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Trade Wars and Trump: Why the U.S. Might Rejoin the TPP

Post author By Claire Huitt
Post date April 16, 2018
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Thursday morning, President Donald Trump announced that he had directed his economic adviser Larry Kudlow and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to look into rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). To remind readers, the TPP was the subject of bipartisan scrutiny during the 2016 election cycle – every major candidate denounced the deal. President Trump withdrew […]

Tags China, Economic Development, Economics and Trade Policy, International Economics, trade, Trade Policy, U.S. foreign policy

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Can the Eurozone Be Saved? The World Should Certainly Hope So

Post author By Andy Uhler
Post date November 12, 2013
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The prevailing monetary policy of unremitting austerity throughout Europe, being championed most notably by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, was recently put to task by some of the most important minds in international economics at a two-day conference hosted by the LBJ School. LBJ’s own Dr. James Galbraith was instrumental in organizing the conference and bringing […]

Tags A Modest Proposal, Austerity, European Crisis, EuroZone, Inequality and Instability, International Economics, James Galbraith, Merkel, New Deal, Stuart Holland