Mercatus Center

Solo business applications in AI-exposed sectors jumped 26.8% in just two years.

Could AI be making it easier to start a business of one?

A new Econ Nerds video explores Mercatus labor economist @MissLiyaP’s research.
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A typical data center employs 1,500 workers at peak construction, but just 50 once operational.

Like a Hollywood film production, workers move on to new projects, taking their skills and experience with them.

@MissLiyaP and Yuliya Yatsyshina explain why permanent job counts don't tell the full story at Labor Market Matters: bit.ly/4ipcnUS

Sidewalks that become parking lots. Roads that can't keep up with growth. Infrastructure that never quite works as planned.

In her new Substack, Last Mile, Mercatus Emerging Scholar and Research Fellow Harshita Agrawal (@harshita_a94) examines how urban rules shape our streets, starting with Indian cities.

Read her first essay and subscribe: bit.ly/4z0o2yf

Four central banks. Four European cities. And a podcast recorded inside a gold vault. 🏦

@Macro_Musings host @DavidBeckworth took his curiosity about monetary policy on the road, meeting central bankers and exploring lessons for the Fed.

Housing costs are shaped long before a home is built.

Building codes help determine which homes can be built, how large they can be, and whether the project is financially possible.

Here’s how those rules affect housing supply, plus three ways states can update them. 🧵