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SIEPR senior fellow Hanno Lustig pointed to the role dollar-denominated investments - especially U.S. Treasury securities - play in providing global investors safe assets.

Tom Dee’s research found that ethnic studies classes in San Francisco helped struggling students earn higher grades and improve their school attendance.

Andrew Hall argues that the rise in polarization in politics derived to some extent from fewer moderates actually running for office.

Alvin Roth co-authors a piece that explains how changes to the organ donation system in the U.S. can save thousands of lives each year and billions in taxpayer dollars.

Michael Boskin discusses a wide range of economic issues in this podcast from The Federalist.

Research by Heidi Williams and Matthew Gentzkow maps how geography can affect the life expectancy of a person with average health.

Charles Kolstad comments on the impact of the EPA's new Affordable Clean Energy rule, which replaces the Obama-era Clean Power Plan.

Edward Lazear writes in The Wall Street Journal that while the economic recovery is nearing its end, a recession does not have to be imminent.

In an interview with NPR, Darrell Duffie explains why he thinks Facebook's new digital durrency will be more stable than Bitcoin and how it keeps them independent of the banks.

Gopi Shah Goda's research shows that those who are most at risk for exponential-growth bias contribute significantly less to their retirement accounts.

John Shoven says that cuts to Social Security needn't and shouldn't happen, but we have known about the problems for a long time and they have not been solved.

Amit Seru explains how shadow banks have taken over risky loans in areas where traditional banks have retreated.

With the help of Paul Milgrom, a group of four satellite companies has developed a plan for auctioning a spectrum in the C-Band.

A new report issued by the »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ Center on Poverty and Inequality details how economic trends are adversely affecting millennial in when it comes to their earnings, health [...]

An analysis of nearly 9,000 cases by Amit Seru and colleagues found that mandatory arbitration is a rigged system in favor of businesses.

Faculty Fellows Petra Persson & Maya Rossin-Slater show how a law in Sweden granting fathers flexible time off after a new baby has helped improve the postpartum health of mothers.

People with high incomes dominate employment-based health insurance, influencing a health system to be more geared to the interests of the wealthier, writes Victor Fuchs.

In The Wall Street Journal, Edward Lazear explains how a rising productivity gap in the U.S. contributes to wage inequality.

Paul Oyer and Susan Athey are featured in a piece that explores how Uber employs economists to analyze their data.

SIEPR Director Mark Duggan's research indicates the potential of less competitive contracts as the defense industry gets more concentrated.