The latest
Capitalisn’t: Universal basic income—why and how?
Hosts Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales discuss how a UBI might work, and what concerns have made such a policy part of the national conversation in the US.
Capitalisn’t: The student debt crisis—There’s no such thing as a free college
A plain way to cut smoking rates
Research suggests a link between plain-packaging laws and declines in cigarette sales.
How should economics shape policy?
Chicago Booth and the University of Chicago’s Lars Peter Hansen and Kevin M. Murphy discuss the challenges of translating academic research into policy advice.
Latest from the Magazine
-
When students are matched to schools, who wins?
Economics is changing how public schools and students choose each other.
-
How to speed up the next medical breakthrough
Research is uncovering policies that can encourage for-profit innovators to tackle high-impact problems.
-
Sendhil Mullainathan says AI can counter human biases
The Roman Family University Professor of Computation and Behavioral Science at Chicago Booth explains why AI’s impact on equity will ultimately be a social question, not a technological one.
-
Overcome the odds to become a great boss
Remember that the people who work for you are human.
-
How low interest rates can hurt competition, and the economy
They help big companies more than small ones, depressing investment and productivity.
-
Why the big banks aren’t safe yet
Banking and accounting rules need to synch up.