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Director - The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Senior Fellow - Economic Studies @davidmwesselRichard Frank speaks with Barron’s about the Medicare drug-price negotiation process, and how companies could try to make their drugs exempt.
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Vice President and Director - Economic Studies, Director - Retirement Security Project @econ_harrisDavid Wessel speaks with NPR Morning Edition about former President Donald Trump’s economic proposals, including extensions of his 2017 tax cuts and new tariffs.
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Director - The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Senior Fellow - Economic Studies @davidmwesselA cooling economy “would reinforce their story that (interest rate) policy is restrictive.”
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