Across countries, population growth is at least as important as per capita consumption growth in contributing to growth in consumption-equivalent welfare, from Mohamad Adhami, Mark Bils, Chad Jones, and Pete Klenow nber.org/papers/w31999

Lecturers on this course include Pete Klenow, Todd Schoellman, David Lagakos, Julieta Caunedo, David Atkin, Jonathan Colmer & more. FCDO Research, Science and Technology International Growth Centre

Congratulations Jean-Felix Brouillette (Jean-Félix Brouillette)! Starting at HEC Montreal this fall as an assistant professor. He made this beautiful piece to celebrate: generations of advisers. A great artist, economist, and person! @peteklenow Olivier Blanchard

We're pleased to announce that Chad Jones's talk, Population and Welfare: The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number, is now available to watch online: globalprioritiesinstitute.org/charles-i-jone…

A permanent increase in temperatures will lower the level of GDP per capita, but not its long-run growth rate, in affected countries, from @Ishan_Nath, Valerie A. Ramey, and Pete Klenow nber.org/papers/w32761

The cost of starting firms tends to rise along with economic growth, thereby limiting the impact of productivity-enhancing policies on firm entry, from Pete Klenow and @Huiyu Li nber.org/papers/w32974

Amazing day “Celebrating the Work of Bob Hall” at Hoover Institution ranging from Hall-Jorgensen user cost & investment to key macro-labor insights to Hall-Rabushka flat tax. Bob also led NBER recession dating committee & EFG group & coined “saltwater” vs “freshwater” & “Shimer Puzzle”!

Truly honored to be awarded this prize together with my amazing coauthors Chris Edmond and virgiliu midrigan. Bob Lucas has long been an academic hero and a great source of inspiration to me — receiving this prize in his name is so amazing. Thanks JPE committee!

Actually, it emerged from the EEC which the US wanted formed as a condition of Marshall Plan aid

Around 4 percent of GDP was spent to mitigate deaths from Covid-19; AI's existential risk is arguably at least as large, from Chad Jones nber.org/papers/w33602

A 30 minute video summarizing my research on "Artificial Intelligence and Economic Growth" youtu.be/W00EnVeq3C0

The new version of our first year PhD Macroeconomics textbook is out. It is not polished yet but now all chapters are included. We hope it would be useful for the new semester. phdmacrobook.org/downloads/

Don’t miss George Akerlof’s OpEd in New York Times The New York Times on the perils of American democracy. nytimes.com/2025/08/03/opi…

Trump’s firing of the BLS commissioner was a big mistake washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…