An economic 'who done it' with a graphic reveal popping in pink!

The FT featured recent work from Chad Syverson, Ali Hortacsu, and co-authors trying to answer "Why Is Manufacturing Productivity Growth So Low?"

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Having a great time back in #SaudiArabia speaking at the Human Capability Initiative emphasizing the need for more collaborations between innovators, implementers, and researchers to advance both evidence-based policy and policy-based evidence.

#HCI2025 #BeyondReadiness

I'm very excited about this initiative and in particular the contributions of @beckerfriedman.bsky.social scholars especially Anders Humlum, as well as Michael Kremer
@devinnovationlab.bsky.social and John List @johnlist.bsky.social. More to come!

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Adam Green made salient that the university has been speaking to those of less power recently, but soon, very soon, the university will be speaking to an entity with more power, and how the university responds will go a long way in modeling the courage necessary for a genuine culture of free inquiry

The original members of the faculty committee that drafted The Chicago Principles gathered by the University of Chicago Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression to share how they came together a decade back, their experiences since, and what they missed the first time around.

Masked protesters greeted us in the wintery sleet with soggy flyers. Once in our seats, President Paul Alivisatos' opening sentence, "There is a crisis in free inquiry..." was punctuated with a few poignant boos as crisp dry flyers rained down and a few audience members stood in unison.

and how much farther we all have to go before every child will be able to learn, laugh, love and live up to their greatest potential.

At Harris School of Public Policy tonight Wioletta Dziuda, Steven Durlauf, Ryan Kellogg, and Lesley Turner are taking through key policy directions and implications of the new administration. Weighing what they are hoping for and are concerned about as we approach the inauguration.

Excited to be welcoming Mayor Brandon Johnson to the hot seat on campus here with the Institute of Politics at University of Chicago at the International House at the University of Chicago!

Before I sign-off for the holidays, I'll be doing an online sampler of the in-person, credential course I'll be teaching again this summer at UChicago Harris. har.rs/4eIn2F9