Measuring economic policy uncertainty matters a lot, says Financial Times. The relevant correlations are established in a 2016 study from SIEPR's Nick Bloom and Steve Davis.
The Wall Street Journal quotes SIEPR’s Erik Brynjolfsson on the “productivity paradox,” where improvements in AI capabilities haven’t led to a corresponding surge in productivity.
Uncertainty about how to fix a faltering home insurance market was one of several findings from the ˴Ƭ Institute for Economic Policy Research’s survey of California consumers