Public writing and press
Media
Commentary on trade, tariffs, inflation, and the wider economy for general audiences.
Articles for The Conversation
- Is the pandemic over? We asked an economist, an education expert and a public health scholar their views
- Why is inflation so high? Is it bad? An economist answers 3 questions about soaring consumer prices
- America’s cost of ‘defending freedom’ in Ukraine: Higher food and gas prices and an increased risk of recession
- Relief or Stimulus: What’s the Difference, and What It Means for Biden’s $1.9 trillion Coronavirus Package
- Will It Be a 'V' or a 'K'? The Many Shapes of Recessions and Recoveries
- Brexit Could Spell the End of Globalization, and the Global Prosperity That Came With It
- How Congress Lost Power Over Trade Deals – and Why Some Lawmakers Want It Back
- 4 Charts Showing Why Putting Tariffs On Your Friends is a Bad Idea
- George W. Bush Tried Steel Tariffs. It Didn’t Work
- Trump’s $60 Billion in China Tariffs Will Create More Problems Than They Solve
- For Richer or Poorer: 4 Economists Ponder What 2018 Has in Store
- Why Trump’s threat to slap tariffs on foreign steel is a bad idea
Television, radio, and newspaper
- Soaring rents pushing more Charleston thirtysomethings back into roommate living
- The Federal Reserve raised interest rates to help combat higher inflation rates and slow consumer spending
- Is inflation impacting climate change? The answer’s not so simple, experts say
- How the Ukraine crisis could affect your pocketbook
- UofSC professor speaks on gas prices in the Midlands
- Social Security to increase by 5.9%, largest boost since 1982
- Many in SC will be on the hook to repay student debt as COVID relief nears end
- Many could receive stimulus payment by the end of March
- As Virus Raged, China Snapped Up Luxury Cars Made in America
- Midlands residents receive first wave of stimulus checks
- Tariffs slow SC manufacturing investment, putting projects on ‘long pause’
- Midlands soybean farmers take major hit to bottom line thanks to Chinese tariffs
- Not Possible to Win a Trade War: No Winners in US Trade Tariffs