In the largest double-blind randomized trial of its kind involving 1,000 healthy men aged 18–45, researchers found testosterone administration does not alter risk-taking or generosity, as participants made the same economic choices as those who received a placebo.

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025: Awarded to Joel Mokyr "for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress" and Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt "for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction."

The (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh

Electronic medical records save lives

British workhouses were founded and sustained on wealth derived from slavery, study shows

Mothers of daughters face larger post-birth earnings and employment penalties than mothers of sons, according to new study

An Unresponsive Public Is Undermining Government Economic Data

Expanding Economic Opportunity with AI

New research shows human-caused climate change has already led to millions of deaths, illnesses, and economic losses worldwide

Our economic outlook is a classic case of "bad news hits harder." A study shows we react much more strongly to negative financial shocks than positive ones.

Economics of sportsbooks and why they ban the best bettors

Young America faces an economic crisis

Americans Lose Faith That Hard Work Leads to Economic Gains, WSJ-NORC Poll Finds

Show HN: Economic Curves Simulator: Armey and Laffer

Microsoft Hikes US Xbox Prices Citing Economic Environment

LLM Inference Economics from First Principles

Uber's use of surge pricing increases total welfare (relative to a uniform pricing counterfactual in which Uber sets the overall price level)

Economics of Tech Debt

On the weird economics of semiconductors and GenAI

The Economic Impacts of AI: A Multidisciplinary, Multibook Review [pdf]

During the brief period in which TikTok was banned in the US, Meta (Facebook) substantially benefitted from increased traffic and ad spending

AI's Economic Boost Isn't Showing Up in US GDP, Goldman Says

Double major: Business vs. Economics (with Computer Engineering)

Why Americans Under 30 Are So Miserable

Across 24 developed democracies, there is a systematic pattern whereby economic crises tend to disproportionately favor the right

In response to increased tax rates, high-income earners often threaten to leave

In 2022, New York City enacted a de facto ban on short-term rentals (e.g. Airbnb)

Political parties on both the left and right ignore existing economic inequality, finds a study of 12 democratic OECD countries (including the US) over the past 50 years

The Folk Economics of Housing

Researchers At CRL Find That Black and Latino Communities Are Being Disproportionately Targeted By Payday Loans, with APRs as High as 700% and Over $8.1 Billion Lended

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