Economic promises helped Trump get elected. Now he has an affordability problem

Americans are feeling the strain of high prices, even as President Trump tries to tout "record highs" in the stock market.

Epstein files and affordability concerns threaten to knock Trump’s 2nd presidency off course

President Donald Trump's political dominance is showing cracks as he faces challenges on affordability and the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Trump’s Republican Party insists there’s no affordability crisis and dismisses election losses

Many Republican leaders insist there's no problem with the GOP's policies, the party's message or President Donald Trump’s ...

Your political polarization is the reason for our $38 trillion national debt, top economist says: ‘it’s deeply debilitating’ for ‘consensus and stability and productive ...

America’s $38 trillion national debt isn’t really because of bad math or budgeting, top economist Barry Eichengreen says. It ...
University of Chicago News

New book highlights economic inequality at the heart of democratic backsliding

UChicago political scientist Susan C. Stokes analyzes the current moment while offering solutions to a polarized public ...
Seeking Alpha

What Happens When Politics Hijacks The Economy?

For the good of a country, politics and economics (meaning monetary policy) must be two separate branches that never communicate with each other, and the reason is very simple: they have different ...

Trump doubles down on the economy despite a strong rebuke from voters

This approach carries risks, as President Joe Biden learned when he ignored inflation — and then scrambled to minimize the ...