Pat and Jamie discuss the outrage over dynamic pricing as New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill looks to ban the practice of offering different prices to customers.

Joseph Stiglitz has a gift for turning classic market arguments on their head. In conversation with @durlauf.bsky.social, he frames the economy as a balancing act, with forces pulling and pushing it towards equilibrium. This tension, shaped by politics, drives inequality. Listen now → bit.ly/4bbnKe0

Tale of two petrostates. Data from @robbieandrew.bsky.social: robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/

Last night we welcomed Lina M. Khan, former FTC Chair, for an enlightening conversation with our own Paul Krugman, research professor in economics. Video of “Affordability, Antitrust, and Inequality” coming soon! Presented with @stone-lis.bsky.social (Photos: Matt Harvey)

Hereditary peers out of the Lords at long long last - delivering the rather simple principle that you don’t deserve a vote in Parliament by virtue of which family your were born into www.gov.uk/government/n...

This series of lectures on different aspects of New York City history @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social looks really interesting. www.gothamcenter.org/gothamed/adu...

Starting at 6:30pm this eve (NYC time). In-person is sold out, but the livestream ... unlimited capacity. Jointly hosted by @stone-lis.bsky.social and @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. We know that a lively conversation is in store. 👇👇👇

A more apt analogy for the taxation of America’s rich would be “the aristocracy of pre-revolutionary France, who were exempt from paying almost all taxes”, argues Ray Madoff in a guest essay

An excellent review of my "Great Global Transformation" by Philippe Cunliffe. Neoliberalism in One Country? | Compact www.compactmag.com/article/neol...

Tonight's class in Economics for Everyone @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social is about a core principle of economics. The case for free trade was made 200 years ago, and is based on David Ricardo's idea of comparative advantage. #TeachEcon milescorak.com/my-teaching/...

Neither theory, history or the latest data suggests a recession driven by AI job dislocation is likely, WSJ’s Greg Ip writes.

Basic economics at work! the distinction between the legal and the economic incidence of a tax, and between marginal and fixed costs. “Tariffs as levied added to marginal cost; tariff refunds have no effect on marginal cost. So you don’t expect them to be reflected in any give back to consumers”

Chrystia Freeland writes in this wide ranging essay that “appeasing a predatory hegemon doesn’t work. What does work … is using the bargaining chips you have, including retaliating when you are attacked.” But she doesn’t really know what comes next! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/o...

We’re pleased to announce a $10 million gift from the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation, which supports the work of @stone-lis.bsky.social www.gc.cuny.edu/news/10-mill... @cuny.edu

"I think the millennial dream went bust a long time ago." — @amil.bsky.social, author of “Life After Ambition: A Good Enough Memoir,” talks with @jeyantvo.bsky.social about the promise for millennials vs. the reality of trying to become successful, tonight at 8pm | Producer: @carrletta.bsky.social

"JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Monday that he was anxious over the U.S. economy, citing elevated asset prices and a competitive environment in banking that reminded him of the pre-2008 crisis years." www.cnbc.com/2026/02/23/j...

As snow continues to fall, a New Yorker was spotted skiing across the street in Downtown Brooklyn.

What happens when married couples work from home and the man does the online shopping? Shifting to remote work increases prices paid for groceries by about 1%

Once again demonstrating that understanding tax incidence is one of the more important things you get from studying economics.

@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social will host @drodrik.bsky.social as the next speaker in the Seminar in Applied Economics to discuss his just published @princetonupress.bsky.social book. DM me for a Zoom link to join us from 10:30 to noon on Tuesday February 24th. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

The elderly are physically and financially healthier than ever. So why do their needs keep taking priority over younger generations? writes Greg Ip.

The Stone Center’s latest work on class mobility is a must-read. Our team introduces a dynamic new framework to measure movement and class persistence across generations. Read the NBER working paper now.

The world’s middle powers are boosting cooperation in areas from trade to security in a bid to ensure they don’t become roadkill in the new world order.

Too many Americans are just not seeing the world as it is. Those “unfriendly” numbers should be a lot higher.

"... the belief that great ideas are entirely new. In practice, he argues, many innovations grow out of existing ones, often by borrowing or transplanting concepts from one field to another." www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

“The West is feeling its betrayal turn into rage. The world is waking up to both its vulnerability and its value. But better late than never: We’re all Canadian now.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...

Why did so many young people vote for Donald Trump in 2024? One hears this was about angry young men turning against an increasingly woke Democratic Party. Something deeper is going on: the young are unhappy, and they have largely lost trust in other people. open.substack.com/pub/eduardoe...

New paper in the American Economic Journal: "Among patients already admitted to the hospital when a ransomware attack begins, in-hospital mortality increases by 34–38 percent." www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Episode 2 of the Economics for Inclusive Prosperity podcast with Princeton University economist Atif Mian is live! Mian says record inequality is pushing US and world economies dangerously out of balance. "Distribution really matters," he says. Listen now! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

📢now forthcoming in ECMA! The Class Gap in Career Progression: Evidence from US Academia Class is rarely a focus of research or DEI in elite US occupations. Evidence suggests it should be: we find a large class gap in at least one occupation - tenure-track academia...🧵

Listen to @justinwolfers.bsky.social make a terribly articulate and acute assessment of what economic thinking has to say about the detrimental consequences of current US public policy. It is not about the likelihood of a recession in the near term, but the longer term impact on prosperity.

📅 Don't miss our symposium exploring Why Wealth Inequality Matters on Tuesday, January 27 from 1-5 PM EST. Register to join us in person at MIT or watch the livestream: shapingwork.mit.edu/events/why-w...

Last week marked 16 years since the Citizens United decision. The consequences for our politics have been disastrous. Billionaire spending has skyrocketed—and it’s no coincidence that economic policies ever since have overwhelmingly favored entrenched wealth over the working class.

“So even though I am still betting on the American future, I wouldn’t ask Mark Carney or any other leaders to simply keep the faith. I would just ask them to consider every step away from us in light of the potential destination and the powers waiting there.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

A great chart from @piie.com on how the relationship between hiring and unemployment has changed since the pandemic. Low unemployment no longer means increased hiring — that’s why the economy may feel great for some and terrible for others.

America definitely needs to make the wealthy pay their fair share, but California’s wealth tax proposal isn't the best option. I joined Emmanuel Saez and @crampell.bsky.social for an @nytopinion.nytimes.com roundtable to debate the merits of the plan. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/o...

JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project. Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months. Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.

GDP is an outdated way to measure economies says @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Read a review of her book The Measure of Progress @princetonupress.bsky.social 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb... She will speak @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social tomorrow at 6.30pm – details 👇 www.lse.ac.uk/events/the-m...

A new world order, eh?

Building your 2026 reading list? 📚 @durlauf.bsky.social shares five books guaranteed to shape your economic thinking → bit.ly/3Lu5XGl

“Dying on the hill of monetary policy independence is probably the right place to go out on.”

Restorations at the Museum of Modern Art’s ‘To Save and Project’ and Lincoln Center’s New York Jewish Film Festival offer a staggeringly eclectic selection of films, many of them little known. on.wsj.com/3Zd7VxX

Companies have been hit by a wave of chatbot-generated applications

The impact of AI on the labor market seen through the computational neuroscience lens 👇. Our Brookings paper is now posted on SSRN.

We are a nonprofit, building Our World in Data as a public good that's freely available to everyone. We just updated the list of people who have supported our work with a donation: ourworldindata.org/funding We are very grateful to each of you. Thank you so much!

Did you get your ticket yet? We're hosting three public forums across New York City to examine Mayor Zohran Mamdani's three central policy planks: housing, transportation, and child care. nysfocus.com/turning-plat...

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Trump’s attack on the Fed is a breathtaking departure from precedent,” writes Jason Furman, “a dangerous and scary power grab, but it’s already backfiring. If anything, this latest episode has weakened his ability to bend the institution to his will.”