Three Questions on the US Safety Net
Here are three main often-asked questions about the US safety net:
1) If your goal is to expand the social safety net, are you...
Will the Next Generation Be Better Off? International Pessimism
In the US economy, since the modern pattern of economic growth started back in the early 19th century, average annual growth has been...
Mistaken Identities: The International Trade Version
It is common in current US political discourse to hear it asserted, as an incontrovertible truth, that the US economy is smaller because...
Snapshots about the Federal Workforce
I saw some mention that there has been a sharp rise in federal civilian employment in 2023 and 2024. When I tracked down...
Private Credit: Replacing Banks for Business Loans?
In discussions of how businesses borrow money, there used to be essentially two choice: firms could either issue bonds or borrow through banks....
Guest Contribution: “Mar-A-Lago Accord March 22, 2025”
Today, we present a guest post written by Jeffrey Frankel, Harpel Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and formerly a member of the...
Interview with Paul Krugman: Trade and Industrial Policy
Chad Bown interviews Paul Krugman at the Trade Talks podcast on a range of subject related to trade and industrial policy (Trade...
The North American Trade Bloc at Risk
The “multipolar” world has been a reasonably popular framework for thinking about the global economy. The idea was that the world economy was...
