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"The curse of bigness"

August 30, 2019

The AEA interviews Naomi Lamoreaux about the history of Americans' response to dominant companies.

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JEP in the classroom

August 2, 2019

The AEA interviews managing editor Tim Taylor about helping college professors find articles for their syllabuses.

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China's embrace of robots

June 5, 2019

The world's second largest economy has become a global leader in its adoption of robotic technology.

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Tech: economists wanted

March 15, 2019

An interview with Susan Athey and Michael Luca about the mutual influence between economics and the tech sector.

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Pinpointing the gender problem in economics

March 4, 2019

Female economists place at lower-ranked departments out of graduate school and are less likely to be promoted.

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What are the economic impacts of a warming Earth?

December 17, 2018

Policymakers make wide-ranging assumptions when determining the social costs of climate change.

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Helping the "missing middle"

December 3, 2018

Lifting people out of extreme poverty will require more than giving poor countries money.

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More than a paycheck

August 29, 2018

The AEA interviews Stephan Meier about the nonmonetary rewards of work.

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What our Facebook network reveals about us

August 27, 2018

Geographic dispersion of friends provides insights into social and economic activity.

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Trade or technology?

June 27, 2018

Explaining the decline of US manufacturing