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Immigration Enforcement in the U.S.
This week, EconoFact Chats features an abridged version of an EconoFact Ask Me Anything Webinar held on September 17th featuring Tara Watson, Director of the Center for Economic Security and Opportuni
A Changing Economic Geography
In a new article inForeign Affairs, 'The New Economic Geography: Who Profits in a Post-American World?,' Adam Posen, the President of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, argues that t
Retreat from Globalization? Current U.S. Policies and Historical Precedents
The post-war international economic order was based on two fundamental pillars: American leadership and multilateralism. Both of those are, to some extent, under threat today. The United States is on
The Impact of Tariffs on Prices
The Trump Administration claims tariffs will help protect American jobs, revitalize manufacturing, and raise revenues, while keeping prices stable. While it may be too soon to evaluate some of these e
Taking Stock of the Economy: Fed Independence, Tariff Uncertainty, and a Shrinking Workforce
Binyamin Applebaum of The New York Times, Larry Edelman of The Boston Globe, Scott Horsley of NPR, and Claire Jones, the US Economics Editor The Financial Times join EconoFact Chats for a wide ranging
The U.S. Economy: Still the “Envy of the World”?
Less than a year after The Economist labeled the U.S. economy the 'envy of the world,' concerns are arising from disappointingjobs reports, slowing GDP growth, and rising prices. In this EconoFact Ch
The Hazards of a Zero Sum Mindset
This week, EconoFact Chats features an abridged version of an Ask Me Anything Webinar held on July 17th, 2025, with Michael Strain,Director of Economic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Insti
Foreign Students and U.S. Higher Education (Re-broadcast)
United States colleges and universities currently enrol about 900,000 international students, representing 5% of all students although the percentage of foreign students varies widely across institu
Is Dollar Dominance Durable? (Re-broadcast)
The U.S. dollar is the most widely used currency in global commerce. Many commodities are priced in dollars. Much of world trade in goods and services, as well as in financial instruments, is denomina
Can Manufacturing Still Provide Inclusive Growth? (Re-broadcast)
Manufacturing employment has been declining as a share of total employment in the U.S. What's driving this decline? Does the reduction in manufacturing employment represent a natural progression as ec