5 papers from the Super Bowl of Economics

For most Americans, the Super Bowl is this Sunday. But for several of us at Planet Money, and several thousand economists from all around the world, our Super Bowl was a few weeks ago in Philadelphia … at the annual gathering of the American Economic Association. This conference is always a who’s who of the econ world. Big-name economists debated on stage some of the most pressing questions in the field: Is there economic opportunity in the U.S. anymore? (Kind of.) Can we still trust government statistics? (Yes.) Did the pandemic change how inflation works? (Still up for debate.) The…