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Character.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't Work

Americans who think it's best for men to earn the money while women stay home are more likely to support tariffs, a study of 16 years of US election data finds

The Economic Complexity of the Western Roman Empire

Nobel Prize in economics goes to Hall, Woodford for work on boom-bust cycles

Online nativists are exploiting middle-class economic worries to stir hate

IMF World Economic Outlook 2026 [pdf]

A Canadian modeling study projects that wildfires could cause over $2.1 trillion in cumulative economic and societal costs by 2100 under 3–4°C of global warming, reaching $43 billion annually by century’s end, while limiting warming to 2°C could substantially reduce these impacts.

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2026: Awarded to Robert E

US college athletes have historically been banned from receiving market wages

PhDs born to parents with graduate degrees tend to earn more in academia than 1st Gen PhDs

In 2010, China implemented a home-buying restriction policy whereby each family unit could only own a single unit

Economic policy for AGI

A new study finds India’s income and wealth inequality has surged since the 1980s, accelerating after 2000

A randomized study of 3,000 low-income Americans found that giving participants $1,000/month for 3 years reduced labor-force participation by 4.2 percentage points and work hours by ~1–2 hours/week

Xi pushes 'Greater BRICS' economic ties to give bloc larger global role

Using data from 10 countries, researchers find that the expansion of high-paying finance jobs is a major driver of rising geographic inequality, not simply the growth of big cities.

The Economics of Open-Weight Inference

The AI Build-Out Is Becoming the Biggest Economic Bet in U.S. History

A simple model of AI-aided economic growth

A study of the US corporate tax cuts finds they increased firms’ investment, sales, profits, employment and payroll

The AI Build-Out Is Becoming the Biggest Economic Bet in U.S. History

Working on Economics with Fable 5

What will our economic future look like?

The Curious Economics of Lab Monkeys

What reversing, modernising old games tells us about the economic impact of AI

Green energy and the shadow economy: implications for environmental sustainability in G7 countries - Green Energy expansion may be linked to lower shadow economic activity and reduced ecological pressure

A 450 year catch record shows the fishery that once funded medieval Europe's salted fish trade collapsed from climate shifts, overfishing and economics together, not any one cause.

Economics Nobel Laureates' Letter Supporting the California Billionaire Tax [pdf]

Labor unions have a positive spillover on nonunion labor, helping to raise the wages of all workers

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%

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