50% Tariffs on the EU? Or, Wegovy for me, but not for thee?
Macro impact doesn’t seem large according to Yale Budget Lab, but I can hardly wait to see how much a 50% increase in...
Guest Contribution: “Foreign aid looks good, now that it’s gone”
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...
Equity Markets | Econbrowser
Some observers have noted the recovery in equity prices post-“Liberation Day”. This is an accurate characterization for SP500 (and DJ30), but not for...
“Wisconsin’s Shifting Import Economy” | Econbrowser
That’s the title of Wisconsin Policy Forum Focus #9 released earlier this week.
Here’s what Wisconsin imports in the way of goods:
Here’s what Wisconsin exports...
US State-Level Abortion Regulations: Causes and Effects
Regulations about abortion are often wildly controversial. But what effects to they actually have? Caitlin Myers addresses these issues in “From Roe to Dobbs: 50 Years...
Chinn-Ito Financial Openness Index Updated to 2022
Just published, Chinn-Ito index, available here. Normalized to , with 1 being most open, here’s the world.
Here’re average values for country groupings.
The description...
Planet Money: “How economists (and TikTok) know if a recession is coming”
NPR’s show today has a long segment on recession detection and prediction.
I learned a lot about TikTok, Lady Gaga, wasabi peas in bars,...
