Jan Eberly News Today

“I believe in the future of farming, with a faith born not of words but of deeds,” goes the original FFA creed when I competed at the Sectional competition held on the campus of Bret Harte High School in Angels Camp, home of the famed Jumping Frog Jubilee.

Outgoing BPEA coeditor James Stock is joined by his coeditor of 8 years, Jan Eberly, and incoming coeditor Jón Steinsson for a discussion on the importance of BPEA in economic policy over the years, the evolution of economic methodologies and analysis, and the direction of BPEA in years to come.

Louise Sheiner of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy interviews Lea Rendell of the University of Maryland, one of the coauthors of a new BPEA study that asks “Where are the missing workers?” Explanations they discuss include fear of COVID-19 and shifting work-life balance preferences.

Pinelopi Goldberg and Tristan Reed discuss their new BPEA research, using trade, capital flow, and immigration to show that there has been a slowing in globalization beginning around 2015, well before the COVID-19 shocks.

The Inflation Reduction Act is the largest climate legislation ever passed in the U.S. The bill's incentives will affect the entire energy sector, from producers of raw materials to end-use consumers. BPEA paper co-author Neil Mehrotra speaks with Sanjay Patnaik about the bill's policy implications.

Governments around the world used both large fiscal packages and credit market interventions to support their economies during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, BPEA authors Gee Hee Hong and Deborah Lucas analyze the impact and importance of the credit market intervention policies.

Female FFA members may not have initially been involved in FFA, but once they were active members, they created positive change.

December’s report won’t give a complete picture of how Omicron affected hiring or job searches, as cases soared later in the month.

And the House votes to hold Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress.