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The Special Role of the U.S. Dollar

Posted March 3, 2024 • 00:21:28

Much of global trade in goods and services is denominated in U.S. dollars. The dollar is widely used for bilateral trade between countries other than...

New Insights on Inflation from a Billion Prices

Posted February 25, 2024 • 00:23:24

The Bureau of Labor Statistics samples about 80,000 products and services each month to estimate headline inflation. But the published inflation rate,...

Supporting Children and Their Families

Posted February 18, 2024 • 00:24:08

The Supplemental Poverty Measure put the 2022 U.S. child poverty rate at 12%, more than double the 5% rate in 2021. Child poverty is especially high...

Larry Summers on Today’s Economic Challenges

Posted February 11, 2024 • 00:32:06

The world is facing a 'poly-crisis' of interconnected economic, environmental, geo-political, and governance challenges. Lawrence Summers is particularly...

Are Past Anti-Trust Approaches Appropriate Today?

Posted February 4, 2024 • 00:25:07

Are policies from over a century ago that addressed concerns about large trusts like Standard Oil and the American Tobacco Company appropriate today?...