Jeanette Wicks-Lim - Dollars & Sense

The Economics of Trump's War with Iran

Just how much damage will the war and its aftermath inflict on the global economy?

John Miller May 11, 2026

May/June 2026

There is no one-to-one correlation between what we do and what it means to us or to others. Many of

Zoe Sherman May 11, 2026

Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz affects not just oil and fertilizer, but also the many oil- and gas-based inputs essential to everyday goods.

Jeannette Wicks-Lim is an assistant research professor at the Political Economy Research Institute, UMass-Amherst.

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Issue 283

Create jobs. End the recession. Save the environment. What else can transforming our fossil fuel economy to a clean energy

Jeanette Wicks-Lim Jul 1, 2009