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Revisiting immigration’s effect on US wages and employment

Anti-immigration policies often rest on the premise that immigrants worsen native-born employment and wages. This column uses data from 2000…

1 week ago

An autopsy of the voluntary carbon market

The voluntary carbon market was built on a single promise: that one credit cancels one tonne. Most scrutiny has asked…

2 weeks ago

Macroprudential policy may curb innovation – but instrument choice matters

Macroprudential policy has become a central pillar of the post-crisis regulatory framework, designed to limit systemic risk by restraining excessive…

2 weeks ago

Japan’s productivity transformation: From within-firm stagnation to market-driven reallocation

Discussions on Japan’s ‘lost decades’ have long focused on sluggish demand and the survival of ‘zombie’ firms. However, new evidence…

2 weeks ago

The scramble for critical minerals: An old curse in a new world

Lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, and rare earth elements are reshaping global trade and great-power politics in ways reminiscent of the…

2 weeks ago

AI feedback loops and the conditions for explosive growth

If frontier AI models can be used to develop their next models, this may lead to an ‘intelligence explosion’ and…

2 weeks ago

The marriage squeeze: How the college gender gap is reshaping who marries whom

Today, 1.6 million more women than men are enrolled in four-year colleges and universities in the US. An emerging narrative…

2 weeks ago

How the rise of AI matters for fiscal policy

Predictions of the effects of AI on the economy and society tend to focus on productivity growth, job losses, and…

2 weeks ago

Expanding opportunities: Economics PhD placement in the 21st century

Since 2010, a growing proportion of doctoral graduates have been taking jobs outside academia. This column explores where elite early-career…

2 weeks ago

Safe debt financing: International spillovers and the benefits of fiscal policy coordination

Safe government bonds enjoy a discount known as the convenience yield. When a government issues more debt, it erodes this…

3 weeks ago