October 19, 2018 — Headlines today note a further slowdown in China’s growth.
Author Archives: jfrankel
After NAFTA
Oct. 12, 2018 — Donald Trump thinks he once again pulled off a smashing victory on October 1, delivering on his oft-repeated campaign promise to terminate NAFTA, “the worst trade deal ever,“ and replace it with something much newer and better. One is tempted to say to oneself, “Let him think that.” The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement may not be an improvement over the status quo, but at least it is an improvement over the end to free trade in North America which he had threatened.
Bill Nordhaus & Paul Romer, Nobel Prize winners
October 8, 2018 — Congratulations to Bill Nordhaus and Paul Romer on winning the ultimate prize in Economics. When I first heard, I wondered what the two have in common, beyond both doing path-breaking Nobel-worthy research.