Kevin Warsh, longtime @hooverinstitution.bsky.social fellow, will take over as Federal Reserve chair tomorrow. SIEPR's John Cochrane has a terrific piece on all that Warsh is up against in his new role. #Stagflation, anyone? Link👇

What happens when morality & markets collide? Things get complicated. In this Econ To Go episode, Nobel Prize-winning Stanford economist Alvin Roth talks moral economics – markets shaped not just by prices but by human values/beliefs. Think sex, drugs, surrogacy: siepr.stanford.edu/av/Econ-To-G...

🆕 Declines in student math and reading scores aren't just a pandemic phenomenon. Students started struggling long before 2020, according to a new report by SIEPR's Sean Reardon & researchers @harvard.edu, Dartmouth. Free link: tinyurl.com/2s4c3k53

Why does negative consumer sentiment persist and how do we revive it? The missing piece of the puzzle: tinyurl.com/udy6jppz. A new policy brief from former chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers @jaredb-econ.bsky.social and SIEPR predoctoral research fellow Daniel Posthumus.

📺 Just about everything you need to know about the #economy's mixed signals is in the short video below. SIEPR's @nealemahoney.bsky.social weighs in on the AI-fueled stock market, jobs, groceries, childcare, healthcare and more. ⬇️ #AI #Jobs #Childcare #Affordability #Healthcare #Inflation #EconSky

‪Mark your calendars! #StanfordDayofGiving is May 13–14, when gifts to SIEPR will be matched dollar for dollar up to $5,000. Help support our groundbreaking economics research and next-generation programs. Learn more: tinyurl.com/5n8ttrn7 #CardinalGives

⚠️Trump policies will squeeze average household budgets by more than $1,100 this year, per @siepr.bsky.social researchers👇. Middle-class hit hardest by gas prices & #tariffs despite OBBBA tax refunds. #EconSky

Do immigrants commit more crimes? Separating fact from fiction in the immigration debate is tricky, but not for Stanford economist Ran Abramitzky. In a new episode of Econ To Go, he discusses what 100+ years of data actually say about immigrants past and present: siepr.stanford.edu/av/Econ-To-G...

📵 This just in: results of the first large study of cell phone bans in U.S. schools, from SIEPR's Hunt Allcott, @tomdee.bsky.social and Matthew Gentzkow. Key findings + links to @nytimes.com exclusive + study ⬇️ #EducationPolicy

🥳 Congratulations to Maria Polyakova, SIEPR senior fellow + associate professor @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social, on winning the 2026 ASHEcon Medal, one of the highest honors in health economics! The award recognizes early-career economists for their significant contributions to the field. More👇

The fight over a proposed tax on California's billionaires is heating up, with reports today that the initiative is on track for a Nov. vote. ICYMI, we recently hosted a fiery debate on the pros/cons between SIEPR's Joshua Rauh and UC-Berkeley's Emmanuel Saez. Check it out👇

🧵Working families spend up to 33% of their income on formal #childcare. With cities and states leading efforts to address this #affordability challenge, we recently showcased some of their initiatives, incl. #freechildcare in #NewMexico, along w/important advances in research. Videos + recap below 👇

Let’s talk tariffs: They’ve been around forever, but rarely are they used to the extent we’re seeing today. In this episode of Econ To Go, @nealemahoney.bsky.social & Stanford trade economist @reddingecon.bsky.social unpack the tariff turmoil & how we're impacted: siepr.stanford.edu/av/Econ-To-G...

👀 Federal Chair nominee Kevin Warsh, whose Senate confirmation kicks off Tuesday, wants to shrink the #FederalReserve's $6.6 trillion balance sheet. Research in @brookings.edu from SIEPR's Darrell Duffie offers a roadmap for the reforms needed to do that w/o blowing up money markets. Details ⤵️

Political dysfunction is seeping into American capitalism, warns Amit Seru, Stanford professor and SIEPR senior fellow, in today's @nytimes.com. Trump's erratic policies are the key reason, but even Biden shoulders some blame. Free link 👇

Congratulations to SIEPR's Ran Abramitzky and 4 other @stanforduniversity.bsky.social scholars recognized by the Guggenheim Foundation for their trailblazing work! Abramitzky's research has debunked immigration myths and shed light on income inequality. More on these 2026 @guggfellows.bsky.social ⤵️

Thank you @aaronsojourner.org for joining us and for sharing your insights with the many policymakers in the room. It is, as you said, a "bold new world" in terms of what researchers can do to help governments design policies that work!

📢 Happening today starting 1pm Pacific time! SIEPR Policy Forum on how to make high-quality #childcare #affordable and accessible for American families — featuring insights from those leading the way in San Francisco, New Mexico and Vermont. Agenda & livestream in link 👇

In the #AI race to help us get more things done in less time, the couch is so far beating the cubicle. That's according to research by SIEPR's Michael Blank measuring how much GenAI tools like ChatGPT are boosting productivity at home. Read the news summary: tinyurl.com/bdvcc52p

If patients don’t trust doctors, the consequences for their health + the economy can be far-reaching. In a new episode of Econ To Go, @marcellaalsan.bsky.social, a Stanford physician-economist, shares her research on patient trust + the importance of remedying it. siepr.stanford.edu/av/Econ-To-G...

178,000 U.S. jobs were added in March, reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics today. Can the numbers be trusted? Listen as @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social, who President Trump abruptly fired as BLS chief last summer after a bad jobs report, answers that crucial question. tinyurl.com/bdenuy9m

🌎 It's been exactly one year since President Trump's "Liberation Day" declaration marked a major shift away from post-WWII global cooperation. A likely lasting impact: U.S. companies have fewer reasons to innovate, SIEPR's Steve Davis (also w/Hoover Institution) tells @politico.com. Read on 👇

🥳 Congratulations to @adrienbilal.bsky.social, SIEPR faculty fellow and assistant professor of economics, for his 2026 Best Young Economist Award from French media giant Le Monde. Bilal is being recognized for his research into the economic impacts of #climatechange: tinyurl.com/yxn328hw

Despite signs of strain, private credit funds moved one step closer to attracting #401K savings under a proposed rule released today by the Trump administration. Study👇 by SIEPR's Amit Seru is a must-read overview of the ~$2T market for #privatecredit funds. #RetirementPlanning.

‼️ The U.S. is responsible for $10T in global economic damages due to climate change since 1990, making it the No. 1 contributor to global losses from rising temps: @nature.com study from SIEPR's @marshallburke.bsky.social, Solomon Hsiang & others. Details in links👇 #ClimateCrisis

Gas prices and tax refunds go hand in hand. When the cost of the first goes up, the payoff from the other goes down. A new analysis by SIEPR's @nealemahoney.bsky.social, @jaredb-econ.bsky.social, Caleb Brobst and @weakinstrument.bsky.social explaining this effect is causing quite a stir. Read on👇

From @jaredb-econ.bsky.social and colleagues from @siepr.bsky.social. Any supposed tax benefit from the megabill is going to get swallowed up by the spike in gas prices. (see next tweet for link)

Erika McEntarfer’s firing as Bureau of Labor Statistics chief upset leaders across the political spectrum. In this episode of Econ To Go, @nealemahoney.bsky.social talks with @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social about her exit & the urgent challenges in real-time data collection. Link: tinyurl.com/bdenuy9m

👇 Here's evidence that both sides of the gun ownership debate might find common ground beyond their mutual desire to feel safe, courtesy of SIEPR's @marcellaalsan.bsky.social and coauthors. #GunControl #GunViolence

As fears of an #AI jobs apocalypse grow, SIEPR's @erikbryn.bsky.social (also @stanforddel.bsky.social) shed light at our recent Economic Summit on what's happening in the #labormarket today and offered this encouragement: Humans still have a comparative advantage over machines. He explains in link 👇

⛽️Surging gas prices are taking a bite out of President Trump's promised tax refunds promised, and could devour the largest checks. The math in link 👇, courtesy of SIEPR's @nealemahoney.bsky.social, @jaredb-econ.bsky.social, Caleb Brobst and @weakinstrument.bsky.social. #GasPrices #Affordability

SHP's & @siepr.bsky.social's Maria Polyakova compares physician income in the U.S., Canada, Sweden and the Netherlands. U.S. doctors earn significantly more than their foreign counterparts—but that's largely because Americans across the board earn more. healthpolicy.fsi.stanford.edu/news/examini...

The steep ⬇️ in U.S. public school enrollment during the pandemic has not reversed, SIEPR's @tomdee.bsky.social tells @theguardian.com in a fascinating story about the difficult. choices cash-strapped schools now face. "There are no free lunches," Dee says. Link 👇 #PublicEducation #EduSky

This just in: Our recent SIEPR Economic Summit featured a spirited debate over the proposed Calif. "billionaire tax" between 2 experts who know the pros/cons better than anyone: SIEPR Senior Fellow Joshua Rauh and UC Berkeley prof Emmanuel Saez. You don't want to miss this! Video👇 #BillionaireTax

Making waves: Data ➡️ 70% of companies globally actively use #AI, but no impact YET on hiring or productivity. Another tidbit: Workers expect AI to boost near-term hiring; their bosses don't. More insights in @voxeu.org from SIEPR's @nickbloom.bsky.social & Steve Davis, w/coauthors.👇 #EconSky

Stablecoins: neither stable nor a coin. In this episode of Econ To Go, @nealemahoney.bsky.social talks w/ Amit Seru, finance prof. at Stanford GSB, about the future of money & how best to embrace innovations like stablecoins without undermining trust in the financial system ➡️ tinyurl.com/37d26nwz

[email protected], SIEPR senior fellow and director @stanforddel.bsky.social, on AI & the economy at the 2026 Economic Summit: Society can achieve widely shared prosperity if there's a division of labor between #AI and humans. Full Summit coverage, including videos, coming soon!

Mario Draghi, former @ecb.europa.eu president, captivated an audience of 500+ at today's SIEPR Economic Summit as he offered insights, incl. into why the U.S. & European economies have proven resilient (to different degrees) despite "a very intense time full of shocks." Stay tuned for story+video!

The future of #HigherEd amid federal funding cuts and #AI's disruption was the focus of a SIEPR Economic Summit panel today. Many thanks to our speakers: Rich Lyons, UC-Berkeley; Christina Paxson, Brown U.; John Karl Scholz, Univ. of Oregon; and John Hennessy, fmr Stanford president. More to come!

At our 2026 Economic Summit, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan took the stage to talk about his career, winning over President Trump, and strengthening Intel to lead in an #AI world. "I think we can get there," Tan said. Stay tuned for more from today's event! #ArtificialIntelligence #Intel

SIEPR director @nealemahoney.bsky.social has kicked off our marquee event, the 2026 Economic Summit, where leaders from business, gov't and academia are weighing in on a range of urgent issues — from higher ed's future to Calif.’s proposed “billionaire tax” to AI & the economy. More to come!

🙌 Congratulations to Daniel Ho, SIEPR senior fellow and RegLab director @law.stanford.edu on receiving the Roland Prize from the Haas Center for Public Service @stanforduniversity.bsky.social for engaging students in his work with gov't agencies to address real-world challenges! 🥳Details in link👇

"The Bay Area is ground zero for our [country's] affordability crisis." Listen as @nealemahoney.bsky.social, SIEPR director, and Abigail Sanchez, SIEPR pre-doc, shed light on the region's high cost of living, part of @kqedforum.bsky.social's new "How We Get By" series. Link👇 #affordability #prices

At SIEPR, helping shape economic policies that improve lives is core to our mission. So is recognizing those making a deep impact. We are proud to announce that Mario Draghi, fmr European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu president, is our 2026 SIEPR Prize recipient! Find out more 👇 tinyurl.com/3h4my3he

Online subscriptions are a money suck. In our latest Beat the Clock challenge, SIEPR Director @nealemahoney.bsky.social sums up in 90 seconds his research showing just how much we spend for subs we don’t actually want, and one step that would help us cut back. More in the series: shorturl.at/w7ieF

How has remote work changed the way we live/work? What’s here to stay? In the 1st episode of Econ To Go, SIEPR’s @nealemahoney.bsky.social chats w/ Stanford economist @nickbloom.bsky.social, leading expert on WFH, to unpack how remote work is redefining our lives: siepr.stanford.edu/av/Econ-To-G...

What if you could walk Stanford’s campus alongside leading minds as they unpack the ideas shaping the economy, business and public policy? Introducing Econ To Go — our new video podcast launching Tues. 2/24. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!

👏 Congratulations to SIEPR's Juliane Begenau and @shoshievass.bsky.social, both also @gsb.stanford.edu, on their 2026 Sloan Research Fellowships, in recognition of their accomplishments as next-generation economists! See news story 👇 #SloanFellows #AcademicResearch #EconSky

Becky Lester, a SIEPR senior fellow, loves taxes — and you might (even just a little bit), too, once you hear her describe in 90 seconds why she’s passionate about her research into the taxes businesses pay. A sneak peek: They influence where the jobs are.

The recent inflation spike has mostly subsided, but we're still learning about its effects, including this new insight from @nickbloom.bsky.social and co-authors: U.K. data show that many companies set prices differently than they did before. Check out their @voxeu.org research summary. 👇