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Michael W. Klein

@mkleinef

Economist. Clayton Prof Int'l Econ Affairs @fletcherschool. Research Director & Executive Editor @econofactorg

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The biggest increase in #ChildPoverty in 2022 was among #Hispanics, as shown by Lisa Gennetian Lisa A. Gennetian Sanford School of Public Policy & Yiyu Chen Child Trends in EconoFactOrg 3.7 million children, 2/5 of all children in poverty. econofact.org/poverty-among-…

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#CyberAttack on hospitals and healthcare institutions are rising. Josephine Wolff of The Fletcher School Tufts University explains why, and the financial and patient-care effects of these attacks in EconoFactOrg econofact.org/the-cybersecur…

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In our latest EconoFactOrg podcast I talk with Binyamin Appelbaum Greg Ip Heather Long & scott horsley about the performance and the perceptions of the US #economy and what this might mean for #Elections2024 econofact.org/podcast/the-u-…

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Sanctions on Russia, Iran, China, Cuba... The use of sanctions is much more prevalent now. I interview my The Fletcher School colleague Daniel W. Drezner on #EconomicSanctions in our newest EconoFactOrg Chats. econofact.org/podcast/econom…

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CBO today projects US Gov. Debt rising from 99% of GDP this year to 122% in 2034. Interest costs are a big reason; this yr interest payments > defense expenditures. Daniel Bergstresser of Brandeis University analyzes interest burden of the debt in EconoFactOrg memo. econofact.org/the-rising-bur…

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About 1 month before the election, I interview Binyamin Appelbaum Greg Ip scott horsley & Heather Long for EconoFactOrg Chats on Candidates views on #FederalReserve , #Immigrationpolicy #Tariffs #SupplyChain & more econofact.org/podcast/the-ne…

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(1/3) Oren Cass had a piece recently in the Atlantic (theatlantic.com/politics/archi…) that mischaracterizes what we know (and don’t know) about tariffs. Maurice Obstfeld and I respond here (the Atlantic declined to publish). piie.com/blogs/realtime…

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Congratulations to Simon Johnson Simon Johnson co-recipient of the #nobel prize. Here’s an EconoFactOrg interview on his fascinating work on the social bias of technical change econofact.org/podcast/the-so…

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Scott Lehigh and I discussed tariffs - here's his article. Opinion | Trump's tariffs spell rough seas ahead for US trade bostonglobe.com/2024/12/05/opi… via The Boston Globe

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Luigi Zingales (U. Chicago) on the deep economic problems when people are rewarded for who you know, or even, who you pay off, rather than what you know, or your ability to produce and sell better goods and services in this new EconoFactOrg chat econofact.org/podcast/costs-…