Tag: Subsidies
In Egypt, where a meal isn’t complete without bread, war in...
Jessica Barnes, University of South Carolina
Russia’s war on Ukraine is disrupting global grain supplies. Restrictions on navigation in...
Millions of Americans struggle to pay their water bills – here’s...
Joseph Cook, Washington State University
Running water and indoor plumbing are so central to modern life that most Americans...
How electric cars can advance environmental justice: By putting low-income and...
Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, The New School
The global auto industry has begun a historic shift from gas- and diesel-fueled cars...
How the Trump administration accidentally insured over 200,000 through Obamacare
Coleman Drake, University of Pittsburgh and David Anderson, Duke University
With an eye on replacing the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration took one particularly...
China-US trade war heats up: 3 reasons it won’t cool down...
Greg Wright, University of California, Merced
The truce in the U.S.-China trade war is in tatters.
China said on May 13 that it will impose new...
American farmers want trade partners not handouts – an agricultural economist...
Amanda M. Countryman, Colorado State University
The Trump administration plans to give American farmers and ranchers hurt by the current trade war US$12 billion in...
Why Rick Perry’s proposed subsidies for coal fail Economics 101
Meredith Fowlie, University of California, Berkeley and Maximilian Auffhammer, University of California, Berkeley
In a controversial proposal, Energy Secretary Rick Perry has asked federal regulators...
How Obamacare may morph into Medicaid
JB Silvers, Case Western Reserve University
The slow-motion consideration by Congress and the president to change the Affordable Care Act is likely to produce surprising...