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You can’t make America great again by wrecking the government. “What to make of the blur of news, revolutionary rhetoric, panicky fundraising texts, economic indicators, the plunging stock market, and, of course, President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025? Are we on the brink of a socioeconomic Armageddon? Or […]

The Greek journal, EFSyn featured the predictions of the Levy Institute’s Macro-Modeling Team in a report over the weekend: The authors of the report (D. Papadimitriou, N. Rodousakis, G.T. Yajima, G. Zezza) clash with the over-optimism of the government, the EU, the IMF and the OECD and predict a 1.3% decrease in Greek GDP in 2026, a […]

On April 1, Institute President Pavlina R. Tcherneva spoke on the Marketplace Morning Report episode, “Keep an eye on rising layoffs at the smallest businesses.” Tcherneva asserted that the behavior of small businesses can serve as a bellwether for overall trends in the economy. Listen to the full episode for further insights.

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Cutting government spending to “pay for” tax cuts makes a bad economic policy much worse. If Republicans want to cut taxes, the best option for Democrats is to insist that they not be “paid for.” Levy Scholar Yeva Nersisyan discusses the efforts of President Trump and the Republicans to cut taxes by reducing government spending. Our […]

Levy Scholar Stephanie Kelton was interviewed by reporters at The Hill. In the segment, titled “Preserving Social Security,” Kelton defended the program and condemned its opponents such as Elon Musk and Howard Lutnick.

New book from Senior Scholar James K. Galbraith and Jing Chen

On March 11–the five-year anniversary of the official global pandemic declaration from the World Health Organization–Institute President Pavlina R. Tcherneva spoke with the Marketplace Morning Report.