Research Highlight Making economics transparent and reproducible November 16, 2018 The AEA interviews Ted Miguel about the credibility of economics.
Chart of the Week State-unbuilding November 14, 2018 The Taliban recognized the importance of elections and made them a primary target.
Announcement AEA Climate Survey November 14, 2018 NORC at the University of Chicago is conducting a survey on behalf of the American Economic Association (AEA) about the professional climate in economics.
Research Highlight Shadow business November 12, 2018 How many cartels exist and how important is competition policy to reining them in?
Member Announcement AEA Member Survey on Professional Climate November 12, 2018 View member announcement from November 12, 2018.
Recommendations for Further Reading Housing inventories, the Kerner Commission Report, and plastic waste November 9, 2018 Reading recommendations from Timothy Taylor, managing editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives
Announcement 2018 China International Conference in Economics November 8, 2018 The CICE will be held in Beijing from December 13 - 16, 2018.
Research Highlight The heroin balloon November 7, 2018 A push to make prescription opioids more difficult to abuse touched off a surge of heroin deaths.
Chart of the Week A shock to civility November 5, 2018 When liberalized trade caused foreign competition to increase in Brazil, crime went up, too.
Research Highlight Fragile innovation November 2, 2018 This video explains how financial innovation helped cause the 2008 financial crisis.
