIEPR director @nealemahoney.bsky.social spoke with Dr. Li at SIEPR's recent policy forum on the #AI economy about what's coming next for the breakthrough technology. Watch their conversation in link below.
December 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
👏 Time's 2025 person of the year: @drfeifei.bsky.social and other "Architects of AI." SIEPR director @nealemahoney.bsky.social spoke with Dr. Li at SIEPR's recent policy forum on the #AI economy about what's coming next for the breakthrough technology. Watch their conversation in link below.
📢 This just in: Round 2 of "The Digitalist Papers," a deep dive into the economics of #AI from @erikbryn.bsky.social's @stanforddel.bsky.social. Essays from SIEPR's Susan Athey and Ramin Toloui, among others. Link below.
December 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
📢 This just in: Round 2 of "The Digitalist Papers," a deep dive into the economics of #AI from @erikbryn.bsky.social's @stanforddel.bsky.social. Essays from SIEPR's Susan Athey and Ramin Toloui, among others. Link below.
(1/3) We are excited at last to share videos and summaries of our recent SIEPR Policy Forum on #artificialintelligence and what it means for the economy and for society. Given today's hype around #AI, there's a lot of substance in what speakers had to say. Links👇.
tinyurl.com/mvm5zky2
tinyurl.com/mvm5zky2
AI & the Economy | Highlight Trailer
The SIEPR Policy Forum on “AI & the Economy” brought together leading experts, policymakers and scholars to explore the rapidly advancing technology’s risks and opportunities, its current and future impacts, and the policies needed in the U.S. and globally to ensure that AI-driven economic prosperity is widely shared. Featured speakers include U.S. Senator Mark Kelly, Fei-Fei Li of Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, James Manyika of Google, and Erik Brynjolfsson of Stanford Digital Economy Lab. For more information about this event, held on Nov. 20, 2025, and the work of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), visit http://siepr.stanford.edu/events/policy-forum/ai-economy.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
(1/3) We are excited at last to share videos and summaries of our recent SIEPR Policy Forum on #artificialintelligence and what it means for the economy and for society. Given today's hype around #AI, there's a lot of substance in what speakers had to say. Links👇.
tinyurl.com/mvm5zky2
tinyurl.com/mvm5zky2
From SIEPR director @nealemahoney.bsky.social and Adam Shaw: How $1K per newborn risks widening income inequality. #TrumpAccounts.
New in @time.com w/ Adam Shaw
Trump Accounts promise a “head start” for every child, but the current design delivers the biggest gains and tax breaks to families who need them least.
We can do better for the next generation.
time.com/7338829/prob...
Trump Accounts promise a “head start” for every child, but the current design delivers the biggest gains and tax breaks to families who need them least.
We can do better for the next generation.
time.com/7338829/prob...
The Problem with Trump Accounts
Stanford economists explain how Trump Accounts will disproportionately benefit well-off Americans.
time.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
From SIEPR director @nealemahoney.bsky.social and Adam Shaw: How $1K per newborn risks widening income inequality. #TrumpAccounts.
🩺 The gov't shutdown gave Democrats an opening on a key issue: healthcare affordability. SIEPR's @nealemahoney.bsky.social and @jaredb-econ.bsky.social talk about the Dems' advantage and the reforms they should embrace. Their full prescription is 👇.
#HealthInsurance #Affordability #ACA #Medicare
#HealthInsurance #Affordability #ACA #Medicare
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🩺 The gov't shutdown gave Democrats an opening on a key issue: healthcare affordability. SIEPR's @nealemahoney.bsky.social and @jaredb-econ.bsky.social talk about the Dems' advantage and the reforms they should embrace. Their full prescription is 👇.
#HealthInsurance #Affordability #ACA #Medicare
#HealthInsurance #Affordability #ACA #Medicare
The Trump administration's dismantling of consumer financial protections continues, as SIEPR director @nealemahoney.bsky.social discusses in this update on the president's economic policies.👇 #CFPB
Second edition of the @cepr.org eBook on the economic consequences of the second Trump administration. Most chapters updated with what has happened since the first edition. Free to download.
Link: cepr.org/publications...
Link: cepr.org/publications...
December 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Trump administration's dismantling of consumer financial protections continues, as SIEPR director @nealemahoney.bsky.social discusses in this update on the president's economic policies.👇 #CFPB
💡 There's not enough money to deal with rising homelessness. This SIEPR Policy Brief 👇 details new evidence suggesting that gov't investments in emergency shelter pay off for the individuals served and for surrounding communities.
tinyurl.com/bdep3prr
#Homelessness #Poverty #HousingCrisis
tinyurl.com/bdep3prr
#Homelessness #Poverty #HousingCrisis
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
💡 There's not enough money to deal with rising homelessness. This SIEPR Policy Brief 👇 details new evidence suggesting that gov't investments in emergency shelter pay off for the individuals served and for surrounding communities.
tinyurl.com/bdep3prr
#Homelessness #Poverty #HousingCrisis
tinyurl.com/bdep3prr
#Homelessness #Poverty #HousingCrisis
👏 A 'best book of 2025,' per @economist.com: This deep dive into China's university entrance exam, the #Gaokao. Authors Hongbin Li, a SIEPR senior fellow, and Ruixue Jia @gpsucsd.bsky.social, explore how the brutal 3-day exam dominates Chinese society.
#China #Geopolitics
#China #Geopolitics
November 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
👏 A 'best book of 2025,' per @economist.com: This deep dive into China's university entrance exam, the #Gaokao. Authors Hongbin Li, a SIEPR senior fellow, and Ruixue Jia @gpsucsd.bsky.social, explore how the brutal 3-day exam dominates Chinese society.
#China #Geopolitics
#China #Geopolitics
Brexit ➡️ stagnation: New research from SIEPR's @nickbloom.bsky.social and co-authors analyzes ~10 years of data and finds the U.K. has paid a big price for leaving the E.U.: #GDP 6-8% ⬇️, investment 12-18% ⬇️, employment and productivity each 3-4% ⬇️. Link below.
#Econsky #Brexit #EU
#Econsky #Brexit #EU
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Brexit ➡️ stagnation: New research from SIEPR's @nickbloom.bsky.social and co-authors analyzes ~10 years of data and finds the U.K. has paid a big price for leaving the E.U.: #GDP 6-8% ⬇️, investment 12-18% ⬇️, employment and productivity each 3-4% ⬇️. Link below.
#Econsky #Brexit #EU
#Econsky #Brexit #EU
Great example of #policyimpact: The govt's $42B rural rollout of high-speed internet will now come with a key condition — one that SIEPR's Greg Rosston and Scott Wallsten of @techpolicyinst.bsky.social proposed recently: Service providers receiving funds can't return to the trough for more 💰.
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Great example of #policyimpact: The govt's $42B rural rollout of high-speed internet will now come with a key condition — one that SIEPR's Greg Rosston and Scott Wallsten of @techpolicyinst.bsky.social proposed recently: Service providers receiving funds can't return to the trough for more 💰.
Congratulations to Mark Duggan, Stanford economist and former SIEPR director, on his appointment as director of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Policy @utoronto.ca, starting Sept. 1 2026! We thank him for his service to the Stanford community. He will be missed on The Farm!
tinyurl.com/4hm4h8um
tinyurl.com/4hm4h8um
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Congratulations to Mark Duggan, Stanford economist and former SIEPR director, on his appointment as director of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Policy @utoronto.ca, starting Sept. 1 2026! We thank him for his service to the Stanford community. He will be missed on The Farm!
tinyurl.com/4hm4h8um
tinyurl.com/4hm4h8um
From SIEPR's Luigi Pistaferri, evidence of how parents support their children financially after a job loss. Exact response depends on whether their kids' unemployment is temporary or long-lasting. 👇
Norwegian data show that when children experience income losses, parents adjust their wealth to, either, transfer resources (when the shock is temporary) or increase savings (when the shocks are persistent).
A Fagereng, L Guiso, L Pistaferri, @mariusring.bsky.social
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
A Fagereng, L Guiso, L Pistaferri, @mariusring.bsky.social
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
November 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
From SIEPR's Luigi Pistaferri, evidence of how parents support their children financially after a job loss. Exact response depends on whether their kids' unemployment is temporary or long-lasting. 👇
A paper on child-care subsidies, drafted in 1988 by the late health economist Victor Fuchs, is now seeing the light of day. It’s part of a promise, says co-author @HershShefrin. Read the story ➡️ bit.ly/4hCTlrR on the enduring voice of the SIEPR fellow, @healthpolicy.stanford.edu affiliate.
#EconSky
#EconSky
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A paper on child-care subsidies, drafted in 1988 by the late health economist Victor Fuchs, is now seeing the light of day. It’s part of a promise, says co-author @HershShefrin. Read the story ➡️ bit.ly/4hCTlrR on the enduring voice of the SIEPR fellow, @healthpolicy.stanford.edu affiliate.
#EconSky
#EconSky
New in #QJE: How state-level policies inadvertently fueled the opioid epidemic, from SIEPR Senior Fellow Matthew Gentzkow and @MIT.edu coauthors. MIT news summary👇
#OpioidCrisis #PublicHealth #AddictionResearch #EconSky
#OpioidCrisis #PublicHealth #AddictionResearch #EconSky
October 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
New in #QJE: How state-level policies inadvertently fueled the opioid epidemic, from SIEPR Senior Fellow Matthew Gentzkow and @MIT.edu coauthors. MIT news summary👇
#OpioidCrisis #PublicHealth #AddictionResearch #EconSky
#OpioidCrisis #PublicHealth #AddictionResearch #EconSky
The ghost of #SiliconValleyBank returns in this must-read on fresh signs of trouble in U.S. banking and what regulators should be doing, from SIEPR Senior Fellow Amit Seru. 👇
#EconSky #FinancialCrisis
#EconSky #FinancialCrisis
Raise bank equity or keep rolling the dice—The US can keep pretending complex regulation will make thinly capitalised banks safe, or it can fix the design — by requiring much higher common equity and resolving the weak. www.ft.com/content/7e5c... Amit Seru @siepr.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Raise bank equity or keep rolling the dice
Our regulatory reflex since 2008 has been to add complexity and discretion rather than fix the core design
www.ft.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The ghost of #SiliconValleyBank returns in this must-read on fresh signs of trouble in U.S. banking and what regulators should be doing, from SIEPR Senior Fellow Amit Seru. 👇
#EconSky #FinancialCrisis
#EconSky #FinancialCrisis
Study finds positive economic effects for American universities after China grew college enrollment and sent more master's students to the U.S., co-authored by Hongbin Li, director of the SIEPR-sponsored Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions.
Key takeaways 👇👇
tinyurl.com/yedeauev
Key takeaways 👇👇
tinyurl.com/yedeauev
The Ripple Effects of China’s College Expansion on American Universities
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Study finds positive economic effects for American universities after China grew college enrollment and sent more master's students to the U.S., co-authored by Hongbin Li, director of the SIEPR-sponsored Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions.
Key takeaways 👇👇
tinyurl.com/yedeauev
Key takeaways 👇👇
tinyurl.com/yedeauev
Important evidence 👇 in the debate over how best to address homelessness. Study by Mark Duggan, SIEPR senior fellow, and Derek Christopher, SIEPR research scholar, finds that investments in homeless shelters pay off, not just for unhoused individuals but adjacent and regional communities.
Leveraging seasonal variation in homeless shelter availability in Los Angeles County finds that temporary shelter significantly reduces crime and ER visits for psychiatric conditions, from Derek A. Christopher, Mark Duggan, and Olivia H. Martin www.nber.org/papers/w34376
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Important evidence 👇 in the debate over how best to address homelessness. Study by Mark Duggan, SIEPR senior fellow, and Derek Christopher, SIEPR research scholar, finds that investments in homeless shelters pay off, not just for unhoused individuals but adjacent and regional communities.
📚 Public education made America great. In a new SIEPR Policy Brief, @lalthoff.bsky.social describes what research, including his own, says about universal schooling's vital role in enabling the #AmericanDream and why renewed investment is critical.
tinyurl.com/3czmc49t
#EconSky #EduSky
tinyurl.com/3czmc49t
#EconSky #EduSky
October 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
📚 Public education made America great. In a new SIEPR Policy Brief, @lalthoff.bsky.social describes what research, including his own, says about universal schooling's vital role in enabling the #AmericanDream and why renewed investment is critical.
tinyurl.com/3czmc49t
#EconSky #EduSky
tinyurl.com/3czmc49t
#EconSky #EduSky
Is #AI the century's third speculative bubble? Yes, say SIEPR's @jaredb-econ.bsky.social and @weakinstrument.bsky.social in a @nytimes.com op-ed. They lay out the reasons and examine whether the fallout could be better or worse than the internet, housing bursts. Free link 👇
tinyurl.com/nhjcm62v
tinyurl.com/nhjcm62v
Opinion | The A.I. Bubble Looks Real
The A.I. boom is likely a speculative bubble. Like the dot-com bust and the housing crisis, its pop is going to hurt.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Is #AI the century's third speculative bubble? Yes, say SIEPR's @jaredb-econ.bsky.social and @weakinstrument.bsky.social in a @nytimes.com op-ed. They lay out the reasons and examine whether the fallout could be better or worse than the internet, housing bursts. Free link 👇
tinyurl.com/nhjcm62v
tinyurl.com/nhjcm62v
Congratulations to Adrien Auclert @aauclert.bsky.social, SIEPR senior fellow and the recipient of the San Francisco Fed's inaugural Janet Yellen Award for Monetary Research for his early-career work on monetary economics! Link 👇 on Auclert's path into economics. #MonetaryPolicy #EconSky
October 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Congratulations to Adrien Auclert @aauclert.bsky.social, SIEPR senior fellow and the recipient of the San Francisco Fed's inaugural Janet Yellen Award for Monetary Research for his early-career work on monetary economics! Link 👇 on Auclert's path into economics. #MonetaryPolicy #EconSky
Evidence 👉 Black patients in nursing homes receive ~30% lower-quality "value added" care than whites within the same facility, from SIEPR's @nealemahoney.bsky.social and Liran Einav, with @mit.edu coauthors, in a novel study of 6.2M patients across 8,000 facilities.
Paper: tinyurl.com/53mes36e
Paper: tinyurl.com/53mes36e
October 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Evidence 👉 Black patients in nursing homes receive ~30% lower-quality "value added" care than whites within the same facility, from SIEPR's @nealemahoney.bsky.social and Liran Einav, with @mit.edu coauthors, in a novel study of 6.2M patients across 8,000 facilities.
Paper: tinyurl.com/53mes36e
Paper: tinyurl.com/53mes36e
New paper from SIEPR's Jared Bernstein @jaredb-econ.bsky.social and Daniel Posthumus delves into U.S. manufacturing's slide and what to do about it. Key insights: The 2000s China Shock tells only part of the story, and Trump tariffs will only make the underlying problem worse.
tinyurl.com/bbrmb28f
tinyurl.com/bbrmb28f
October 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
New paper from SIEPR's Jared Bernstein @jaredb-econ.bsky.social and Daniel Posthumus delves into U.S. manufacturing's slide and what to do about it. Key insights: The 2000s China Shock tells only part of the story, and Trump tariffs will only make the underlying problem worse.
tinyurl.com/bbrmb28f
tinyurl.com/bbrmb28f