The Office of Management and Budget published the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. This is the first regulatory agenda of the Trump Administration and makes clear that President Trump intends to put regulatory reform at the forefront of this term. The Unified Agenda lists all actions currently in the regulatory process across federal... The post The Unified Agenda by the Numbers appeared first on EPIC for America.| EPIC for America
Economist Craig Paulsson has made a simple game free to all. When you go to MapGDP.com you will find a real picture from Google Maps and a simple question. Guess the GDP/capita in the country where…| Economist Writing Every Day
Economic growth alone cannot deliver well-being; nations must focus on human development by investing in education, health, and equality to achieve real progress. #GD #economy #equity| Policy Circle
Artificial intelligence stocks are on a historic bull run, but the so far rally owes more to spreadsheets than science fiction. The run-up in valuations is still grounded in strong profits and fortress-like balance sheets, not irrational techno-exuberance. The post AI Stocks Fly High—but Not on Dreams of Superintelligence appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.| American Enterprise Institute – AEI
Silicon Valley’s race toward artificial superintelligence is fueled by boundless ambition and massive capital investment. But economics keeps whispering an inconvenient truth to the Singularity-obsessed techies: The work of even the smartest machine is chained to its slowest task. The post The Speed Limit on the Singularity appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.| American Enterprise Institute – AEI
Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, the plain-speaking senior economist who was recently appointed Indonesia’s new finance minister, can’t be more different to Sri Mulyani, his reformist predecessor who led the country’s fiscal policymaking for more than a decade.| Indonesia at Melbourne
Greater representation of people from low-income backgrounds in financial services benefits us all| New Statesman
by Amelia Jaycen The Colorado River has a simple math problem: More water is taken out than nature refills every year. The gap between the two is also widening. Every year, an increasing amount of water is taken out of the Colorado River, as demand for water increases across the arid American West. Meanwhile, every year less water is available in the river and its tributaries as climate change and other manmade stressors cause imbalances in natural systems. The post Growth of an Economy, Deat...| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
by Alix Underwood The world looked poised to end hunger in the mid-2010s, after decades of decline in the percentage of the population that is undernourished. People often attribute progress in the late 20th century to the technological advances of the “Green Revolution.” However, the revolution’s costs and benefits, and their distribution, are hotly contested. Many experts instead point simply to economic growth as the primary factor responsible for poverty reduction and, The post Has ...| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
CASSE introduces the Sustainable Population and Immigration Act, leading toward demographic diplomacy premised on steady statesmanship.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Governor Tate Reeves today announced that Mississippi’s total non-farm employment reached a new record high in August with 1,205,500 jobs. The post Number of Jobs in Mississippi Again Reaches New All-Time High appeared first on Office of Governor Tate Reeves.| Office of Governor Tate Reeves
Governor Tate Reeves today announced that Mississippi’s total non-farm employment reached a new record high in August with 1,205,500 jobs.| Office of Governor Tate Reeves
India's states differ from each other not only in the sizes of their populations, but also in the sizes of their economies. While all states are growing, the rate of growth varies significantly between regions.| Data For India
India's economy is now the fifth largest in the world and is growing faster than most comparable countries. At the individual level, however, it is some distance from the world's richest countries.| Data For India
Inflation in India - the rate at which the general prices of goods and services rise - is now relatively low and steady. However, parts of the household budget are sometimes affected by price spikes, which can dent the purchasing power of families.| Data For India
This is from the latest Census release of CPS ASEC data, updated through 2024 (see Table F-23 at this link). In 1967, only 5 percent of US families earned over $150,000 (inflation adjusted).| Economist Writing Every Day
Tax-free shopping could unlock billions, generate thousands of jobs, and restore the UK’s tourism edge.| New Statesman
Saudi Aramco’s 20-year, $11bn lease deal with Global Infrastructure Partner (GIP), a firm under BlackRock’s umbrella, for Jafurah Field Gas Plant underscores the growing international confidence in Saudi Arabia’s ongoing economic transformation.| Oxford Economics
by Bart Hawkins Kreps Auto industry voices in Canada have made headlines recently by urging a longer timeline for the transition to electric cars. We should hope that Prime Minister Mark Carney does not give in to this demand. Yet even if Canada’s federal government sticks to the current policy, and Canadian new car sales are 100 percent zero-emission by 2035, carbon emissions will decline much more slowly than the world needs. The post Carbon and Canada’s Cars: “Business As Usual, Elec...| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
The splashy new liberal rag says there is no war on workers and doubles down on open borders. Future President Steve Bannon must be thrilled.| Damage
In 1967, about 56 percent of families in the US had incomes between $50,000 and $150,000, stated in 2023 inflation-adjusted dollars. In 2023, that number was down to 47 percent. So the American mid…| Economist Writing Every Day
I remain concerned about both the TSX and S&P 500 from valuation, political and economic standpoints, making it worthwhile to look also toward other countries.| Grainews
Last Thursday, the Bank of England pulled off a remarkable feat: it cut interest rates and still managed to spook the markets. The Monetary Policy Committee scraped through a 5–4 majority for a quarter-point cut to 4%, only succeeding on a second attempt. One member, Alan Taylor, had initially argued for twice as much. The […] The post Bond traders know that Britain’s in trouble appeared first on CapX.| CapX
Opinion by Alix Underwood The Ecological Society of America’s (ESA) Annual Meeting concludes today in Baltimore, Maryland. Of the dizzying multitude of topics on the agenda, the most prevalent were wildlife conservation, forest ecology, and climate change. Meeting sessions focused on niche aspects of these topics: threatened wader species on Sonadia Island, the effects of endemic mistletoes on forest-floor invertebrates, and the impacts of warming on interactions between plants and symbiont...| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
I had planned to write about the Trump-BLS fight today. But considering that two of my co-bloggers have already written about this (Mike on Monday and Scott on Tuesday) and that I have written abou…| Economist Writing Every Day
Discover how mega airports drive jobs, trade, FDI, and sustainable growth—why they’re no longer luxuries, but economic infrastructure essentials.| ResearchFDI
Joins us as we explore systematic investing, uncover overlooked strategies, and analyze market trends.| Top Traders Unplugged
Physics limits underlie today's conflict. Governments are being forced to cut back. Individual efforts cannot change this outcome. Stay away from conflict!| Our Finite World
The government must lift the limits on childhood| New Statesman
New research highlights the stark realities of life on a low income for families raising disabled and seriously ill children| New Statesman
How insecure housing impacts tens of thousands of children.| New Statesman
Blog 'Nurturing A Living Future' by Darcia Narvaez - In the autumn of 2024 I spent most of a week with a set of remarkable women...| Local Futures
Reforming these tricky processes is a noble undertaking; but it is not a silver bullet for fixing the housing crisis.| New Statesman
Apprenticeships can help to support professional growth and build confidence.| New Statesman
The chief executives of the Youth Futures Foundation and CIPD on how apprenticeships can support young people into the jobs market.| New Statesman
Discover how PIAAC data reveals New Zealand’s adult skills gaps in literacy, numeracy, and problem-solving. Learn why addressing these critical gaps is essential for New Zealand’s economic growth and future success.| THISISGRAEME
Guest blog by Mark Lea, LEG ’24 I have really enjoyed participating in the Harvard Kennedy School’s Leading Economic Growth 2024 programme, led by Professors Ricardo Hausmann and Matt Andrews, and supported by their wider faculty team. Both Professors shared the theories, tools and frameworks they have developed to help us think about our economic...Continue Reading Scrabble, Fishbones, and Positive Deviance: A Perspective from New Zealand| Building State Capability
Guest blog by Vahid Hajiyev, LEG ’24 One of the most important lessons from this course is that addressing complex growth challenges requires a problem-driven approach. Tools such as the Toyota “6 Whys” and the fishbone diagram were particularly useful in helping me understand the underlying causes and identify binding constraints. These tools taught me...Continue Reading Agricultural Reform in Karabakh| Building State Capability
Guest blog by Jalal Baghishov, LEG ’24 The Leading Economic Growth course helped me understand the complex and dynamic nature of economic growth, and how to develop effective strategies to drive growth in today’s knowledge-driven world. I found almost all covered areas, including the connection between knowledge, growth, and complexity, rethinking growth strategy, PDIA approach,...Continue Reading Diversification and Rise of Exports for Acceleration of Economic Growth in Azerbaijan| Building State Capability
Guest blog by Woody Ang, LEG ’24 First, some context. I have spent the good part of the past decade supporting various countries in the developing world on their economic challenges. In many ways, the approach I have adopted has been one of attempting indigenous solutions which promoted pragmatic problem-solving anchored on pilot projects, rather...Continue Reading Economic Diversification through the Agriculture and Food Sector| Building State Capability
Guest blog by Andrés Michel, LEG ’24 Understanding Córdoba’s Regional Disparities The province of Córdoba is located in the heart of Argentina. It spans an area of 165,000 square kilometers and is home to nearly 4 million people. Córdoba stands out for its exceptionally fertile lands, contributing almost 30% of the nation’s soybean and...Continue Reading Bridging Gaps by Unlocking Potential: The Case of Northern Córdoba| Building State Capability
Guest blog by Ernesto Correa Valderrama, LEG ’24 In Colombia, armed conflict, poverty, illicit crops and, although it may seem strange, even deforestation are located where there are no good quality roads. That was the basis on which the Transport Infrastructure Program Roads for Equity1 was structured and awarded transparently in 2015 for more than...Continue Reading Sustained and Inclusive Economic Growth and Governance in Colombia| Building State Capability
Guest blog by Jonathan Chaparro, LEG ’24 As I reflect on my career, one theme has continually fueled my passion: the belief in the transformative power of philanthropy to create meaningful, lasting change. Over the years, this belief has guided my work at Braven, where I’ve had the privilege of advancing our mission to empower...Continue Reading Charting a Path to Economic Mobility: From Braven’s Mission to Puerto Rico’s Potential| Building State Capability
This US survey examines (a) Doubling existing tariffs on imports from China of critical production components in solar energy manufacturing will provide a substantial boost to employment in the domestic ‘cleantech’ sector over the next five years; (b) Disruptions to global supply chains from new tariffs and trade wars will lead to measurably slower global […]| Clark Center Forum
Rich countries seem to find it harder and harder to do anything that creates some losers. People who don’t want houses, offices, power stations, trains, subway stations (or whatever) built in their area can usually find some way to block them, even if the benefits to society outweigh the costs 10 or 100 times over.| 80,000 Hours
Spain’s economy is growing through gas price caps, rent controls, and affordable food policies, improving growth and living standards.| TheBetter.news
Are you better off than you were four years ago? That question was asked at the Presidential debate last night. But more importantly, we also got a massive amount of new data on income and poverty …| Economist Writing Every Day
Reflecting on positive noises from government towards the sector at Universities UK annual conference, Debbie McVitty argues for assessment of past failures to make the most of future opportunities| Wonkhe
Enhancing quality early care and education can offer a win-win solution for re-mobilizing the workforce, developing an up-and-coming talent pool and increasing economic activity now and in the decades ahead. In this webinar and accompanying summary, research by expert economists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is paired with the return on investment findings from Professor… The post The Dual Return on Investing in Quality Early Childhood Programs appeared first on The Heckman Equation.| The Heckman Equation
Guest blog by Nijat Rahmanli, LEG ’23 Throughout my career in the government, I have participated in numerous discussions and workshops on how to achieve economic growth while ensuring inclusivity and sustainability. However, few of them were as practical and down-to-earth as the course on Leading Economic Growth. We came to understand that the easiest part...Continue Reading Informal Employment in Azerbaijan as an Impediment to Economic Growth| Building State Capability
Economists have not understood the physics basis of the world economy. This post points out several issues that they have overlooked.| Our Finite World
Agricultural surplus makes economic growth possible, but economists and policymakers regularly—and dangerously—overlook the implications.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
This Finance survey examines (a) The lower willingness of private firms to go public, combined with the increased number of publicly traded firms being taken private over the last 25 years, is measurably net negative for economic growth; (b) All else equal, reducing regulatory barriers (including reporting requirements such as Sarbanes Oxley 404) to public […]| Clark Center Forum
A holistic approach to learning could unlock new opportunities.| New Statesman
The government's employment service Jobcentre Plus must reframe its focus beyond skills.| New Statesman
Sprawl is a problem in Vermont, but citizens have begun to have some success in opposing additional low-density development.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
A week or so ago, Alvaro La Parra-Perez tweeted a link to a Rafael del Pino master conference presentation (think of this as being asked to address bigwigs by Brookings Institute or American Enterp…| winter tomato
There is a piece in the New York Times Magazine about the economist Robert Gordon which has the potential to paradigm-shift our view of an ever improving life and endless economic growth. His main …| silent listening
An elaboration on Ricardo Hausmann’s article “The Education Myth” arguing that education is an overrated tool of economic development. This post also responds to a criticism of Ha…| pseudoerasmus
Local officials should prioritize the preservation of features like environmental assets that make counties great.| Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
To Jason Hickel: I read your blog post elaborating the “de-growth” position that was recently criticized by Branko Milanovic. I have not read your recent book linking the inequality debate to the …| winter tomato
