Archive - Economic Forces

Complementarities, Weak Links, AI, and Economic Growth

Using growth theory to discipline our thinking on AI and economic growth

Feb 5 • Josh Hendrickson

January 2026

Is Dave Ramsey right?

We all use heuristics

Jan 29 • Brian Albrecht

What is Your Life Worth?

Price theory as a tool for pricing the priceless

Jan 22 • Josh Hendrickson

[Re-Post] Costs, Competition, and Prices that Don't Clear the Market

We at Economic Forces are big fans of supply and demand.

Jan 15 • Josh Hendrickson

Will AI Prove Piketty Right?

What the basics of growth theory say

Jan 8 • Brian Albrecht

The Problem of Cooperation Costs

Potential cooperation as an explanation for underdevelopment, quantity-based responses to externalities, and punishments carried out by our criminal…

Jan 1 • Josh Hendrickson

December 2025

Best of Economic Forces: 2025 Edition

Thanks for reading!

Dec 26, 2025 • Brian Albrecht

The invisible hand screws up your regression

Markets, diff-in-diff, and "The Missing Intercept" problem

Dec 18, 2025 • Brian Albrecht

Instacart's price discrimination isn't price discrimination

On the meaning of price discrimination

Dec 16, 2025 • Brian Albrecht

My latest piece at Vox

Dec 15, 2025 • Brian Albrecht

Price Theory and the Price Level

More than you ever wanted to know about the price level, price indices, price the

Dec 11, 2025 • Josh Hendrickson

The holy grail of capitalism

A new measure may be the holy grail of economic regulation.

Published on The Works in Progress Newsletter • Dec 4, 2025

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