I am very pleased to share this announcement of our new center at MIT. David Autor, Simon Johnson and I are grateful to the Stone Foundation for their generous support enabling us to study two defining challenges of our age: inequality and the future of work.

I was lucky to part of this amazing group exploring Oklahoma's plans for future economic resilience given its heavy reliance on the oil and gas industry. Here's our summary report (1/3) cdn.prod.website-files.com/65f9f863036e7b…

2025 AEA Summer Training program is urgently seeking PhD economists to volunteer as mentors. Each mentor will be paired with two scholars. Mentors are expected to remotely attend all mentoring sessions on: June 6, June 10, June 20, June 27, July 1 & 3rd. howard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0C…

Of all the Trump admin's health and environmental cuts, ending air quality data sharing from U.S. embassies ranks among the most short-sighted. In some countries, these provide the only reliable pollution data source. More here: bit.ly/4jaljKV #airpollution #health

Happy to welcome Laura Alfaro as our new Chief Economist and Economic Counselor. A leading voice in research and public policy, Laura joins us as we advance IDBImpact+ and place research and knowledge at the center of our strategy—shaping public debate and embedding research in

Congratulations, Brigitte Castañeda Economía Uniandes, on your great work and this well-deserved achievement! 👏🏻👏🏻 It was a pleasure -- and a true intellectual treat -- to be part of your Ph.D. thesis #committee. Now let’s get those great papers out! 💪🏻👩🏻‍🎓

🏭 Just accepted 🏭 in JAERE: "Measures against carbon leakage – combining output-based allocation with consumption taxes" by Christoph Böhringer, Knut Einar Rosendahl, and Halvor Briseid Storrøsten Read it here: buff.ly/XMTeBde

Good morning to NBA Champion, Lu Dort 🔱 📸 NBA

New RFF research shows that utility-scale solar can give new economic opportunities to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, which produces oil & gas. Daniel Raimi explains the relationship between Native nations, energy sovereignty & the transition toward clean energy sources. ⬇️

People know CO₂, but mention #methane (CH₄) and things get hazy. We hit the streets to find out what people really know about this potent climate pollutant. 👀 The results? Eye-opening. Methane causes nearly 1/3 of today’s warming, and is one of our fastest opportunity for

Que lo que vale, tenga precio. Que el precio refleje su valor. Es el ABC de la economía. Hoy en LA NACION escribí sobre por qué importa que la captura de carbono -- natural o tecnológica -- tenga precio. En su totalidad, no solo en su adicionalidad👉🏻🔗 bit.ly/45NaJqh

On Friday, June 20 we lost contact with our methane-measuring satellite. Despite considerable efforts we were unable to reestablish contact. This morning we learned that the satellite has lost power, and it is anticipated to be unrecoverable. The MethaneSAT mission has been a

Last year, researchers launched a crucial methane-sensing satellite capable of pinpointing emissions of the potent greenhouse gas. Now MethaneSAT has lost power and is “likely not recoverable” newscientist.com/article/248663…

Opinion: Methane mitigation could be Canada's next growth industry by Juan Moreno-Cruz edmontonjournal.com/opinion/column… via Edmonton Journal

Thanks for choosing Environmental Defense Fund as the recipient of your $93.4k winnings, Josh Gad !