How Manufacture and Trade of Washing Machines and Parts Gives a Clear Example of Trade Restrictions

Historically, one major reason has consistently been cited for the growth in housing costs in this country: the rising cost of building homes. But that relationship is changing. In this episode, University of Chicago economist Chad Syverson breaks down 75...

Economist Brent Neiman recently returned to UChicago from his position as Deputy Undersecretary for International Finance at The US Treasury, only to find his research being used (and misused) in the Trump administration’s sweeping new tariff policy. In this episode,...

The U.S. tax and transfer system has become more redistributive in recent decades, not less; this finding holds across multiple ways of measuring and defining income, households, and transfers.