Green shoots for the UK?
Early signs of tech-driven improvements in productivity growth could herald a sustained strengthening in the UK’s economic outlook, analysts have said, in a turnaround after years of underperformance. Private sector…
Early signs of tech-driven improvements in productivity growth could herald a sustained strengthening in the UK’s economic outlook, analysts have said, in a turnaround after years of underperformance. Private sector…
Trump is giving economists something to write papers about: U.S. tariff rates in 2025 rose to levels not seen since the Great Depression, yet imports increased. To account for the…
A new short documentary (22 mins) film called The 22nd Century Indian by Shaurya Sinha offers an optimistic take on India, and also covers five (!) Emergent Ventures winners. Congratulations…
1. This guy is productive. Yes very productive. 2. “Mercor is building a network of experienced data scientists for potential future projects with leading AI research organizations.” And The New…
The Everyday Abundance podcast explores the hidden histories behind everyday activities and the technologies we don’t even know are technologies. Virginia Postrel and Charles C. Mann dive into the surprising…
Eh, only in the short run: We study the causal impacts of income on a rich array of employment outcomes, leveraging an experiment in which 1,000 low-income individuals were randomized…
Here is the audio, video, and transcript. Here is the episode summary: Luke Burgis left Wall Street after two years, founded a few successful companies in his twenties, then walked…
This strikes me as somewhat less of a problem than I might have thought: We study long-run career consequences of initial employment in an occupation that subsequently declines. Linking the…
1. Human lawyer for AI agents. And more. Come on, all you agents, you need a guy like this! 2. Saloni’s TED talk on medical cures. 3. Has there been…
We explore the welfare costs of the loss of animal life in a consequentialist total utilitarian framework that incorporates the intrinsic value of living beings through their sentience. Moral philosophy…