Chicago Booth in the News

‘Move in silence’: Science confirms keeping quiet about your goals actually helps you achieve them
January 24, 2026 | Upworthy
Studies by Chicago Booth’s Ayelet Fishbach find that while positive feedback about one’s commitment to a goal increases motivation, positive feedback about one’s progress decreases motivation.

‘There’s no free lunch’: How Wall St. learned to live with Trump’s barbs
January 23, 2026 | Financial Times
Chicago Booth’s Anil Kashyap discusses how finance executives are responding to President Trump’s unpredictability.

The upside of professional rejection
January 22, 2026 | The Atlantic
Those who are most likely to overcome rejection embrace discomfort, says Chicago Booth’s Ayelet Fishbach. They reframe it as “a sign that I’m pushing myself, that I am doing something new, that I’m developing as a person.”

Powell, an unlikely foil, takes on Trump
January 16, 2026 | The New York Times
Chicago Booth’s Anil Kashyap weighs in on the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.

Chicago is missing the rebound in venture funding
January 15, 2026 | Crain’s Chicago Business
Venture capital funding in Chicago fell to a seven-year low in 2025. “The AI push has disproportionately favored California, and New York has become another hotbed,” says Chicago Booth’s Ira Weiss.

Nine things you’ll spend less on in retirement
January 14, 2026 | Kiplinger
Research by Chicago Booth’s Erik Hurst and his co-author finds that people spend less on food in retirement because they are more price conscious while grocery shopping and dining out.

Is passive investment inflating a stock market bubble?
January 14, 2026 | The Economist
The “inelastic markets hypothesis” from Chicago Booth’s Ralph Koijen and Harvard’s Xavier Gabaix—which says that stock demand does not fall as prices rise—suggests that arbitrageurs, such as hedge funds, have a weaker effect on markets than commonly thought.

Are central banks enabling unsustainable government deficits?
January 12, 2026 | Project Syndicate
“With the U.S. economy buoyant today and inflation still high, now would be the time for the Fed to reduce its holdings,” writes Chicago Booth’s Raghuram Rajan in an opinion column.

Fed turning dovish despite inflation risks; AI boom real but profits uncertain: Raghuram Rajan
January 12, 2026 | The Economic Times
Chicago Booth’s Raghuram Rajan discusses the Federal Reserve’s approach toward inflation and the economy’s growing investment in AI.

2026’s new ‘invisible expenses’—the quiet costs draining Americans’ budgets
January 9, 2026 | Go Banking Rates
A wide range of consumer products were reduced in package size by a median of 11 percent between 2006–18, providing evidence of “shrinkflation,” according to research published by Chicago Booth’s James M. Kilts Center for Marketing.

UChicago’s Rajan: Chance of one Fed cut in 2026
January 8, 2026 | Bloomberg Markets: The Close
Chicago Booth’s Raghuram Rajan discusses the state of the economy and what to expect from the Federal Reserve heading into 2026.

Experienced software developers assumed AI would save them a chunk of time. But in one experiment, their tasks took 20% longer
January 5, 2026 | Fortune
In a working study, Chicago Booth’s Anders Humlum found that productivity among employees in Denmark using AI tools only improved by 3%. “In the real world, many tasks are not as easy as just typing into ChatGPT,” he says.

In 2026, venture capital’s hunger for AI will be insatiable
January 5, 2026 | Fast Company
“New technologies come, and they’re transformative, and that drives a lot of investment,” Chicago Booth’s Steven Kaplan says of AI.

3 science-backed tips for making New Year’s resolutions more fun
January 4, 2026 | The Washington Post
Chicago Booth’s Ayelet Fishbach offers advice for making New Year’s resolutions, including to choose ones that you will enjoy and reframe them as something positive.

Why haven’t Trump’s tariffs had a bigger impact?
January 3, 2026 | The New York Times
In a new working paper, Chicago Booth’s Brent Neiman and Harvard’s Gita Gopinath estimate that U.S. importers took on 94 percent of tariff costs in 2025.