Lars Peter Hansen and Kevin M. Murphy discuss how data can inform policymaking.
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A look at the trade-offs we face in regulating behavior during the pandemic.
Some Basic Economics of COVID-19 Policy Read More
Research is uncovering policies that can encourage for-profit innovators to tackle high-impact problems.
How to Speed Up the Next Medical Breakthrough Read More
Fifteen well-paying jobs that we think are likely to grow the most between now and 2024.
15 Middle-Class Jobs That Can’t Be Automated—a CBR Thought Experiment Read More
While the US workforce-participation rate languishes near historic lows, many employers complain they are having a tough time finding qualified workers to fill open positions.
Can Data Help Companies and Workers Find Each Other? Read More
Former US Secretary of the Treasury and Harvard professor Larry Summers joined MacArthur fellow and Chicago Booth professor Kevin M. Murphy to discuss growth prospects for the US economy.
Four Common-Sense Ideas for Economic Growth: Larry Summers Read More
University of Chicago’s Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics brought Thomas Piketty of the Paris School of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Steven Durlauf, and Chicago Booth’s Kevin M. Murphy together to discuss the factors and mechanisms driving income inequality in the US.
Why Has Inequality Grown in the US? Read More
Becker’s analysis would extend the reach of economics, and completely reshape the field—and social-science research in general, but it took decades to do so.
How Gary Becker Saw the Scourge of Discrimination Read More
Inequality may be the economic issue of the moment, but the theme has long preoccupied economists.
How Piketty Is Wrong—and Right Read More