This paper is officially forthcoming at AEJ: Applied! “The effects of DNA databases on the deterrence and detection of offenders,” joint work with Anne Sofie Anker & @r_landersoe. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10… Here is a thread describing what we do and what we find:

In my latest Forbes piece I discuss a recent NBER paper that examines ways to boost growth and reduce deficits. More #housing, #immigration and reducing #permitting times would help! Zachary Liscow forbes.com/sites/adammill…

A new paper by coauthored Professor Zachary Liscow has ideas to boost economic growth and reduce deficits. Forbes looks at three. forbes.com/sites/adammill…

BREAKING: Just minutes before midnight, Senate Republicans have released the full text of their proposed "Big Beautiful Bill" version. 940 pages. I'm digging in . Here's text: budget.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/… Here's one-pager: budget.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

CEA's $5.5 trillion estimate of primary deficit reduction is up to $9 trillion off. Including tariffs and deregulation, the agenda actual adds $2.2 to $3.5 trillion to primary deficits. A short thread on some problems I think I found...

I am excited to announce that I am starting a new position this week as Chief Economist at the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. I'll be on leave from the University of Chicago. The usual disclaimer applies: Any views I express here are not intended to reflect the

🚨 Calling transit policy experts: IFP is seeking actionable, technically sound ideas to reform federal transit policy. Selected proposals will get a $2,000 honorarium + support to turn your idea into a full memo. Details: ifp.org/call-for-propo…

What can the US government do to make the economy grow faster, and could it grow fast enough to outrun the national debt? NEW from NPR's NPR's Planet Money, Tobin Center Faculty Advisor Zachary Liscow discusses federal deficits and economic growth: npr.org/2025/07/02/125…

Announcing the #ASSA2026 Distinguished Lecturer, Leah Boustan of Yale University. She will be speaking on her work related to migration, assimilation, and economic opportunity.

The Abundance and Growth Fund at Open Philanthropy is hiring! We’re looking for 2-4 people to help expand this new $120+ million program to accelerate economic growth and reduce the cost of living through strategic grantmaking and research. (1/4) openphilanthropy.org/research/annou…

I'm hiring a Director of Housing!! Come help us develop creative approaches to increase housing supply. In my completely unbiased opinion, we're doing really exciting & impactful work on one of the most critical policy issues of our time. Join our team! linkedin.com/jobs/view/4265…

Grateful to Open Philanthropy and NBER for continuing to support this program, which aims to encourage young scholars to pursue research on the economics of innovation and innovation policy. I'll co-teach tomorrow with Jeff Kling on the budget analysis of productivity policies.

Great opportunity on improving permitting and licensing processes linkedin.com/posts/administ…

🎉 Announcing the 2nd Yale Municipal Research Conference! 📅 November 1, 2025 📝 Submission deadline: September 12, 2025 🔗 Submit: forms.gle/sRWkEt4EbosRNL… Seeking research on: · Municipal reporting, debt, tax policy (More details in the screenshot) Please share widely! 🔄

New from me today: US exporters -- particularly those with significant research expenses and domestic factories -- scored a big win in the tax law. Link below.

I am on the legal academic job market! My job talk paper is on how courts in tax, corporate, and bankruptcy law spheres value business interests systematically differently, such that the same asset is "worth" different amounts of money depending on the substantive underlying law.

Join us in welcoming Leah Boustan to Yale! She joins as a Professor of Economics and Director of the Economic History Program at Yale Economic Growth Center. Learn more about her background and research in Yale University EGC's latest Faculty Spotlight: egc.yale.edu/research/leah-…

Andrew has an impressive JMP on how different areas of the law conduct valuation - and how they can learn from each other (for example, tax law learning from corporate law). He has other great papers too. Some school will be lucky to have him!

not a bad group

Liberalism deserves better.