Tag: US economy
3 key quotes from Trump’s first State of the Union, explained
Steven Pressman, Colorado State University; Greg Wright, University of California, Merced, and Stephanie L. Canizales, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters,...
For richer or poorer: 4 economists ponder what 2018 has in...
Greg Wright, University of California, Merced; Christos Makridis, Stanford University; Patricia Smith, University of Michigan, and William Hauk, University of South Carolina
Editor’s note: We...
‘Hot potato’ shows why workers won’t benefit from Trump’s corporate tax...
Steven Pressman, Colorado State University
Many children have played hot potato, a game in which they pass a spud to other children quickly so they...
Trump’s ‘America first’ trade policy ignores key lesson from Great Depression
Charles Hankla, Georgia State University
President Donald Trump declared his nearly two-week trip through Asia “tremendously successful,” but economic history should make us more skeptical....
Why Puerto Rico ‘doesn’t count’ to the US government
Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated Puerto Rico in September, destroying homes, crops and communications. Many weeks later, power...
Do tax cuts stimulate the economy more than spending?
Dale O. Cloninger, University of Houston-Clear Lake
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to boost the economy both by cutting taxes and investing more...
Why the US shouldn’t start a trade war with China
Greg Wright, University of California, Merced
The U.S. and China seem to be on the verge of a costly trade war.
Most recently, the Trump administration...
As Fed ‘returns to normal,’ is the risk of recession rising?...
Sheila Tschinkel, Emory University and William D. Lastrapes, University of Georgia
Editor’s note: The Federal Reserve’s policy-setting committee raised its benchmark interest rate by a...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
