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A USAID project gave cash to 300 farms in Liberia and Malawi, then tracked how the money impacted those households over the next 2 years

A large experiment finds that removal of noncompete clauses increases labor mobility between competing firms by 36–52% and raises workers’ total earnings by 12–17%

Using data from 1978 to 2014, it was found that austerity measures significantly increased wage and earnings inequality both in short and medium run in OECD countries

More than a fifth of all “austerity generation” British children have been scarred by poverty for at least half their childhood, a direct legacy of the welfare benefit cuts imposed by Conservative governments in recent years…

Dutch bank: Extreme heat could wipe out Dutch, EU economic growth this year

Enshittification Relies on Broken Economic Math

Working on Economics with Fable 5

Something is changing in the unit economics of software

75% of European businesses fear a US tech Kill Switch as much as a ransomware attack — switching off US cloud and services could deal an economic death blow…

The costs of the Trump tariffs are borne by Americans – Contrary to the claims of the Trump administration, the passthrough rate of the 2025 Trump tariffs into prices were 92%, resulting in higher costs for US consumers and manufacturers who rely on imported inputs…

America is building 3,000 data centers. The economics aren't as great as they seem

One in five adults born very premature face lasting economic and social struggles

Zoning reform in Sao Paulo to permit dense housing construction along transit corridors led to more housing supply and lower housing prices

We published a new topic page on economic inequality

Agent swarms and the new model economics

Economists say 'we must act now' on AI's economic impact and job displacement

The Economic Benefit of Refactoring

“We Must Act Now”: Sixteen Nobel Laureates Join Leading Economists and AI Researchers in Call to Prepare for AI’s Economic Transformation

In Over 35 Years of Economic Growth, China’s Youth Have Grown Taller, and Fatter

The Most Important Cheque in Economics

AI is creating economic winners, says IMF

Study finds that unionization increased average faculty salaries with the biggest gains going to lower paid faculty with little evidence that universities hired fewer faculty after unionization using Canadian university faculty data from 1970–2022.

Analysis of nearly 60,000 disaster records finds that 91.5% of Brazilian municipalities experienced at least one climate-related disaster between 1991 and 2024, causing more than 4,700 deaths, 129 million affected people and over $123 billion in economic losses.

The Economics of Recursive Self-Improvement [pdf]

AI changes the economics of software rewrites

Some Simple Economics of AGI

Climate adaptation is saving businesses and homes from immediate losses but heavily deepening social inequalities, a 47-year economic review warns

AEJ study: The H2-B visa program, intended for temporary or seasonal low-skill labor, boosts production, investment, and profits

Ten years on, Brexit's economic impact is becoming clearer

as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity climbed sharply in 2025, employment among foreign-born women fell in formal, highly visible childcare centers…

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