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Inclusive Productivity Network
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The Swiss Inclusive Productivity Network analyzes productivity developments and intends to help develop measures to foster inclusive productivity.
Highly recommended!

2025 Remote Work Conference

The Hoover Institution and Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) co-hosted a conference on the implications of remote work.

Recordings and slides are available here:
www.hoover.org/events/2025-...
2025 Remote Work Conference
www.hoover.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Food for thought!

"The Global Value of Cities" by Aakash Bhalothia, Gavin Engelstad, Gaurav Khanna, and Harrison Mitchell.

www.nber.org/papers/w34503
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Food for thought!

"Economic Development According to Chandler" by Niklas Engbom, Hannes Malmberg, Tommaso Porzio, Federico Rossi, and Todd Schoellman.

www.nber.org/papers/w34483
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This text about Philippe Aghion is highly recommended!

Lunch with the Financial Times: Economist Philippe Aghion

"For Aghion,...the key comes from inclusive but innovative economic growth. “We cannot distribute what we have not produced,” he says."

www.ft.com/content/d9a5...
Economist Philippe Aghion: ‘Macron’s legacy will be better than people think’
France’s new Nobel laureate on stimulating growth, the power of creative destruction — and why Karl Lagerfeld helped him with his homework
www.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Highly recommended!

"The Economics of Climate Innovation: Technology, Climate Policy, and the Clean Energy Transition" by Eugenie Dugoua and Jacob Moscona.

"This chapter examines the economics of climate innovation and its role in the clean technology transition."

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Highly relevant!

"The ENV-FIBA Model for Climate Risk Analysis" by Marco Gross, Jinhyuk Yoo, Hugo Rojas-Romagosa, Zulma Barrail, Salim Dehmej, and Hannah Sheldon.

www.imf.org/en/publicati...
November 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Highly recommended!

"Human Capital for Humans: An Accessible Introduction to the Economic Science of People" by Pablo A. Peña.

Chicago University Press:
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Amazon:
amzn.to/4i7f3EB
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Highly relevant!

"Occupations, Human Capital Accumulation and Inequality" by Andrés Erosa, Luisa Fuster, Gueorgui Kambourov, and Richard Rogerson

www.nber.org/papers/w34481
November 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Highly relevant!

"Path Dependence in the Labor Market: The Long-run Effects of Early Career Occupational Experience" by Jesse Bruhn, Jacob Fabian, Luke Gallagher, Matthew Gudgeon, Adam Isen, and Aaron R. Phipps.

www.nber.org/papers/w34463
November 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Wow, highly relevant! Looking forward to reading this book.

"What Should My Children Do? A Human's Guide to the Age of AI" by Daniel Susskind.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/812111...
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Super relevant!

"Making European Reforms a Success on the Ground" IMF Regional Economic Outlook Europe.

Structural reforms and lowering intra-European Union cross-border barriers "would raise EU productivity by 20.2 percent."

www.imf.org/en/publicati...
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Highly relevant!

Seven Questions about Creativity and Creative Thinking

"This report examines what makes ideas creative across country-language groups...and how successfully students can think creatively in multiple tasks..."

www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Highly relevant!

"Unveiling the J-curve: How Intangibles Drive Productivity Mismeasurement" by Gert Bijnens, Jozef Konings, and Aaron Putseys.

cepr.org/publications...
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Super interesting!

"Training or Retiring? How Labor Markets Adjust to Trade and Technology Shocks" by Alexander Bertermann, Wolfgang Dauth, Jens Suedekum, and Ludger Woessmann.

www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo...
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Food for thought!

"The Constitution of Innovation: A New European Renaissance" by Luis Garicano, Bengt Holmström, and Nicolas Petit.

constitutionofinnovation.eu
The Constitution of Innovation: A New European Renaissance
An academic paper examining Europe's innovation challenges and proposing a constitutional framework for economic renaissance.
constitutionofinnovation.eu
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Highly recommended!

"AI’s impact on the economy: A conversation with Tyler Cowen"

www.dbresearch.com/PROD/RPS_EN-...
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Highly relevant!

"Aligning Competition Policy and Industrial Policy in the EU" by Tomaso Duso and Martin Peitz.

www.crctr224.de/research/dis...
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Super interesting!

"The Three Technologies Disrupting the Global Order" by Mark Blyth and Daniel Driscoll.

www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...
The Three Technologies Disrupting the Global Order
Mark Blyth & Daniel Driscoll examine the geopolitical implications of inexpensive drones, phones, and solar panels.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Super interesting!

"Industrial Policy, Asian Miracle Style" by Reda Cherif and Fuad Hasanov.

pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
November 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Highly recommended!

"We Won't be Missed: Work and Growth in the AGI World" by Pascual Restrepo.

"This chapter explores the long-run implications of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) for economic growth and labor markets."

www.nber.org/papers/w34423
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Highly interesting (and potentially controversial) food for thought!

"Factories of Ideas? Big Business and the Golden Age of American Innovation" by Pier Paolo Creanza.

pierpaolocreanza.github.io/website/crea...
November 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This book looks thought-provoking (irrespective of whether you agree or disagree with the conclusions)!

"The Great Global Transformation" by Branko Milanovic.

www.penguin.co.uk/books/460611...
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Highly relevant!

"The macroeconomic implications of extreme weather events: Insights from advanced economies" by Hélia Costa and John Hooley.

Blog post:
cepr.org/voxeu/column...

Working paper:
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
November 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Highly relevant!

"The Public Origins of American Innovation" by Andrea Gazzani, Joseba Martinez, Filippo Natoli, and Paolo Surico.

www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e2c3s...
October 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Webinar with James Bessen (Boston University): The Rising Returns to R&D: Ideas Are not Getting Harder to Find (November 4, 16:00 – 17:00 Central European Time)

We are looking forward to our next co-organized webinar!

REGISTRATION HERE: forms.office.com/r/JyntBP0ctC
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM