Price Lab

Prices are the language of the market economy. We examine how they are formed.

Our mission

Prices condense costs, benefits, demand and alternatives into a single number. At the same time, prices are made, not given: the way they come about can be traced and shaped.

The Price Lab studies how key goods and services are priced – housing, food, or the price of money, that is, interest rates – and works to ensure that they become affordable.