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EconoFact attracts attention from the media and policy thinkers, and serves as a resource to journalists, because it occupies a unique space, bridging the gap between academic research and the analysis of public policy with non-partisan analysis by leading academic economists.

Coverage of EconoFact’s mission to contribute to the public debate includes:

• The Analysis Group features an EconoFact Chats podcast episode on the economic impact of immigration in the U.S. 
• The Peterson Institute for International Economics cites EconoFact's memo on whether the U.S. should try to weaken the Dollar.
• The Washington Post's Editorial Board cites EconoFact's memo on the determinants of countries' olympic success.
• The Boston Globe newsletter Arguable with Jeff Jacoby cites EconoFact's memo on the determinants of countries' olympic success.
• Tufts Now reproduces EconoFact's memo on what determines a country's success at the Olympic Games.
• The New York Times cites EconoFact's memo on steel tariffs.
• The Unpopulist newsletter cites EconoFact's memo on the independence of the Federal Reserve.
• The Washington Post cites EconoFact's memo on steel tariffs.
• Tufts Now reproduces EconoFact's memo on cybersecurity threats in the healthcare sector.
• Tufts Now reproduces EconoFact's memo on China's economic slowdown.
• CNN interviews EconoFact's Executive Editor Michael Klein on the value of the dollar.
• Chicago Fed Letter cites EconoFact's memo on labor shortages and the immigration shortfall.
• Investopedia interviews EconoFact's Executive Editor Michael Klein on wealth and income in U.S. households.
• The Boston Globe interviews EconoFact's Executive Editor Michael Klein on wage growth and inflation.
• The Washington Post cites EconoFact's memo on steel tariffs.
• The Boston Globe quotes EconoFact's Executive Editor Michael Klein on inflation.
• The Boston Globe cites EconoFact network member Daniel Bergstresser on debt interest payments.
• The New York Times cites EconoFact's memo on school distance as a barrier to higher education.
• MarketWatch reproduces EconoFact's memo on banks, credit crunches, and the economy.
• MarketWatch reproduces EconoFact's memo on the debt ceiling.
• EconoFact and Journalist’s Resource at the Shorenstein Center, Harvard Kennedy School co-host a webinar on reporting on the local impacts of international trade.
• The Boston Globe interviews EconoFact's Executive Editor Michael Klein on inflation, interest rates, and bank failures.
• PRX's The World interviews EconoFact contributor Galina Hale, and cites her memo on how economic crises spread abroad.
• Wall Street Journal's Real Time Economics newsletter cites EconoFact's memo on the rising costs of financing U.S. government debt.
• The World interviews EconoFact's Executive editor Michael Klein.
• Vox cites EconoFact's memo on the declining U.S. birth rate.
• Foreign Policy cites EconoFact's memo on the decline in U.S. migration.
• The Washington Post cites EconoFact's memo on labor shortages and slowing immigration.
• MarketWatch reproduces EconoFact's memo on gas taxes.
• MarketWatch reproduces EconoFact's memo on SWIFT sanctions against Russia.
• NPR's Planet Money podcast draws on EconoFact's memo on immigrant workers and elder care.
• The Boston Globe cites EconoFact's memo on how low-income families spend their money.
• The Boston Globe quotes EconoFact's Executive Editor Michael Klein on oil imports from Russia.
• The New York Times cites EconoFact's memo on whether enhanced unemployment benefits have discouraged work.
• The Niskanen Centre reproduces EconoFact's memo on the labor market.
• MarketWatch reproduces EconoFact's memo on the labor market.
• MarketWatch reproduces EconoFact's memo on school shootings.
• The Wall Street Journal cites EconoFact Chats podcast on the federal debt and the COVID-19 recession.
• The Boston Globe cites EconoFact Chats podcast on the federal debt and the COVID-19 recession.
• Bloomberg cites EconoFact's memo on child poverty. (click here for the memo).
• MarketWatch reproduces EconoFact's memo on child poverty. (click here for the memo).
• MarketWatch reproduces EconoFact's memo on childhood networth poverty. (click here for the memo).
• The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women cites EconoFact's memo on the importance of childcare in reopening the economy. (click here for the memo).
• The Washington Post cites EconoFact's memo on hunger in America. (click here for the memo).
• The Conversation publishes an article by EconoFact executive editor Michael Klein on the gold standard.
• The New Yorker cites EconoFact's memo on the importance of childcare in reopening the economy (click here for the memo).
• CNBC quotes EconoFact's Executive Editor Michael Klein on the Coronavirus and the economic recession.
• Foreign Affairs cites EconoFact's memo on steel tariffs (click here for the memo).
• Seeking Alpha cites EconoFact memo on state budget gaps in the wake of COVID-19 (click here for the memo).
• The Niskanen Center reproduces EconoFact's memo on disparities in access to healthcare during a pandemic (click here for the memo). 
• The Niskanen Center reproduces EconoFact's memo on work-based risks to latino workers during the COVID-19 crisis (click here for the memo).
• The Niskanen Center reproduces EconoFact's memo on incarceration and the COVID-19 crisis (click here for the memo)
• PBS Newshour posts EconoFact's memo on the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on indigenous peoples in the U.S. (click here for the memo).
• The Boston Herald cites Econofact's memo on the risks of growing debt vs. fiscal stringency in the wake of COVID-19 (click here for the memo).
• NPR WDET interviews EconoFact network member Shooshan Danagoulian on testing and workplace reopening under COVID-19.
• The Boston Herald interviews EconoFact's Executive Editor Michael Klein on the impact of COVID-19 on higher education.
• NBC 10 Boston interviews EconoFact's Executive Editor Michael Klein on reopening the economy during the coronavirus pandemic.
• 538 cites EconoFact's memo on the impact of COVID-19 on working families (click here for the memo).
• CNBC cites EconoFact's memo on unemployed and essential low-wage workers after the CARES Act (click here for the memo).
• Macmillan Publishers'  iClicker Question of the Week links to EconoFact's memo on election infrastructure (click here for the memo).
• McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University reproduces EconoFact's memo on why the census matters for state and local governments (click here for the memo).
• Washington Post cites EconoFact's memo on steel tariffs (click here for the memo).
• VoxEU cites EconoFact's memo on steel tariffs (click here for the memo).
• Foreign Policy cites EconoFact's memo on steel tariffs (click here for the memo).
• PBS Newshour posts EconoFact's memo on steel tariffs (click here for the memo).
• The Peterson Institute for International Economics cites EconoFact's memo on steel tariffs (click here for the memo).
• The Niskanen Center reproduces EconoFact's memo on the public charge rule and social safety net expenditure (click here for the memo).
• PBS Newshour cites EconoFact's memo on the public charge rule and social safety net expenditure (click here for the memo).
• Seeking Alpha cites EconoFact memo on the impact of the trade war on U.S. agricultural exports (click here for the memo).
• PBS Newshour posts EconoFact's memo on the impact of global trade tensions on U.S. agriculture (click here for the memo).
• PRI interviews EconoFact Executive Editor Michael Klein on the thaw in US-China trade tensions.
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette highlights EconoFact's collaboration with Macmillan Learning to create online materials that will enhance the digital learning experience of students.
• PRI interviews EconoFact network member and University of California, Davis Professor Kadee Russ on the US-China trade deal.
• Harvard Business Review publishes article by EconoFact network member Kadee Russ on the shifts in U.S. trade policy.
• The Niskanen Center reproduces EconoFact's memo on immigration and crime (click here for the memo).
• The Conversation publishes an article by EconoFact executive editor Michael Klein on Paul Volcker. The article was also published by PBS.
• PBS Newshour posts EconoFact's memo on randomized control trials (click here for the memo).
• The Niskanen Center reproduces EconoFact's memo on tax progressivity (click here for the memo).
• Bloomberg Baystate Business interviews EconoFact executive editor Michael Klein on U.S. tariffs.
• Seeking Alpha cites EconoFact's work on the costs of U.S. tariffs since 2018 (click here for the memo). Content also reproduced in Nasdaq.
• PBS Newshour posts EconoFact's memo on the costs of air pollution (click here for the memo)
• PBS Newshour posts EconoFact's memo on the costs of U.S. tariffs since 2018 (click here for the memo)
• The Colony Group posts EconoFact's memo on why U.S. inflation is so low (click here for the memo)
• The Conversation publishes an article by EconoFact executive editor Michael Klein on U.S. Federal Reserve policy, and the prospects of a recession. The article was also published by PBS.
• PBS Newshour posts EconoFact's memo on negative interest rates (click here for the memo)
• PBS Newshour posts EconoFact's memo on U.S. corporate debt (click here for the memo)
• PBS Newshour posts EconoFact's memo on the importance of central bank independence (click here for the memo)
• The Colony Group posts EconoFact's memo on what the Employment Situation Report can tell us (click here for the memo)
• PBS Newshour posts EconoFact's memo on whether expanding access to contraception improves economic outcomes (click here for the memo)
• Bloomberg Baystate Business interviews EconoFact Executive Editor Michael Klein on trade, and the US Federal Reserve.
• PRI interviews EconoFact Executive Editor Michael Klein on US-China trade tensions.
• The Financial Times cites EconoFact's memo on whether the U.S. should weaken the dollar (click here for the memo).
• PRI interviews EconoFact network member and Swarthmore College Professor Stephen A. O’Connell on US foreign aid.
• The Washington Post cites EconoFact's memo on market power and workers' wages (click here for the memo).
• The New York Times editorial board op-ed cites EconoFact's memo on whether China is weakening the Yuan to fight U.S. tariffs. (click here for the memo).
• The New York Times cites EconoFact's memo on the impact of Roe V. Wade on American fertility (click here for the memo).
• The Financial Times cites EconoFact's memo on the yuan-dollar exchange rate (click here for the memo).
• The Washington Post cites EconoFact's memo on steel tariffs (click here for the memo).
• The Conversation publishes an article by EconoFact executive editor Michael Klein on the independence of the Federal Reserve.
• The Conversation publishes an article by EconoFact executive editor Michael Klein on the labor force participation rate.
• Radio Entrepreneurs interviews EconoFact executive editor Michael Klein. Video link is available here
• Project Syndicate cites EconoFact's memos on the costs of tariffs in the U.S.-China trade war, the threats to U.S. agriculture from U.S. trade policies, and on how import tariffs can also reduce exports.
• MSNBC interviews Jennifer Hunt on the merits of a points based immigration system.
• The Conversation cites Lee Branstetter’s EconoFact memo on forced technology transfer. Also reproduced in Asia Times (click here for the memo).
• NPR interviews Kadee Russ on U.S. tariffs on China.
• Financial Times cites EconoFact's memo on steel tariffs (click here for the memo).
• The Washington Post cites EconoFact's memo on steel tariffs (click here for the memo).
• Vox quotes EconoFact executive editor Michael Klein on trade and tariffs.
• NBC cites EconoFact's memo on the skills gap (click here for the memo).
• Financial Times cites EconoFact's memo on stock buybacks (click here for the memo).
• Huffington Post cites EconoFact's memo on welfare and the federal budget (click here for the memo).
• Christian Science Monitor quotes EconoFact's Founder and co-executive editor Michael Klein on the U.S. economy. The article also cites EconoFact's memos on stock market volatility and the inversion of the yield curve.
• New York Daily News cites EconoFact's memo on whether immigrants are more likely to commit crimes (click here for the article).
• Financial Times cites EconoFact's memo on whether governments should tax sugary drinks (click here for the memo).
• Vox quotes EconoFact co-executive editor Michael Klein on tariffs and trade.
• The Fiscal Times feature on EconoFact “The Fight Against Fake Facts has a New Army of Unlikely Warriors”.
• Financial Times writer James Politi cites EconoFact as an important resource.
• PolicyCast by the Harvard Kennedy School interviewed EconoFact Co-Executive editor Michael Klein.
• PRI’s The World correspondent Jason Margolis discusses EconoFact.

The analysis and information provided by EconoFact informs policy influencers and journalists who are reporting on current events and critical issues. For example:

Kadee Russ and Lydia Cox on steel tariffs putting United States jobs at risk was cited in a range of outlets, including:

• NY Times - Upshot
• The Washington Post - Max Boot column, Glenn Kessler’s fact checking.
• Reuters - Steve Holland and Ginger Gibson article
• Marketplace - Interviews Kadee Russ
• Toronto Globe and Mail - Laura Dawson article
• Morningstar - Trade War with China
• The Federal Bank of New York - Steel Tariffs and Jobs
• The Guardian - Steel and aluminum tariffs trigger stock market sell-off
• PRI's The World - this segment (listen at 27:30) and this one

 

Tara Watson’s memo on whether undocumented immigrants overuse government benefits:

• CNN - piece by Stephen Moore
• Washington Post - Jared Bernstein column
• Politifact - Miriam Valverde article

 

Kimberly Clausing’s memo "How will the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Impact American Workers?"

• The PBS Newshour MakingSen$e - posted this memo
• Harvard Business School - cited in paper on Tax Cuts and Inequality
• TV Station KSTP (Minneapolis, MN) - refers to it in a broadcast segment

 

Jennifer Doleac’s memo “Are Immigrants More Likely to Commit Crimes?”

• Business Insider - article
• Congressman Keith Ellison (5th District, MN) - comments on Twitter.
• The City Attorney of San Francisco - in its press release announcing a lawsuit directed at the Trump administration's policy on sanctuary cities.

 

Menzie Chinn and Michael Klein on the link (or lack thereof) of trade deficits and economic growth was cited by:

• Project Syndicate - on 20th September 2018, and this was reproduced in The Guardian.
• Bloomberg - article by Noah Smith
• Washington Post - article that was reproduced by the Baltimore Post, and another mention in the Washington Post.