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Bloomberg: Day care costs are reversing working mothers’ gains
“That one-two punch appears to be pushing some mothers out of the workforce. Lauren Bauer, an economist and fellow at the Brookings Institution, has been track…
CNN: Grocery prices are high. Trump’s mass deportations could make matters worse
“Any reduction in food demand resulting from evictions would be dwarfed by the loss of workers, noted Chloe East, an economics professor at the University of C…
ProPublica: Trump says he’ll fight for working-class Americans. His first presidency suggests he won’t.
“'Trump proposed significantly deeper cuts to programs for low- and modest-income people than any other president ever has, including Reagan, by far,' said Rob…
Marketplace: In a 2nd Trump term, Fed independence would go ‘out the window,’ economist says
“'If somebody came in and looked like they were messing with that , you wouldn’t just have the U.S. stock market to worry about,' Edelberg said. 'You would hav…
The New York Times: Trump’s vast tariffs would rock global businesses and shake alliances
“The costs for businesses could also be significant. Wendy Edelberg, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said tariffs would force companies to raise …
The New York Times: Trump flirts with the ultimate tax cut: No income taxes at all
“A challenge for raising revenue from tariffs is that placing a tax on imports tends to cut the amount of trade—and therefore reduce the amount of revenue coll…
Bloomberg: US interest burden hits 28-year high, escalating political risk
“'The higher interest costs are, the more politically salient these issues are,’ said Wendy Edelberg, director of the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project.…
Associated Press: Trump’s economic plans would worsen inflation, experts say
“Economists Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson of the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project found that by raising the supply of workers, the influx of immigrant…
