Does Uncertainty Harm the Economy? Business Leaders Are About to Find Out.
The lack of clarity about tariffs and other policies could hurt hiring and investing. But the strong U.S. economy should ...
Congress, not the president, decides on government spending − a constitutional law professor explains how the ‘power of the purse’ works
Congress has the authority to control government expenditures. Donald Trump is the latest president to try to get around that ...
In the struggle to get Britain working, the long shadow of austerity could be part of the problem
Recent research shows labour markets are slower to bounce back from the effects of austerity than economists previously assumed.
Macro Hedge Fund With 76% Gain Says Market Is Mispricing US Rates
The market is underpricing the potential magnitude of US interest-rate cuts in 2026, said the co-manager of a macro hedge ...
Claudia Sahm On U.S. Economic Effects - The Details Matter
Claudia Sahm, expert on monetary and fiscal policy, discusses the Sahm Rule, labor supply and unprecedented economic events.
AI giants’ less-is-more logic bears three caveats
Bosses of big technology firms may find reassurance in comparing artificial intelligence to a lump of coal. Claimed cost-efficiency breakthroughs made by China’s DeepSeek have rocked markets betting ...
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How economics wrecked the world — and how we can escape from "Ricardo's Dream"
And the world of finance is hardly unique. Economics is supposed to be a science whose models tell us how to maximize general ...
Quanta Magazine15d
Chatbot Software Begins to Face Fundamental Limitations
The story’s headline asked: “Who Owns the Zebra?” Problems like this one have proved to be a measure of the abilities — limitations, actually — of today’s machine learning models. Also known as ...
Chronicle23d
Boyuan Chen on Strengths and Limitations of Robotics
Robots excel at repetitive tasks like manufacturing but face challenges in adaptability and social intelligence. Boyuan Chen, director of Duke’s General Robotics Lab and assistant professor in the ...
Medical Xpress25d
Understanding the neural mechanisms and limitations of a technique for non-invasive deep-brain stimulation
"However, the limitations are substantial." The study points to TI stimulation's limitations and potential side effects, including a high propensity for shallow brain stimulation. This study was ...
The Economist26d
OpenAI’s latest model will change the economics of software
More thinking means more computing power—and a higher cost per query. As a result a big change is afoot in the economics of a digital economy built on providing cheap services to large numbers ...