Dollar and Sense Podcast

A sign with the words "Nord Stream" stands in front of the gas receiving station of the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station of the OPAL long-distance gas pipeline (Ostsee-Pipeline-Anbindungsleitung - Baltic Sea Pipeline Link). The Nord Stream1 Baltic Sea pipeline, through which Russian natural gas has been flowing to Germany since 2011, ends in Lubmin near Greifswald. After the start of the war against Ukraine, Russia openly threatened for the first time to stop gas supplies through the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline.

Oil, gas, Russia, OPEC—What’s happening in world energy markets?

Samantha Gross and David Dollar

Monday, October 31, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping claps after his speech as China's new Politburo Standing Committee members meet the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 25, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo

Checking in on China’s economy during the 20th Party Congress

Eswar Prasad and David Dollar

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

A newspaper with a cover picture of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police" is seen in Tehran, Iran September 18, 2022. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Will protests in Iran end the Islamic Republic?

Suzanne Maloney and David Dollar

Monday, October 3, 2022

Shopping in a Whole Foods Market supermarket in New York on Tuesday, September 14, 2022. (Photo by Richard B. Levine)No Use Germany.

Inflation trends in the US and globally

Donald Kohn and David Dollar

Monday, September 19, 2022

U.S. and European Union flags are pictured during the visit of Vice President Mike Pence to the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

How a US-EU trade agreement could improve the economy, increase jobs, and strengthen democracy

Sanjay Patnaik and David Dollar

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Workers marry the body structure with the battery pack and the front and rear sub frames as they assemble electric vehicles at the Lucid Motors plant in Casa Grande, Arizona, U.S.

Fixing the climate crisis will require local experimentation and solutions

David G. Victor and David Dollar

Monday, August 22, 2022

A general view of the U.S. Capitol after United States Vice President Kamala Harris, voted on the Senate floor to break the 50-50 tie to proceed to the Inflation Reduction Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

How three big bills in Congress will spur innovation and competitiveness

Adie Tomer and David Dollar

Monday, August 8, 2022

Shipping containers are seen at a terminal inside the Port of Oakland as independent truck driver continue protesting against California's new law known as AB5, in Oakland, California, U.S., July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

How to improve global supply chains

Darrell M. West and David Dollar

Monday, July 25, 2022

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) speaks at a press conference at the end of the G-7 summit at Schloss Elmau.

Post-G7 summit, a time of great uncertainty in the global economy

Douglas A. Rediker and David Dollar

Monday, July 11, 2022

French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) leader and Member of Parliament Marine Le Pen is escorted by France's President Emmanuel Macron after talks at the presidential Elysee Palace, France, June 21, 2022. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS

After France’s parliamentary elections, can Macron govern at home and lead abroad?

Célia Belin and David Dollar

Monday, June 27, 2022

More than 1,000 South Korea-made Daewoo cars are unloaded at the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Varna on March 31. The cars will be disassembled and shipped in containers to neighbouring countries.BULGARIA DAEWOO

A short history of trade liberalization in developing countries

Douglas A. Irwin and David Dollar

Monday, June 13, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden poses with India Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as he announced the countries that are joining the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework on Monday (May 23) during his visit to Tokyo. Biden launched his plan for U.S. economic engagement in Asia on Monday by initiating the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework with 13 founding countries. Speaking at the launch event in Tokyo, Biden said that the future of the 21st Century economy will be written in the Indo-Pacific. The 13 initial members of the group, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), are the U.S., Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, New Zealand and Brunei, the Biden administration said Monday. The members accounting for about 40% of the world's gross domestic product.

US economic diplomacy in Asia

Susan A. Thornton and David Dollar

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Sprawled out on Second Avenue behind his truck, a FEDEX worker sorts out packages to be delivered on Christmas Eve, New York, NY, December 24, 2020. With a resurgence in COVID-19 infections, package shipping services such as FEDEX, UPS and the USPS are expecting to deliver a record number of packages for 2020. (Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

How workers got left behind in the pandemic while shareholder wealth soared

Molly Kinder and David Dollar

Monday, May 16, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning sails through the Miyako Strait near Okinawa on its way to the Pacific in this handout photo taken by Japan Self-Defense Forces and released by the Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan on April 4, 2021. Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan/HANDOUT via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. THIS PICTURE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY. AN UNPROCESSED VERSION HAS BEEN PROVIDED SEPARATELY/File Photo

Kevin Rudd on how to avoid war between the US and China

Kevin Rudd and David Dollar

Monday, May 2, 2022

A man works at India's booth during China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing, China, May 27, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Why globalization is shifting in favor of India, not China

Arvind Subramanian and David Dollar

Monday, April 18, 2022