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Monika Piazzesi, the Joan Kenny Professor of Economics at Stanford University discusses the recent increases in inflation at the "In Conversation with SIEPR Scholars". Read more.

A new paper, " Medical Debt in the US, 2009-2020" finds the average medical debt to be highest among those living in the South and in lower-income communities.

The ASHEcon Medal is the biennial award for economists age 40 or under who have made the most significant contributions to the health economics field.

A new working paper, " Digital Addiction" by Matthew Gentzkow and his colleagues suggest that "self-control problems magnified by habit formation are responsible for 31% of social media use."

SIEPR Director Mark Duggan writes in The Hill that the Congressional Budget Office forecasts Social Security will run a deficit of $120 billion this year and if policymakers do not act soon, Social Security will be fully depleted by 2032. Read more.

Stanford economist, Nicholas Bloom recommends that managers should decide which days their team should WFH. Read more.

Economics Professor, Nicholas Bloom talks about today's changing workplace, the shift to a hybrid work schedule, and more on the Work from Anywhere podcast series .

Environmental and Resource Economics Professor, Lawrence Goulder writes in The Hill that "a carbon tax is inherently progressive, narrowing the income gap between rich and poor households. Beyond that, we find that it can potentially raise real

Based on a new study by Arun Chandrasekhar, Matthew Jackson, and their colleagues: Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham and Samuel Thau, "global problems, from climate change to financial crises to disease control, are hard to address without policy coordination

Economics Professor, Nicholas Bloom indicates that implementing a hybrid workweek may face some challenges such as in-person team collaboration. Read more.