Trade, Tariffs, and Soybeans
Trump has consistently claimed that exporters, those countries who are “ripping us off,” are paying the tariffs. However, the actual data tell a different story.
Issue 353
6 articles
Dear Dr. Dollar: Why Is Student Debt Cancelation Such a Big Deal?
Now that President Biden is in office, I've noticed news reports about the possible cancellation of student debt. Why has this become such a big deal recently? And would cancelling these debts actually help? --Betty Timmons, Lindenwold, N.J.
Rolling Up the Welcome Mat at the Door to the Promised Land
The Economic History of the Great Migration and Its Aftermath
Caring by the Dollar: Nursing Homes, Private Equity, and Covid-19
A Brief History of the Nursing Home Industry
Pandemic Mail
Reimagining the role of the USPS during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic by looking to the past.
Libor Rigging Redux: Was there a third dimension to the Libor scandal?
Economics textbooks teach you that the London Interbank Offered Rate (known by the acronym "Libor") is the rate