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News November 27, 2024

BBC News: ‘It’s going to be hard’: US firms race to get ahead of Trump tariffs

“"There's economic impact whether it's bluster or not," said economist Wendy Edelberg, director of the Hamilton Project and a senior fellow at the Brookings In…
News November 25, 2024

NPR: The country’s social safety net could be in danger as Trump looks to slash spending

“The irony ... is that among the people who would be hurt most seriously are working-class families, the very people who are now part of his political base.”
News November 19, 2024

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…
News November 18, 2024

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…
News November 2, 2024

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…
News October 28, 2024

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…
News October 28, 2024

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 …
News October 24, 2024

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…
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