Grocery bills are 猬嗭笍 33% since 2019, but that's only part of the story. Wages once grew much faster than food prices. Not anymore. SIEPR's Jared Bernstein (@econJaredB) did the math & explains on @NPR just how much ground food prices have gained on wages. Link馃憞#Affordability
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- We're all CFOs now. The case馃憞for personal finance education, from @Dr_AnnaLusardi, SIEPR senior fellow & director of the Stanford Initiative for Financial Decision-Making,We teach corporate finance because managing firm finances requires rigorous knowledge. But individuals today make decisions that CFOs once made: how much to save, how to invest, how to manage risk. They do this while navigating student loans, mortgages, and a complex financial
- Below, an eye-opening investigation into how prediction markets like @Kalshi & @Polymarket could sway elections. BusinessWeek's @liamvaughanBBG details how easily鈥攁nd cheaply鈥攂ets on candidates can be manipulated and misconstrued, featuring work by SIEPR's @ahall_research.猬囷笍
- 馃摙 Happening now! 馃摙 An @NPR conversation about the "annoyance economy," featuring SIEPR's @nealemahoney and @ChadMaisel of @Groundwork talking about the hidden costs of everyday hassles. Livestream馃憞
- Is AI taking jobs from software developers? A new SIEPR Policy Brief, featured recently in @FT, explains the data on what's actually going on with AI at work. One nugget: Coders & others highly exposed to AI are doing OK on the hiring front. Link馃憞


