Michael W. Klein
@MKleinEF
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Economist. Clayton Prof Int'l Econ Affairs @fletcherschool. Research Director & Executive Editor @econofactorg
Massachusetts, USA
Joined March 2017
RT @MKleinEF: Luigi Zingales (U. Chicago) on the deep economic problems when people are rewarded for who you know, or even, who you pay off….
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A discussion with Luigi Zingales on the broader consequences of corruption that distorts outcomes like who gets a job, what is purchased, and what attributes determine economic success.
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RT @FletcherSchool: Professor @MKleinEF interviews various economic journalists on the impact of Trump's policies on the economy. Featuring….
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Heather Long (WaPo), Greg Ip (WSJ), Scott Horsley (NPR), and Binyamin Appelbaum (NYT) discuss the likely short and long-run impacts of Trump's economic policies.
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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
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A discussion with Luigi Zingales on the broader consequences of corruption that distorts outcomes like who gets a job, what is purchased, and what attributes determine economic success.
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RT @byHeatherLong: Will the U.S. economy be better or worse off in 2025 under Trump 2.0?. A smart discussion with @greg_ip @BCAppelbaum @Ho….
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A discussion on the feasibility and probable outcomes of the President-elect's stated economic plans.
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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 via @BostonGlobe.
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Tariffs shouldn’t be an all-purpose foreign policy bludgeon.
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RT @davidlazer: Enjoyed chatting with @MKleinEF & @EconoFactOrg re the 2024 election outcome, drawing on our research at .
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David Lazer joins EconoFact Chats to discuss notable shifts in voting patterns in the 2024 U.S. election, and the likelihood that these changes will persist.
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RT @portereduardo: How to ensure technology is not simply deployed to replace workers. Check out my chat with @MKleinEF at @EconoFactOrg….
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A discussion with Eduardo Porter on the broad labor market impacts of recent technological changes.
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RT @CeylaP_IMF: See my latest piece on industrial policy in @EconoFactOrg with my IMF colleagues Michele Ruta and Anna Ilyina . https://t.c….
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The largest economies in the world are leading a revival of industrial policies in support of a broad range of goals beyond manufacturing competitiveness.
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Congratulations to Simon Johnson @baselinescene co-recipient of the #nobel prize. Here’s an @EconoFactOrg interview on his fascinating work on the social bias of technical change
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Simon Johnson joins talks about his new book co-authored with Daron Acemoglu, 'Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity.'
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RT @KClausing: (1/3) Oren Cass had a piece recently in the Atlantic ( that mischaracterizes what we know (and don’t….
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Oren Cass’s shallow and selective defense of Donald Trump’s trade policy proposals in The Atlantic misrepresents what economists know about tariffs.
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About 1 month before the election, I interview @BCAppelbaum @greg_ip @HorsleyScott & @byHeatherLong for @EconoFactOrg Chats on Candidates views on #FederalReserve , #Immigrationpolicy #Tariffs #SupplyChain & more
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A discussion with Binyamin Applebaum, Scott Horsley, Greg Ip, and Heather Long on the economic policies of Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
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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. @dbergstresser of @BrandeisU analyzes interest burden of the debt in @EconoFactOrg memo.
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Interest payments on US government debt relative to GDP are expected to rise to levels not seen since 1940 contributing to the fiscal challenges the U.S. faces.
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Sanctions on Russia, Iran, China, Cuba. The use of sanctions is much more prevalent now. I interview my @FletcherSchool colleague @dandrezner on #EconomicSanctions in our newest @EconoFactOrg Chats.
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The use of economic sanctions has surged in recent decades. But what does the evidence say about their effectiveness in influencing the actions of other countries?
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RT @JournoResource: Public financing of sports venues: Join co-hosts @cmerref of @JournoResource and @MKleinEF of @EconoFactOrg tomorrow at….
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Join co-hosts Clark Merrefield and Michael Klein for a webinar on the public financing of sports venues. This webinar was presented by The Journalist's Resource and Econofact.
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In our latest @EconoFactOrg podcast I talk with @BCAppelbaum @greg_ip @byHeatherLong & @HorsleyScott about the performance and the perceptions of the US #economy and what this might mean for #Elections2024 .
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A discussion on the U.S. economy, the sources of economic discontentment among voters, and issues related to longer-run economic performance such as inequality and manufacturing competitiveness.
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#CyberAttack on hospitals and healthcare institutions are rising. @josephinecwolff of @FletcherSchool @TuftsUniversity explains why, and the financial and patient-care effects of these attacks in @EconoFactOrg
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Troves of information, insecure legacy systems, and urgency to get their systems back up and running, make healthcare institutions vulnerable to cyberattacks.
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The biggest increase in #ChildPoverty in 2022 was among #Hispanics, as shown by Lisa Gennetian @Gen_Pov @DukeSanford & Yiyu Chen @ChildTrends in @EconoFactOrg 3.7 million children, 2/5 of all children in poverty.
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Although their family characteristics are associated with lower rates of poverty in other groups, Hispanic children makeup 41% of U.S. children in poverty.
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