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Monarch Discusses the Dollar and Interest Rates With Newsweek
“Recent policies such as extremely high tariffs, increased government debt, and worries about inflation have all contributed to the falling dollar,” says Ryan Monarch, associate professor of economics.
See related: Federal, International Affairs, Labor, Tariffs, United States
It's Not the Economy: The Effect of Framing Arguments on Attitudes Toward Refugees
The article, co-authored by Lamis Abdelaaty, associate professor of political science, was published in International Migration Review.
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Lovely Talks to China Daily About Tariffs and Consumer Spending
“The…taxes are economically significant…and regressive in the sense that they take a larger share of income from poorer households than richer households,” says Mary Lovely, professor emerita of economics.
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Cohen Weighs In on US Tariffs on Secondhand Items in WIRED Article
Professor of History Andrew Wender Cohen says a reasonable approach would be to maintain tariffs on used items but at lower rates that would be commensurate with the risk posed to domestic manufacturing.
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Not in My Backyard? The Local Impact of Wind and Solar Parks in Brazil
The study, authored by David Popp, professor of public administration and international affairs, was published in Energy Economics.
See related: Economic Policy, Energy, Labor, Latin America & the Caribbean
Reeher Discusses Trumps ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ on LiveNOW from FOX
“There's going to be an enormous amount of pressure on the Republicans to stay together on this. More than anything else that any Republican who's serving in Congress right now will face, because this is going to be Donald Trump's signature domestic bill,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
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Reeher Talks to CBS New York and WCNY About President Trump’s First 100 Days
“Donald Trump has come in and has had just a blizzard of executive orders and other kinds of actions that have had serious impact in the federal government, the relations between the major branches of government and have had effects that have trickled down into Syracuse,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
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Lovely Quoted in China Daily Article on Trump’s Tariffs, Rebound of US Manufacturing
Tariffs are often touted by politicians as a good idea because they contend “that China has not adhered to global trade rules by unfairly subsidizing its manufacturing sector. This view leads people to think that trade is unfair to domestic producers and workers and to see tariffs are justified,” says Mary Lovely, professor emerita of economics.
Monarch Talks With the Associated Press, Splinter and Tax Chats Podcast About Trump’s Tariffs
“We don’t know what the U.S. is doing. We don’t know why they’re doing it, and they seem to revel in the fact that they’re causing trouble, economic pain and consternation all across Europe and the world,” says Ryan Monarch, assistant professor of economics.
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McDowell Discusses the Mar-a-Lago Accord and the US Dollar in Deutsche Welle Interview
Part of the Mar-a-Lago Accord is essentially the goal to reduce U.S. debt service costs by forcing other countries to exchange existing U.S. bonds for 100-year, low- or no-interest bonds. “This is such an unprecedented idea. This is, in my opinion, the most kind of fantastical part of this,” says Daniel McDowell, Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of International Affairs.
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