Tag: US government shutdown 2018
Shutdown’s economic impact is a forceful reminder of why government matters
Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan and Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, University of Michigan
As the United States endures the longest shutdown in its history, Americans are...
How a government shutdown affects the economy
Scott R. Baker, Northwestern University
Parts of the federal government have been closed since midnight on Dec. 22, making it the second-longest shutdown on record....
Trump calls border a ‘crisis of the soul’: 3 scholars react...
Enrique Armijo, Elon University; Michael Blake, University of Washington, and Sylvia Taschka, Wayne State University
Editor’s note: President Donald Trump’s address to the nation on...
What’s the economic impact of a government shutdown?
Scott R. Baker, Northwestern University
President Donald Trump and Congress are once again on the verge of a partial federal government shutdown. If they fail...
What’s the economic impact of a government shutdown?
Scott R. Baker, Northwestern University
President Donald Trump and Congress are once again on the verge of a partial federal government shutdown. If they fail...
Congress’ budget dysfunction is more than 4 decades in the making
Linda J. Bilmes, Harvard University
In an eleventh-hour twist, Sen. Rand Paul protested the costs of Congress’ latest budget deal and briefly shut down the...
Will a federal government shutdown damage the US economy?
Scott R. Baker, Northwestern University
The federal government shut down for the first time in a little more than four years after Republicans and Democrats...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
