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McDowell Contributes Chapter to Gates Forum Report on Economic Statecraft
“The Sources of American Financial Power and its Challengers,” written by Daniel McDowell, Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of International Affairs, was presented at the third annual forum, hosted by the Gates Global Policy Center in partnership with William & Mary’s Global Research Institute.
See related: Economic Policy, Federal, International Affairs, Trade, U.S. Foreign Policy, United States
Reforming the Shadow Carceral State
“Reforming the Shadow Carceral State,” co-authored by Assistant Professor of Sociology Gabriela Kirk-Werner, was published in Theoretical Criminology.
See related: Crime & Violence, Economic Policy, Human Rights, State & Local, United States
McDowell Discusses Trump’s Plans to Maintain Dollar Dominance in BBC, Bloomberg, Wash Post Articles
“The idea that you’d use political coercion to bind countries, or bind market actors within countries, to use the currency is not how the dollar ascended to this place in the first place,” says Daniel McDowell, professor of political science. “If that’s what’s needed to maintain dollar dominance, that shows there’s a real fundamental problem with the economic appeal.”
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Sustainability Spectacle in the Gulf
“Sustainability Spectacle in the Gulf,” authored by Professor of Geography and the Environment Natalie Koch, was published in Current History.
See related: Economic Policy, Government, Middle East & North Africa, Sustainability
Reeher Speaks With Fox News About Trump’s Proposed Tariffs for Mexico and Canada
“I think what he's putting out now, at this stage, could be seen as an attempt to nudge the behavior of both Mexico and Canada regarding the border and to engage in what is essentially financial saber rattling. But also, I wouldn't be surprised to see him follow through on this because he is a believer in tariffs,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
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The Impact of Inflation on Support for Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential Election
“The Impact of Inflation on Support for Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential Election,” co-authored by Professor of Political Science Daniel McDowell, was published in SSRN.
See related: Economic Policy, U.S. Elections, United States
Silverstein Talks to NPR About China’s Economy Adapting to Serve the Aging Population
Professor of Sociology Merril Silverstein, who studies how infrastructure development is increasingly geared towards an older society in China, says, “Those in more developed villages have less aging anxiety about whether their needs will be met, whether they'll be, you know, happy or not as they get older.”
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Lovely Weighs In on How Trump's Proposed Tariffs Will Impact US Consumers in China Daily Article
The new duties also could mean “a household with median income is projected to pay $1,700 more each year in import taxes,” says Mary Lovely, professor emerita of economics.
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Rising Import Tariffs, Falling Exports: When Modern Supply Chains Meet Old-Style Protectionism
“Rising Import Tariffs, Falling Exports: When Modern Supply Chains Meet Old-Style Protectionism,” co-authored by Assistant Professor of Economics Ryan Monarch, was published in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.
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‘Life Together’ Seeks to Improve Civil Dialogue
The event brought members of the Syracuse University community together to talk in small groups about a sometimes-divisive topic, the economy.
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