Gas Tax Redux
…tax holiday. 3. Greg Mankiw received a note from Len Burman: Yesterday I was on the NewsHour to talk about the gas tax holiday. I asked if there was another…
…tax holiday. 3. Greg Mankiw received a note from Len Burman: Yesterday I was on the NewsHour to talk about the gas tax holiday. I asked if there was another…
…your new friend by name.? Well, as far as I can gather, the same thing happened on Wednesday to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner.? He gave?a talk at Brookings that was?all…
…to the latest B.L.S. data, the average annual earnings of full-time economists were $76,637, 85 percent higher than the national average of $41,231. In a 2001 Brookings survey of economists,…
…at Brookings has provided some very insightful commentary on the mortgage mess, and Marty Feldstein has offered a very well-thought-out plan. Economists like Karl Case and Robert Shiller can quite…
…families on one-way flights out of the country, often leaving half-finished survival bunkers behind them,” Paul Klement, an analyst with the Brookings Institute, told reporters Tuesday. This, meanwhile, is not…
…aren’t always so helpful. Consider the car seat: parents hate it, the safety data are unconvincing, and new evidence suggests an unintended consequence that is as anti-child as it gets….
…has had a busy day today on Twitter. Clearly, he flipped heads this morning. Here’s a sampling of what he’s been tweeting about: JustinWolfers Justin Wolfers Brookings lunch table discussion:…
…of a provocative and important study that?Valerie and?Garey Ramey will present at next week’s?Brookings Panel on Economic Activity. As new parents ourselves, juggling life with a?6 month old daughter (belated…
In the interest of not piling on, I was initially reluctant to mention this working paper, posted on the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies website, about the flaws in…
(Digital Vision) A Brookings report shows that for the first time, the share of working-age immigrants in the U.S. who have college degrees (29.6%) exceeds the share without a high…
I’ve just gotten back home after a terrific few days at the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity. It’s my favorite gabfest of the year, featuring economic analysis that is both…
Some big news: the White House has recently announced that the newest member of the Council of Economic Advisers will be my favorite economist, and a long-time friend of this…
In pursuit of a more perfect economy, we discuss the future of work, the toxic remnants of colonization, and whether giving everyone a basic income would be genius — or…
…it worth reassessing the evidence. We have re-analyzed all of the relevant post-war data, and also analyzed the particularly interesting new data from the Gallup World Poll. Last Thursday we…
…pollution, carbon emissions, congestion, accidents — and how one new strategy may be able to help: pay-as-you-drive (P.A.Y.D.) auto insurance. The strange truth is that most auto insurance in the…
…came out of their offices and talked. I enjoyed that day. Martin Baily, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and an adviser to the McKinsey Global Institute: Powerful new…
The pandemic moved a lot of religious activity onto the internet. With faith-based apps, Silicon Valley is turning virtual prayers into earthly rewards. Does this mean sharing user data? Dear…
…wage earnings 35 years later in a new research paper. “What a 1957 friend could do for you might be very different than what a 2009 friend can do for…
Also: what does your name say about who you are?…
Economists Melissa S. Kearney, who has appeared on this blog and our podcast before, and Phillip B. Levine have a new NBER paper (abstract; PDF) that looks at the influence…
Palliative physician B.J. Miller asks: Is there a better way to think about dying? And can death be beautiful?…
With abortion on the Nov. 5 ballot, we look back at Steve Levitt’s controversial research about an unintended consequence of Roe v. Wade….
As the Supreme Court considers overturning Roe v. Wade, we look back at Steve Levitt’s controversial research on an unintended consequence of the 1973 ruling….
Breaking news! Sources say American journalism exploits our negativity bias to maximize profits, and social media algorithms add fuel to the fire. Stephen Dubner investigates. (This is part of the…
The modern world overwhelms us with sounds we didn’t ask for, like car alarms and cell-phone “halfalogues.” What does all this noise cost us in terms of productivity, health, and…
We all know our political system is “broken” — but what if that’s not true? Some say the Republicans and Democrats constitute a wildly successful industry that has colluded to…
We’ve all heard the depressing numbers: when compared to kids from other rich countries, U.S. students aren’t doing very well, especially in math, even though we spend more money per…
In ancient Rome, it was bread and circuses. Today, it’s a World Cup, an Olympics, and a new Saudi-backed golf league that’s challenging the PGA Tour. Can a sporting event…
After Haiti’s devastating earthquake, Rajiv Shah headed the largest humanitarian effort in U.S. history. As chief economist of the Gates Foundation he tried to immunize almost a billion children. He…
