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The economic consequences of the second Trump administration: A preliminary assessment @GaryGensler @baselinescene @upanizza @bweder ow.ly/XMzZ50WbrAk

Too fast to adjust: Adoption speed and the permanent cost of AI transitions Eduardo Levy Yeyati @eduardoyeyati @UTDT_Gobierno @CEPEDiTella ow.ly/iaEU50Ywbkl

Tall buildings lead to more compact and productive cities Gabriel Ahlfeldt @Ahlfeldt @HumboldtUni @LSEEcon @BSE_Berlin, Nathaniel Baum-Snow @rotmanschool, Remi Jedwab @ElliottSchoolGW @GWUEconomics @NYUMarron ow.ly/lp6e50YwbjW

The EU's new fiscal rules: First gaps between hopes and outcomes Pieter Hasekamp & Martin Larch @EFB_EU ow.ly/b3Ik50YvH1T

Forward-looking labour supply: Lessons from Poland’s pension reform Eric French @Cambridge_Uni @TheIFS, Attila Lindner @attilalindner @EconUCL @ucl, Cormac O’Dea @Yale, Tom Zawisza @OECD @oecdeconomy ow.ly/mT0l50YvH1p

New VoxTalks Economics w/ @timsvengali: Can blockchain decentralise finance? Listen: cepr.org/multimedia/can… Bruno Biais @HECParis discusses insights from the newly released LTI Report V on whether crypto can replace intermediaries — and why trust in decentralised systems may still require regulation.

Measuring national technological trajectories using 200 years of international patent data Antonin Bergeaud @a_bergeaud @HECParis @CEP_LSE, Ruveyda Nur Gozen @ruveyda_gozen @LSEEcon, John Van Reenen @johnvanreenen @LSEEcon @MIT ow.ly/gVWv50Yv7zi

Causal evidence on cost-of-living shocks: How the energy crisis affected energy demand, labour supply, and financial strain Lassi Ahlvik @AhlvikLassi @helsinkiuni @UniStavanger, Tuomas Kaariaho @helsinkiuni, Matti Liski @AaltoUniversity, Iivo Vehviläinen @AaltoUniversity ow.ly/cLHw50Yv7z4

The economic consequences of living longer 🎧 Listen: cepr.org/multimedia/eco… What does rising longevity mean for economic choices, work, and public policy? @JulianAshwin @umsbe and Martin Ellison @NuCampEconomics explain how longer lives are reshaping the macroeconomy.

A prize to kill for: Management lessons from the German Air Force in WWII Leonardo Bursztyn @UChicago @UChi_Economics, Ewan Rawcliffe @Harvard, Hans-Joachim Voth @joachim_voth @UZH_en @econ_uzh ow.ly/iVLw50YuEnJ

How rising bank lending to non-bank financial institutions reallocates credit away from firms Jane (Jian) Li, Yiming Ma @yiming__ma @Columbia_Biz, Caterina Mendicino @caterinamendic2 @ecb, Dominik Supera @DominikSupera @Columbia_Biz ow.ly/ixMs50YuCGX

Safe until crisis: What 300 years of wars reveal about government debt safety @ProfJiang @KelloggSchool, @HannoLustig @StanfordGSB, @SVNieuwerburgh @Columbia_Biz, @MindyXiaolan @UTexasMcCombs ow.ly/jJh950YuEhS

What can Europe aspire to become by 2050? @ojblanchard1, Pascal Lamy, @EnricoLetta, @bweder announce the launch of CEPR's new Europe 2050 initiative that seeks to provide a roadmap to an ambitious, integrated, sustainable, and democratic future. ow.ly/MCsr50YuBLh

At the CEPR Annual Symposium, @timsvengali spoke with three outstanding early-career economists about their latest research. Listen: cepr.org/multimedia/nex… In this episode, hear from Alishuba Philip (@UZH_en) on why slum redevelopment often fails existing residents; Lucie Giorgi (@Lucie_Giorgi @amseaixmars) on the end of single-sex education in France; and Ali Bakhtawar (@bakhtawar_a, @amseaixmars) on lawfare in Pakistan.

New VoxTalks Economics: Will #AI transform economic #growth? @akorinek @UVAEcon & @DardenMBA argues AI could accelerate innovation if it begins automating AI research itself—creating feedback loops between software, hardware, and technological progress. Listen: cepr.org/multimedia/wil…

Carbon pricing and inequality: Understanding the distributional costs of climate policy Saki Bigio @SakiBigio @UCLA, Diego Känzig @drkaenzig @NUEconomics @NorthwesternU, Pablo Sánchez @NorthwesternU, Conor Walsh @Columbia ow.ly/IzWH50YtgrI

From the outside in: How international manager rotations narrow the gender pay gap and change cultural norms Virginia Minni @ChicagoBooth ow.ly/x5gT50Ytgrm

Firms predict an AI productivity boom is coming @iyotzov, @Jose_MariaRD, @I_Am_NickBloom, Philip Bunn @bankofengland, Steven Davis @HooverInst @SIEPR, Kevin Foster, Aaron Jalca, Brent Meyer @AtlantaFed, @MizenPaul, Michael Navarrete @AtlantaFed, Pawel Smietanka @bankofengland @bundesbank, @GregoryThwaites, Ben Zhe Wang @Macquarie_Uni ow.ly/NX3Z50YsJ4e

Has #AI eaten the #Econ major? Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium, @WendyCarlinEcon @ucl, talks to @timsvengali about how economics teaching should change when Gen AI can solve problem sets — and why AI should become a “cognitive sparring partner” for students. Listen: cepr.org/multimedia/has…

The role of spending rigidity in fiscal adjustment Luiz de Mello @Luizdemello2 @OECD @oecdeconomy, Joao Tovar Jalles @ULisboa_ ow.ly/nPB450YsJ3C

The impact of Brexit on foreign-born workers in the UK Jonathan Portes @jdportes @Kingspol_econ @UKandEU, John Springford @CER_EU ow.ly/42N350YscoF