This week I decided to try an experiment where GPT-4 would predict the future. I'll explain the setup, why the problem is difficult for normal…
If I were trying to get into graduate school right now, I'm not sure how I would feel about ChatGPT. On the one hand, it has awesome capabilities. For…
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The only thing increasing faster than inflation lately is interest in AI. In particular, everyone's looking at ChatGPT and OpenAI's other products. As…
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February 2023

It’s usually not good when discrimination increases, but sometimes it is! Let me highlight some of my favorite articles that I’ve come across the last…

December 2022

Four years ago, Market Power started as a whim to get people interested in economics. Now it's actually growing a community! And since there's a…
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I am researching refugee camps, and I’ve come across a finding that is so interesting I wanted to share it. The claim is that refugees and their…

November 2022

Since Thanksgiving is this week, I thought I’d do a little Thanksgiving Special with the newsletter. My favorite fact is the connection between…
There was a problem with the furnace. It’s late in the afternoon, and I’m sitting at home thinking about what to do. Last year, our furnace started…

October 2022

Today I released a video about how I broke the Economist’s Code. I’ll confess, it’s a bit of clickbait. There is no Economist’s Code. But it did get me…
This morning the Nobel Foundation announced the prize for economics would go to Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, and Philip Dybvig for "research on banks…

September 2022

Note: I know it has been a while since my last newsletter! When school started, I got out of routine. The good news is I have posted a few videos since…
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August 2022

Last week, I published a video on the main lessons I learned from reading Claudia Goldin's Career and Family. I mostly focused on the explanations for…
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