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Internet Access And Its Implications For Productivity, Inequality, And Resilience

by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davisvia Becker Friedman Institute
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Moving to high-quality, fully reliable home internet service for all Americans would raise earnings-weighted labor productivity by an estimated 1.1% in the coming years, with implied output gains of $160 billion per year, or $4 trillion when capitalized at a 4% rate.

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Pacific Century: Considering Kim’s Korea: Kim Jong-un And Biden

with Andrei Lankov, Michael R. Auslin, John Yoovia The Pacific Century
Thursday, July 29, 2021

North Korea expert Andrei Lankov on what’s next in Pyongyang.

Analysis and Commentary

VW’s Dilemma In Xinjiang Shows How The West Is Headed For An Ethical Car Crash

by Timothy Garton Ashvia The Guardian
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Europe and the US are economically dependent on China now – and ‘change through trade’ is no longer on the cards

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Debt Relief And Economic Recovery

by Amit Seruvia PolicyEd
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Targeted household debt relief can effectively support the economy and accelerate economic recovery.

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Internet Access and its Implications for Productivity, Inequality, and Resilience

by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davisvia Economics Working Papers
Saturday, July 10, 2021

Economics Working Paper 21115

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Michael J. Boskin: Assessing The Federal Government’s COVID-19 Relief And Response Efforts And Its Impact

with Michael J. Boskinvia Hoover Daily Report
Thursday, July 29, 2021

Hoover Institution fellow Michael Boskin testifies on “Assessing the Federal Government’s COVID-19 Relief and Response Efforts and its Impact” before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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Let Me Work From Home, Or I Will Find Another Job

by Steven J. Davis, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloomvia VoxEu.org (Centre for Economic Policy Research)
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Employers in the US are grappling with whether and how to bring employees back to the office or other place of work. Using survey-based evidence, this column finds that four in ten Americans who currently work from home at least one day a week would seek another job if employers require a full return to business premises, and most workers would look favourably on a new job that offers the same pay with the option to work from home two or three days a week. 

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As Inflation And Government Debt Surge, Washington Is Ignoring Our Most Critical Economic Crisis

by Lee Ohanianvia The Hill
Monday, July 26, 2021

Economic crises of all sorts loom on the horizon, ranging from high and rising federal debt, to high and rising inflation, to unsustainably high and rising housing costs. But the most important crisis we currently face is one you never hear about: historically low labor productivity growth.

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Heat, Crime, And Punishment

by A. Patrick Behrer, Valentin Bolotnyyvia Economics Working Papers
Monday, July 26, 2021

Economics Working Paper 21114

Analysis and Commentary

James Heckman On Inequality And Economic Mobility

interview with Russ Robertsvia EconTalk
Monday, July 26, 2021

Economist and Nobel Laureate James Heckman of the University of Chicago talks about inequality and economic mobility with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Drawing on research on inequality in Denmark with Rasmus Landersø, Heckman argues that despite the efforts of the Danish welfare state to provide equal access to education, there is little difference in economic mobility between the United States and Denmark. 

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