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Anti-immigration policies often rest on the premise that immigrants worsen native-born employment and wages. This column uses data from 2000 to 2023 to estimate the
August 27, 2026
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CLimate Change
The voluntary carbon market was built on a single promise: that one credit cancels one tonne. Most scrutiny has asked whether that promise holds on
August 23, 2026
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Economy
Macroprudential policy has become a central pillar of the post-crisis regulatory framework, designed to limit systemic risk by restraining excessive credit growth, strengthening bank balance
August 23, 2026
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Innovation
Discussions on Japan’s ‘lost decades’ have long focused on sluggish demand and the survival of ‘zombie’ firms. However, new evidence from microdata suggests a fundamental
August 23, 2026
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Economy
Lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, and rare earth elements are reshaping global trade and great-power politics in ways reminiscent of the earlier scramble for natural resources.
August 20, 2026
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Innovation
If frontier AI models can be used to develop their next models, this may lead to an ‘intelligence explosion’ and give a large boost to
August 20, 2026
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Education
Today, 1.6 million more women than men are enrolled in four-year colleges and universities in the US. An emerging narrative holds that, as women increasingly
August 20, 2026
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Policy
Predictions of the effects of AI on the economy and society tend to focus on productivity growth, job losses, and shifts in the distribution of
August 19, 2026
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Education
Since 2010, a growing proportion of doctoral graduates have been taking jobs outside academia. This column explores where elite early-career economists work, using a dataset
August 19, 2026
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Finance
Safe government bonds enjoy a discount known as the convenience yield. When a government issues more debt, it erodes this discount for itself and for
August 17, 2026
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