Adam Ozimek

Oct 29, 2024 | eig.org | Cardiff Garcia |John Lettieri |Adam Ozimek |Stephen Leverton

By Cardiff Garcia, John Lettieri, and Adam OzimekThe 2024 presidential election has featured a fierce debate over the interests of working Americans. But what do workers actually think — about their jobs, their careers, the wider labor market, and how various issues might help or hurt their well-being?

Oct 16, 2024 | agglomerations.substack.com | Adam Ozimek

Welcome to Agglomerations, the newsletter from the Economic Innovation Group. As you previously signed up to receive alerts from our mailing list, we thought you would also enjoy receiving these dispatches. Find out more here. This is the first post. The 2024 presidential race has catapulted housing policy into the top tier of American politics. And for good reason. U.S. housing costs are out of control.

Jan 4, 2024 | eig.org | Adam Ozimek |Amelia Sandhovel

by Adam OzimekThe U.S. population is aging faster than ever. One hundred years ago, one out of every 20 Americans were senior citizens; by fifty years ago, this share had doubled. New U.S. Census projections estimate this share will soon double once again to one out of every five Americans. There is a growing chorus arguing that this aging of the population will be good for workers. With fewer people in the labor market, the argument goes, a scarcity of workers will translate to strong wage growth.

Sep 25, 2023 | eig.org | Adam Ozimek |Connor O'Brien |Amelia Sandhovel

by Adam Ozimek and Connor O’BrienThe resurgence of industrial policy in the U.S. is perhaps the most consequential—and also most daunting—when it comes to semiconductor manufacturing.

Jul 5, 2023 | theatlantic.com | Adam Ozimek

For some time now, prominent economists have warned that the only way to break the fever of inflation would be by pumping up unemployment—in other words, by triggering a recession. Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, for example, predicted last summer that we would need five years of unemployment above 5 percent. Against that backdrop, every strong jobs report came to seem, perversely, like bad news—an omen of greater financial pain to come.