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Oct 14, 2024
Faculty Co-Directors Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson receive 2024 Nobel in economics
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January 2025
Places versus People: The Ins and Outs of Labor Market Adjustment to Globalization
Read more about Places versus People: The Ins and Outs of Labor Market Adjustment to GlobalizationAutomation, Inequality, and Productivity
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Tasks at Work: Comparative Advantage, Technology and Labor Demand
Read more about Tasks at Work: Comparative Advantage, Technology and Labor DemandAutomation, Inequality, and Productivity
March 2024
New Frontiers: The Origins and Content of New Work, 1940–2018
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Mar 31, 2025
New York Times: Tariff Gambit Bets Americans Will Swallow Higher Prices
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Feb 25, 2025
MIT Technology Review: A Nobel laureate on the economics of artificial intelligence
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Feb 3, 2025
WSJ: Manufacturing Towns Hit by the ‘China Shock’ Bounced Back. The Workers Didn’t.
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