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Chad Jones
@ChadJonesEcon
Economics professor at Stanford GSB working on AI and economic growth.
Joined May 2020
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    New paper (work in progress): "Past Automation and Future AI: How Weak Links Tame the Growth Explosion" with @ChrisTonetti. web.stanford.edu/~chadj/JonesTo… 1/N
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    An inspiration to all economists. We will miss you Bob Solow.
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    A 10-minute overview of Hsieh, Hurst, Jones, and Klenow, "The Allocation of Talent and U.S. Economic Growth" (Econometrica, 2019).
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    A thread to celebrate one of my favorite journals in economics: the Annual Review of Economics. The papers are excellent introductions to state-of-the-art research, both models and empirics. annualreviews.org/journal/econom… 1/n
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    A new paper on A.I., economic growth, and existential risk. web.stanford.edu/~chadj/existen…
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    Congratulations to my amazing colleague and friend Sebastian Di Tella -- we just voted him tenure at the Stanford GSB! Hurray!
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    A ten-page teaching supplement for intermediate macro: "COVID-19 and the Macroeconomy" web.stanford.edu/~chadj/Macroec…
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    Congratulations to my wonderful colleague, coauthor, and friend Chris Tonetti -- we just voted him tenure at the Stanford GSB! @ChrisTonetti
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    Just came across this wonderful guide to presenting economics papers by @mdoepke: faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/mdo738/present… 1/2
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    What a wonderful and incredible honor to receive the Robert E. Lucas Jr. prize, named after the greatest macroeconomist of all time. Thanks to @JPolEcon! @thejiheekim
    JPE is happy to announce the 2021 Robert E. Lucas Jr. Prize winner. Congratulations to Professors Jones and Kim! Charles I. Jones and Jihee Kim "A Schumpeterian Model of Top Income Inequality" (doi.org/10.1086/699190) journals.uchicago.edu/journals/jpe/l…
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    Latest statistics from my time as a co-editor at Econometrica: 96% of decisions within 3 months, 100% within 4 months. Of the 200+ papers I've handled, the R&R rate is 9%. Thanks to all the excellent referees who make this possible (3 referees per paper)!
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    Slides from my presentation at the Solow AEA memorial session: "Bob Solow and the Theory of Economic Growth" web.stanford.edu/~chadj/slides-…
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    How much should we spend to reduce A.I.'s existential risk? We spent around 4% of GDP to mitigate deaths from Covid-19... A new paper: web.stanford.edu/~chadj/reduce_…
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    Congratulations Jean-Felix Brouillette (@jeanfbrou)! Starting at HEC Montreal this fall as an assistant professor. He made this beautiful piece to celebrate: generations of advisers. A great artist, economist, and person! @PeteKlenow @ojblanchard1