July 26, 2021
Jay Shambaugh of George Washington University joins Michael Klein to discuss the prospects for ongoing inflation, and the ways in which inflation affects your economic well-being.
July 6, 2021
Julia Coronado discusses how she and her team analyze the U.S. economy at a time when the pandemic has disrupted the conventional models and rules of thumb that forecasters traditionally use.
June 28, 2021
New York Times economics reporter Eduardo Porter speaks with EconoFact’s Michael Klein about his book ‘American Poison: How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise.’
June 21, 2021
Former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama, Jason Furman joins EconoFact Chats this week to discuss the economy’s emergence from the COVID-19 recession.
June 14, 2021
David Deming on why manufacturing jobs are no longer a straightforward path to the middle class, and why investments in public colleges can help more people get well-paying jobs in a changing economy.
June 7, 2021
Douglas Irwin (Dartmouth College) joins Michael Klein on EconoFact Chats this week to discuss how ideas about free trade have changed over the last 250 years.
May 31, 2021
With over 1 in 7 children living in poverty in 2019, the U.S. is an outlier among rich nations. According to UC Berkeley professor Hilary Hoynes, it doesn’t have to be this way.
May 17, 2021
COVID-driven lockdowns contributed to a sharp drop in the rates of many types of crime, although the rates of some crimes, such as homicides, increased in 2020. What explains these divergent trends?
May 10, 2021
A discussion with Matt Kahn, director of Johns Hopkins’ 21st Century Cities Initiative on what causes some cities to grow, while others shrink.