May 30, 2019
Jeffry Frieden, Professor of Government at Harvard University discusses his research on county-level voting patterns in the 2016 U.S. elections
May 19, 2019
Maury Obstfeld and Michael Klein discuss the interactions between the global economy and economic performance in the United States.
May 6, 2019
China moved from an exchange rate regime in which the yuan was pegged to the U.S. dollar to one in which the relationship between the currencies was looser. But the transformation has been bumpy.
April 28, 2019
William G. Gale (Brookings Institution) and Michael Klein (EconoFact) discuss the distributional effects of fiscal policy and the progressivity of the US tax system.
December 12, 2018
U.S. fiscal and monetary conditions are different today than they were before the Financial Crisis. How does this affect our ability to address an economic downturn?
December 3, 2018
The labor for participation rate (LFPR), or the share of the adult population that is either working or looking for work, has been steadily declining in the U.S.
November 25, 2018
While productivity growth is hard to measure and predict, there are a few factors that could be contributing to the productivity growth slowdown in the U.S.
November 9, 2018
The idea of universal basic income, a fixed income for every adult, has been garnering interest as a response to wage stagnation and automation. But is the idea feasible?
November 2, 2018
As the political debate over immigration continues, this video highlights where economists agree, and disagree on the economic impact of immigration in the U.S.