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The United States’ Role in a Changing International Economy
November 02, 2025

The United States fostered a post-World War II rules-based international economic order that benefitted both itself and many other countries. But recent changes in United States policies have altered

Fixing Personal Finance
October 26, 2025

In their new book'Fixed: Why Personal Finance is Broken and How to Make It Work for Everyone,' John Campbell and Tarun Ramadorai highlight how personal finance markets in the US and across the globe

Helping Young Adults Thrive
October 19, 2025

While it is often thought that adolescence begins and ends with puberty, new research shows that the development of cognitive skills, emotional development, and social skills that starts in the early

Immigration Enforcement in the U.S.
October 12, 2025

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
October 05, 2025

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
September 28, 2025

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
September 21, 2025

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
September 14, 2025

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”?
September 07, 2025

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
August 31, 2025

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