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Josh Bivens is Chief Economist at the Economic Policy Institute.

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  1. America’s Workers Are About to Be Forgotten Again
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    America’s Workers Are About to Be Forgotten Again

    Jan 24, 2025 Josh Bivens & Heidi Shierholz contrast the Biden administration's pro-worker policies with what Donald Trump is likely to do.

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    America Is Gone – Europe Must Replace It

    Sławomir Sierakowski

    Donald Trump and J.D. Vance’s verbal assault on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office was shocking but not surprising. As the Trump administration rapidly destroys America's credibility and international standing, Europe must mobilize its ample resources to replace America as a global leader.

     says the Trump administration's Oval Office fight with Ukraine's president is a moment that will live in infamy.
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    Can America Maintain External Sustainability?

    Yu Yongding explains why demand for foreign capital inflows to offset the country’s savings shortfall may go unmet.
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    The Coming Showdown in Trumpworld

    Dani Rodrik points out that a coalition comprising incompatible financial and ideological interests cannot last.
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    Trump’s Self-Fulfilling Crisis

    Stephen S. Roach shows how the US president’s policies could create the very problems he falsely claims to be confronting.
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    Britain Must Downgrade the Special Relationship

    Chris Patten outlines steps UK policymakers must take to mitigate the strategic threat posed by the Trump administration.
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    America’s Oligarchs Are Trump’s Achilles’ Heel

    Gabriel Zucman proposes that countries targeted by US tariffs retaliate with taxes on Elon Musk and his peers.
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    The Opacity of Hope

    Jonathan Levy reflects on how the politics promoted by America’s first Black president gave rise to its first felonious one.
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    A New Gulf Growth Model

    Faris Al-Sulayman & Steffen Hertog explain why the region’s governments are well positioned to capitalize on recent geo-economic trends.
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    Small States Mean Big Returns

    Adnan Hassan sees lucrative investment opportunities in countries capable of adapting efficiently to rapid economic change.

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