Chad Jones on Idea-Based Models of Economic Growth

Economics of Ideas, Science, and Innovation Lecture 2.

Jul 30 • Andrew Gerard

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5

Science Agencies Need Metascience Units

How federal science agencies can cultivate breakthroughs by experimenting on themselves.

Jul 23 • Andrew Gerard, Jenn Gustetic, and Matthew Esche

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Five Reasons to Study the Economics of Innovation

Launching the Economics of Ideas, Science, and Innovation video series.

Jul 10 • Matt Clancy

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Transcript: Economics of Ideas, Science, and Innovation Lecture 1

Dr. Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University

Jul 10 • Andrew Gerard

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June 2026

Making Our Own Luck

What if we could predict transformative scientific breakthroughs before they happen?

Jun 25 • Kris Willis

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4

The Six Camps of Metascience

A field guide for policymakers (and everyone who cares about American science).

Jun 11 • Caleb Watney and Jenn Gustetic

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May 2026

Metascience Is Ignoring the National Labs

The original focused research organizations.

May 18 • Jordi Cabana

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April 2026

What I’ve Been Reading: Vol. 1

Other people's takes on how science is changing.

Apr 27 • Andrew Gerard

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Americans Want More Science Funding

So why aren’t agencies spending the money they have?

Apr 16 • Andrew Gerard and McKenzie Leier

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Enabling the CHIPS R&D Agenda

This is a crosspost with Factory Settings, an Institute for Progress newsletter by the former senior leadership of the CHIPS Program Office.

Apr 2 • Donna Dubinsky

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March 2026

How Close Are We to Connecting Our Brains to the Matrix?

Some thoughts on biological intelligence

Mar 19 • Dan Turner-Evans

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Virtue Metascience

What good is science anyway?

Mar 4 • Tim Hwang and Ian Banks

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