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The Facebook filter bubble

March 26, 2021

Is social media making America more polarized?

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The top 10 percent through the ages

March 24, 2021

How unequal were the Middle Ages compared to today?

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The failure of “soft” affirmative action

March 22, 2021

Why didn’t the NFL’s Rooney Rule lead to more minority head coaches being hired?

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AEA Statement on Anti-Asian Violence and Discrimination

March 22, 2021

See statement by AEA leadership.

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How much do local leaders matter?

March 17, 2021

Christian Dippel discusses the Forty-Eighters and their role in the US antislavery movement.

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Spending now or saving for later

March 15, 2021

How do lump-sum severance payments affect consumption for laid-off workers?

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Bringing financial markets together

March 12, 2021

Securities are typically traded separately from one another. Would it be better to combine those transactions?

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Estimating Frisch elasticity

March 10, 2021

A temporary tax holiday in Switzerland offers insights into how workers adjust to income changes.

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Flexible decision-making and short-term forecasts

March 8, 2021

How valuable are long-run predictions?

Research Highlights Podcast

Supreme polarization

March 3, 2021

University of Chicago law professor Daniel Hemel discusses whether the nation’s highest court is facing a legitimacy crisis and, if so, what to do about it.