Other Content

Podcasts

Sludge, Part 1: The World Is Drowning in It, Freakonomics, Mar 2025

Sludge, Part 2: Is the Government the Problem, or the Solution? Freakonomics, April 2025

Consumer Sentiment, Junk Fees, Medical Debt, and the Future of Economic Policy The Capitalism and Freedom in the Twenty-First Century Podcast, February 2025

The Subscription Trap, Planet Money, October 2024

How Americans Feel About the Economy, 538 Politics Podcast, February 2024

Articles

Consumer sentiment

What people don't know about the economy: The disconnect between perception and reality with Ryan Cummings and Benjamin Harris. Milken Institute Review, May 2025

The paradox between the macroeconomy and household sentiment with Ryan Cummings and Ben Harris, Brookings, October 2024

Asymmetric amplification and the consumer sentiment gap with Ryan Cummings. Briefing Book, November 2023

Digesting inflation with Ryan Cummings. Briefing Book, December 2023

• Coverage (both pieces): The Economist The Atlantic The New York Times 538 Politics Podcast Stanford News The Economist Checks and Balances Podcast The Guardian

Other

How big is the subscription cancellation problem? with Giacomo Fraccaroli and Zahra Thabet, Briefing Book, September 2024

Bad news bias in gasoline price coverage with Ryan Cummings and Giacomo Fraccaroli, Briefing Book, May 2024

• Coverage: The New York Times Financial Times

Finally, a Public Investment Boom with Ronnie Chatterji, Democracy, Spring 2024, No. 72

Op-eds

We're paying off medical debt wrong with Ray Kluender and Francis Wong. The Hill, March 2024

America's undeniable competition problem requires a regulatory fix with Michael Sinkinson. The Hill, November 2023

The arguments over the CFPB's late-fee rule were settled a decade ago American Banker, July 2023

Regulating ‘junk fees’ will save consumers money The Hill, February 2022

Americans burdened with medical debt — the government needs to step up The Hill, August 2021