Econ Faculty in the News

Professor Ethan Lewis said, "There is a vast amount of research on the labor market impact of immigration in the U.S., most of which concludes the impact on less-skilled workers is fairly small and, if anything, jobs for U.S.-born workers might by created rather than 'taken' by immigrants."

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"The Fed is having a harder time with the last mile of inflation," said Diego Comin, a professor of economics at Dartmouth College.

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"U.S. tariffs would go from among the lowest to highest among major economies. If other countries retaliated, the rise in global trade barriers would have no modern precedent," said Doug Irwin, a trade historian at Dartmouth College.