This research finds evidence that digital addiction drives about one-third of social media use. It finds that many people use more social media than they would like, placing digital media alongside other addictive goods. The paper concludes that policymakers should consider interventions that would help users act in accordance with their own long-run preferences.

Artificial intelligence (AI) companion bots are a public health problem. This policy brief proposes applying a public health framework to AI companions. This is a logical extension of a regulatory tradition that has long held companies accountable when their products harm human health. While legislative solutions exist, most focus on the first layer of harm...

Policymakers face a variety of barriers to getting an issue on the agenda. This report focuses on the agenda setting and policy adoption phases of the policymaking lifecycle. It provides policymakers with a practical framework for strategic agenda management, highlighting strategies to increase the likelihood that policies are adopted.

This paper defines pro-worker technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), as technologies that make human skills and expertise more valuable by expanding worker capabilities. It presents a conceptual framework that distinguishes among five categories of technological change. The paper considers nine ways that public policy could channel advances in AI in a pro-worker direction.

Strengthening engagement between economists and regulatory agency analysts can help generate research questions to inform policy and enhance agencies’ analytical capacities. This report reviews opportunities and challenges to improving such engagement and lays out an agenda for both researchers and agencies on better integrating economics research into the regulatory process.