Maxwell School News and Commentary
Filtered by: Economic Policy
Burman discusses the cost of Warren's Medicare for All in the Atlantic
Leonard Burman, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics, says raising significantly more tax revenue to fund Medicare for All "is plausible in the sense that it is theoretically possible. But the revolution that would come along with it would get in the way."
See related: Federal, Taxation, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Lovely discusses the latest in US-China trade talks with Business Insider, NPR, The Week
"We have to remember that every other country in the world will be doing business with China. That puts our companies at a severe disadvantage in doing business," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics.
See related: China, Economic Policy, Trade, United States
Lovely discusses US, China with CNBC, Foreign Policy, Bloomberg, Business Insider, Financial Times
“The Chinese meanwhile are incredibly pragmatic, and they’ll certainly consider the possibility that the impeachment inquiry is having an effect. They’ll see the president as weakened. That will matter," says Professor of Economics Mary Lovely.
See related: China, Economic Policy, Trade, United States
Lovely quoted in McClatchy article on impact of USMCA on auto prices
Mary Lovely, professor of economics, says "the effect of the agreement is going to be swamped by whatever happens next with the economy," about the trade deal.
See related: Canada, Economic Policy, Latin America & the Caribbean, Trade, United States
Yinger comments on NY property assessments in Syracuse.com article
"New York is all over the place,’" says John Yinger, Trustee Professor of Economics and Public Administration and International Affairs. "It has one of the craziest [property assessment] systems in the country."
See related: Housing, New York State, Taxation
Popp article on climate policy published in Newsweek
See related: Climate Change, Government, Taxation, United States
Lovely helps debunk Trump's statement on China's economy in PolitiFact
"As an economy develops, growth rates come down," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics. "Over the long term, we have seen China’s average growth rate decline, which is what we would expect."
See related: China, Economic Policy
Gueorguiev comments on US-China trade talks, Huawei in Washington Examiner
"If differentiating the Huawei issue into trade and security strands makes it politically more palatable for the Trump administration to make a limited deal that lifts the ban on non-security related Huawei transactions, it is hard to see what the Chinese side stands to gain from not playing along," says Dimitar Gueorguiev, assistant professor of political science.
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Lovely discusses US-China trade war with Business Insider, Marketplace
"Higher taxes on these goods are likely to be highly regressive, in that lower and middle class Americans spend a higher portion of their income on these Chinese imports than do higher income Americans," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics.
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Lovely discusses the US-China trade war with Insider, Bloomberg
See related: China, Economic Policy, Trade, United States