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What our Facebook network reveals about us

August 27, 2018

Geographic dispersion of friends provides insights into social and economic activity.

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Trade or technology?

June 27, 2018

Explaining the decline of US manufacturing

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Economics (in space!)

May 30, 2018

Economists are well positioned to study the commercialization of space.

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Taking smart chances

May 23, 2018

The AEA interviews David Huffman about how a person’s cognitive ability relates to their taste for risk.

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Data visualization for economists

March 23, 2018

An interview with Jonathan Schwabish

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Does a tradeoff between inflation and unemployment exist?

February 23, 2018

Revisiting Milton Friedman can shed light on today’s economic questions.

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Slowing down the population boom

December 20, 2017

How family planning efforts reduced fertility rates after World War II.

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Breaking down Brexit

December 11, 2017

Leaving the EU will cost the UK.

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A better way to feed the poor

December 6, 2017

A national nonprofit develops a more efficient system to allocate food donations.

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From RCT to Policy

November 29, 2017

Scaling up RCTs involves countless challenges. One NGO overcame all of them.