Tag: economics
American capitalism is being remade by state power
H. Sami Karaca, Boston University
Is the Trump administration trying to reshape American capitalism? Recent moves by Washington, such...
Misunderstood Malthus: The English thinker whose name is synonymous with doom...
Roy Scranton, University of Notre Dame
No one uses “Malthusian” as a compliment. Since 1798, when the economist and...
When it comes to finance, ‘normal’ data is actually pretty weird
D. Brian Blank, Mississippi State University and Gary F. Templeton, West Virginia University
When business researchers analyze data, they...
For America’s 35M small businesses, tariff uncertainty hits especially hard
Peter Boumgarden, Washington University in St. Louis and Dilawar Syed, The University of Texas at Austin
Imagine it’s April...
Beyond the backlash: What evidence shows about the economic impact of DEI
Rodney Coates, Miami University
Few issues in the U.S. today are as controversial as diversity, equity and inclusion –...
If you really want to close the US trade deficit, try...
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology
President Donald Trump has long been preoccupied by the trade deficit —...
Trump’s attacks on central bank threaten its independence − and that...
Cristina Bodea, Michigan State University and Ana Carolina Garriga, University of Essex
Nearly every country in the world has...
International students infuse tens of millions of dollars into local economies...
Barnet Sherman, Boston University
The Trump administration has recently revoked the visas of more than 1,300 foreign college students...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
