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Research by Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson shows that immigration has supported high job growth without pushing up prices.
Center on Health Policy Director Richard Frank discusses the negative effects of cutting the CDC’s budget.

Richard G. Frank
Director - Center on Health Policy, Senior Fellow - Economic StudiesWe have never required a 64-year-old single widow who’s taking care of her grandchild to work in order to be able to receive SNAP benefits.”

Lauren Bauer
Fellow - Economic Studies, Associate Director - The Hamilton ProjectWilliam G. Gale explains why the U.S. credit rating was downgraded and what it means for the economy.

William G. Gale
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy, Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy CenterMarta Wosińska provides insight on the scope and impacts of potential pharmaceutical tariffs

Marta E. Wosińska
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Health PolicyMillennials are exactly at that age where they are building businesses, and they’re trying to make these businesses work … when you throw in a lot of macroeconomic risk, it just makes..."

John Sabelhaus
Visiting Fellow - Economic Studies, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, Retirement Security ProjectThere are so many multiplying effects and different supply chains behind the scenes that are hard to untangle. We will only see the effects when the prices start to bite.”

Sanjay Patnaik
Director - Center on Regulation and Markets, Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Development, Senior Fellow - Economic Studies @sanjay_patnaikAaron Klein joins an ABC News broadcast to discuss the impact of Trump administration tariffs on the American economy.

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Miriam K. Carliner Chair - Economic Studies, Senior Fellow - Center on Regulation and Markets @AaronDKleinGopi Shah Goda discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the Social Security program.

Gopi Shah Goda
Director - Retirement Security Project, Alice M. Rivlin Chair in Economic Policy, Senior Fellow - Economic Studies @ipogadogWomen who earn more than their husbands actually do more housework in an effort to compensate for their higher earnings and the psychological drama involved.

Isabel V. Sawhill
Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies, Center for Economic Security and Opportunity @isawhillBrookings Papers on Economic Activity
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