Neale Mahoney

How has remote work changed the way we live/work? What’s here to stay? In the 1st episode of Econ To Go, SIEPR’s @nealemahoney.bsky.social chats w/ Stanford economist @nickbloom.bsky.social, leading expert on WFH, to unpack how remote work is redefining our lives: siepr.stanford.edu/av/Econ-To-G...

Econ To Go | Trailer YouTube video by Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)

Excited to launch Econ to Go, a new @siepr.bsky.social podcast.

Trailer’s up now. Subscribe to catch the first episode next week 🎧

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Taking on the Annoyance Economy - Groundwork Collaborative

Our @groundwork.bsky.social report provides:

📊 Polling showing frustration + bipartisan support for action
💰 A tip-of-the-iceberg $165B cost estimate
📗 A playbook to tackle annoyances in health insurance, spam calls/texts, customer service, & junk fees

groundworkcollaborative.org/work/taking-...

Annoyances cost Americans $165 billion every year A new report calculated the so-called annoyance economy, and found everyday inconveniences, like spam calls and waiting on hold, come with a cost.

It was a kick to join the great @kairyssdal.bsky.social on @marketplace.org to discuss new work w/ Chad Maisel on the Annoyance Economy -- the hassles in health insurance, telecom, customer service, and junk fees that waste our time and money

🎧: www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...

New from @nealemahoney.bsky.social & Chad Maisel: If everything feels harder than it should—canceling a subscription, fixing a bill, getting a refund—you’re not imagining it.

We call that the Annoyance Economy, & it costs families $165 billion a year in wasted time & money.

Companies make it one click to sign up—and a full obstacle course to cancel.

Why? Because making cancellation harder can boost profits by over 200%, @nealemahoney.bsky.social & Chad Maisel find in our new report.

Your frustration is part of corporations’ revenue model.

If you’re a Brown student, locked down in your dorm or the OMAC, and scared and sad and exhausted and angry, know that there are over 100,000 alums around the world who are thinking of you and have your back.

This was a great read. Highly recommend!

Thanks 🙏

AI’s Veil of Ignorance Moment Is Here Build safety nets, not moats, before it's too late

We don't know what jobs AI will eliminate, but we shouldn't wait around.

We're facing a "veil of ignorance" moment to strengthen the safety net before the politics harden.

If we don’t, we risk moats that protect insiders, slow progress, and raise costs.

nealemahoney.substack.com/p/ais-veil-o...

AI & the Economy | Highlight Trailer The SIEPR Policy Forum on “AI & the Economy” brought together leading experts, policymakers and scholars to explore the rapidly advancing technology’s risks and opportunities, its current and future impacts, and the policies needed in the U.S. and globally to ensure that AI-driven economic prosperity is widely shared. Featured speakers include U.S. Senator Mark Kelly, Fei-Fei Li of Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, James Manyika of Google, and Erik Brynjolfsson of Stanford Digital Economy Lab. For more information about this event, held on Nov. 20, 2025, and the work of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), visit http://siepr.stanford.edu/events/policy-forum/ai-economy.

(1/3) We are excited at last to share videos and summaries of our recent SIEPR Policy Forum on #artificialintelligence and what it means for the economy and for society. Given today's hype around #AI, there's a lot of substance in what speakers had to say. Links👇.

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AI’s Veil of Ignorance Moment Is Here Build safety nets, not moats, before it's too late

We don't know what jobs AI will eliminate, but we shouldn't wait around.

We're facing a "veil of ignorance" moment to strengthen the safety net before the politics harden.

If we don’t, we risk moats that protect insiders, slow progress, and raise costs.

nealemahoney.substack.com/p/ais-veil-o...

If you read one thing this Sunday, read @jaredb-econ.bsky.social's post on whether the affordability crisis is a crisis (link below), featuring the Affordability Serenity Prayer:

econjared.substack.com/p/is-the-aff...

The Problem with Trump Accounts Stanford economists explain how Trump Accounts will disproportionately benefit well-off Americans.

New in @time.com w/ Adam Shaw

Trump Accounts promise a “head start” for every child, but the current design delivers the biggest gains and tax breaks to families who need them least.

We can do better for the next generation.

time.com/7338829/prob...

The Problem with Trump Accounts Stanford economists explain how Trump Accounts will disproportionately benefit well-off Americans.

New in @time.com w/ Adam Shaw

Trump Accounts promise a “head start” for every child, but the current design delivers the biggest gains and tax breaks to families who need them least.

We can do better for the next generation.

time.com/7338829/prob...

The Trump administration's dismantling of consumer financial protections continues, as SIEPR director @nealemahoney.bsky.social discusses in this update on the president's economic policies.👇 #CFPB

Healthcare Affordability: How Democrats Can Press Their Advantage On This Key Issue Here's a set of affordability ideas that reside at the intersection of good politics and good policy.

Healthcare affordability policies reside at the intersection of good politics (for Ds) and good policy (for all...well, except rent-seekers). Joint w @nealemahoney.bsky.social
econjared.substack.com/p/healthcare...

Thanks!

Nursing home value-added for black patients is 30 percent lower than for white patients, with most of the gap reflecting differences within, rather than across, nursing homes, from Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, @nealemahoney.bsky.social, and James C. Okun www.nber.org/papers/w34324

Evidence 👉 Black patients in nursing homes receive ~30% lower-quality "value added" care than whites within the same facility, from SIEPR's @nealemahoney.bsky.social and Liran Einav, with @mit.edu coauthors, in a novel study of 6.2M patients across 8,000 facilities.

Paper: tinyurl.com/53mes36e

Healthcare’s employment growth clouded by immigration crackdown, Medicaid cuts The healthcare sector is a bright spot in the economy this year, driving nearly half of the nation’s employment gains, but economists and experts say immigration crackdowns and looming Medicaid cuts…

These are not only bad policies that will impact patients, but also the economy at large. #healthcare #Medicaid

Healthcare’s employment growth clouded by immigration crackdown, Medicaid cuts www.latimes.com/business/sto... via @latimes.com CC: @nealemahoney.bsky.social @allisonbegrace.bsky.social

What’s next for Fannie and Freddie: SIEPR’s latest Policy Brief, from fmr NEC deputy director Daniel Hornung and Stanford econ PhD student Ben Sampson, looks at 3 potential reforms and introduces a framework for assessing their possible impacts on mortgage rates, homebuyers.

tinyurl.com/35mxsnrf

The future of the innovation economy Three experts spanning artificial intelligence and economics explore the implications of AI and how it could transform creativity, jobs, education, and public policy through the rapidly evolving “inno...

How could AI transform creativity, jobs, education and public policy? SIEPR's @nealemahoney.bsky.social and @susanathey.bsky.social, and @drfeifei.bsky.social, share their insights in this special episode of the Stanford Engineering's "Future of Everything" podcast. 👇

tinyurl.com/4wn3ekyz

Women and men almost always feel differently about the economy, SIEPR's @nealemahoney.bsky.social and Ryan Cummings @weakinstrument.bsky.social find in a new analysis of University of Michigan consumer sentiment data. 👇

🧵 The affordability squeeze in this country is real. In a new SIEPR Policy Brief, @jaredb-econ.bsky.social and @nealemahoney.bsky.social introduce a 3-legged framework for addressing the problem of rising costs for basic necessities, from health care to housing. tinyurl.com/f5hb93u5

The incomparable @jaredb-econ.bsky.social and I have a new piece on the affordability agenda. The piece

- Lays out principles for addressing affordability
- Presents our three-legged stool framework
- Discusses ideas for housing, healthcare, childcare, and more

siepr.stanford.edu/publications...

A Three-Legged Affordability Agenda! Just out from the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, by yours truly and the great Neale Mahoney.

New from @nealemahoney.bsky.social and me: "Building an affordable economy: A three-legged stool strategy." Everybody's talking affordability, as they should be! Here's our framework & principles:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Substack summary: econjared.substack.com/p/a-three-le...

There's a lot of bad happening in the world today. So take some time to read something good--dare I say, great!--from
@jaredb-econ.bsky.social and @nealemahoney.bsky.social who boil down the econ of "affordability" to a simple, three-legged framework. Good economics, good policy!

Jared Bernstein is LIVE NOW with @nealemahoney.bsky.social.

Get your economy questions answered: contrarian.substack.com/live-stream/...

Here's the full list of my academic research: nmahoney.people.stanford.edu/academic-pap....

You can also check out some of my short-form research here: nealemahoney.substack.com

Come join our team!