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What's best for the baby

April 6, 2018

The AEA interviews Maya Rossin-Slater and Petra Persson about the long-term impact of maternal stress during pregnancy.

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Understanding the economic brain

April 2, 2018

What can economics and social neuroscience learn from one another?

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Informing physicians

March 28, 2018

Would doctors prescribe different medications if they knew how much people had to pay for them?

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Data visualization for economists

March 23, 2018

An interview with Jonathan Schwabish

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Coarse Grades

March 19, 2018

Crude measures of quality are sometimes better for consumers.

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Cite your sources

March 14, 2018

What can economists’ citations tell us about the field?

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"Sand castles before the tide"

March 9, 2018

How can America's most expensive cities keep themselves affordable?

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Learning to cheat

March 5, 2018

A high school program designed to promote learning incentivized cheating as well.

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Process of assimilation

February 28, 2018

An interview with Leah Boustan about immigrant earnings, assimilation, and policy

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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.