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The Hill - Smart meter monitoring can help conserve water, but not without a fight, researchers find; Prof. Michael Greenstone comments on tools to monitor and decrease water use

WSJ - The Inflation Reduction Act Comes for Medicare; In Op-ed, Prof. Casey B. Mulligan discusses the Inflation Reduction Act's impact on Medicare

NYT - Beijing Is Tackling Air Pollution. Why Can't New Delhi?; Prof. Michael Greenstone discusses air pollution in India and the conflicting goals of economic growth and regulating pollution

Bloomberg - China's Censors Allow Environmental Criticism to Flourish Online; Prof. Michael Greenstone comments on his researching finding social media appeals affecting pollution policy

Prof. Lester G. Telser, pioneering economist and generous teacher, 1931–2022

Alum and scholar of core theory was part of UChicago community for decades Lester G. Telser, a pioneering figure in economics who studied and taugh...

The Economist - Why economists are flocking to Silicon Valley; Prof. John List says tech companies offer many of the benefits of a university career without the "publish or perish" culture

Washington Post - The U.S. has a new climate law. Now comes the hard part; Op-ed quotes Prof. Michael Greenstone on past American climate inaction

Bloomberg - Fed's Soft Landing Hinges on Job Market Doing Something Strange; Prof. Robert Shimer discusses unemployment and labor supply

SSD Welcomes 9 New Faculty

Yuting Dong Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of History Assistant Professor beginning July 1, 2023 As a historian of modern Japan and East ...

Research shows how partisanship undermines the effectiveness of public policy

Partisan opposition to the ACA caused higher costs and less efficient healthcare markets By Sarah Steimer Partisan polarization has increas...