Author: Josh Levy
Ben Casselman and Andrew Flowers over at FiveThirtyEight (a polling aggregation website) recently posted a good summary of the American Economic Association’s annual meeting in Boston with highlights of what they see as an emerging trend for economists to engage with policy and real-world applications.
They summarize six sessions from the meeting dealing with big issues at the intersection of economic research and policy, including behavioral economics, wealth inequality, “secular stagnation,” entrepreneurship, the impacts of the recession on low-income households, and housing price shocks and household behavior.
Check out their summary, and keep an eye out for more research on these topics in the New Year.