Sean Dougherty 🌍

📢 Final edition of OECD's « Fiscal Federalism 2022 » out today!📕 👉🏼 You'll find the latest on the impacts of the crisis, for state & local finances 📉💰💸📈 👉🏼 Good practices in all areas of intergovernmental fiscal relations 💫🏃‍♀️⚖️💭 💸eBook version: oe.cd/il/FiscalFeder…🧵

If we settle for anything less with AI, we’ll be failing to act on what’s possible. For new graduates, this is not just a time to survive disruption but one to shape what comes next. You can read my full thoughts in today's @sfstandard : sfstandard.com/opinion/2025/0…

Subnational debt in turbulent times: Navigating fiscal risks and market inefficiencies @econecho @OECD, @AcauaBro @goetheuni, Pietrangelo de Biase @OECD ow.ly/TnbQ50WsqMk

Here's where Tangen made his most decisive move: "It can't be voluntary. If you don't use AI, you will never be promoted." He implemented mandatory AI adoption across all 700 employees. The organizational response was mixed...

BREAKING: Norway's $2 trillion wealth fund ran a 12-month AI experiment. They gave Claude access to their entire investment workflow. Result: 213,000 hours saved. 20% productivity boost. But what they found hiding in the data changed everything: A Thread 🧵

💸🌪️⚖️ Subnational debt in turbulent times: Navigating fiscal risks and market inefficiencies cepr.org/voxeu/columns/… via @cepr_org

Total balances are expected to decline in FY2025 and FY2026 as states spend down prior-year surpluses that built up in general fund ending balances. This aligns with routine budget practices, with many directing the funds to one-time investments. ➡️bit.ly/4lxR0iV

🏥📚 How much could AI boost public services? OECD analysis shows potential time savings of 15–30% in health & education — just from early use-cases. That's real 💰 for local governments — with quality held constant. 👇 Check out how much could be saved: 🧵 2/3

🎆 On this 🇺🇸 4th of July, a timely reminder: ⚖️ Fairness across states isn’t just an American ideal — it’s at the heart of fiscal equalisation systems worldwide. 💸 How can countries design transfers that uphold equity and discipline during consolidation? 🧩 Our new OECD paper…

📢 New from the OECD’s Fiscal Network: 💸 Can equalisation deliver fairness and fiscal restraint in tough times? 🧩 This paper unpacks how countries are reforming transfers to stay equitable, efficient & resilient under pressure. 📊 Design matters. Incentives matter. Institutions…

AI vs. doctors for diagnosis of >300 complex cases. AI had 4x higher accuracy with 20% lower cost.

Productivity Gains Are Coming more companies using AI -Torsten at Apollo go2.apollo.com/e/1047283/AQ-u…

💡 Centralized or decentralized healthcare? My article (now in German!) explores how countries can strike the right balance for a stronger system ⚖️ Key 🇨🇭 takeaways: ⚖️ Smarter coordination 🏥 Better planning 🤝 Stronger collaboration ➡️ see 🔗 below #healthpolicy #federalism

🤖Are AI markets evolving to benefit users? Our new @OECD paper tracks trends in model prices, performance & providers. Signs of dynamism are clear—but risks remain. 🖊️ Blog: oecdecoscope.blog/2025/06/17/dev… 📄 Full paper: oecd.org/en/publication… #OECDAI #AI

The economic consequences of the second Trump administration: A preliminary assessment @GaryGensler @baselinescene @upanizza @bweder ow.ly/XMzZ50WbrAk

BREAKING: Stanford just surveyed 1,500 workers and AI experts about which jobs AI will actually replace and automate. Turns out, we've been building AI for all the WRONG jobs. Here's what they discovered: (hint: the "AI takeover" is happening backwards)

👀Using an autonomous agent based on o3-mini and GPT-4.1, a team from Harvard, MIT & other institutions reproduced and updated an entire issue of Cochrane Reviews in two days… saving 12 person-years of work! The AI reviews captured more papers & were more accurate than humans.