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1 month ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Nicholas Mulder |Michael Albertus |Matthew J. Slaughter |David Wessel
Since returning to the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump has unleashed a whirlwind of policy shifts, territorial claims, and economic threats. In his first few weeks in office, Trump has expressed a desire to bring Canada, Greenland, the Panama Canal, and the Gaza Strip under direct American control. He has also expanded his trade offensive against China to include Canada and Mexico, the United States’ two largest trading partners.
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1 month ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Mariana Mazzucato |Jason Furman |Matthew J. Slaughter |David Wessel
In many ways, Donald Trump’s election to a second term as U.S. president is a story of economic dissatisfaction. For the first time in decades, the Democratic candidate received more support from the richest Americans than from the poorest. In 2020, most voters from households earning less than $50,000 a year opted for the Democrat, Joe Biden; in 2024, they favored the Republican, Trump. Those making more than $100,000 a year, meanwhile, were more likely to vote for Kamala Harris than for Trump.
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1 month ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Matthew J. Slaughter |David Wessel |Jason Furman |Amy Pope
For the United States, these are trying times. Americans are overcome with an unshakable sense of economic malaise. The top-line indicators are good: unemployment is low, inflation is declining, and the country remains the richest in the world. Yet in poll after poll, most Americans say they are unhappy with the state of the economy today and its prospects for tomorrow. Only a quarter consider the economy good or excellent.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
wsj.com | Matthew J. Slaughter
The recent kerfuffle among President-elect Trump’s advisers over America’s H-1B visa program exposes a fundamental policy disagreement: Does high-talent immigration spark dynamism or steal opportunity? Evidence for the former comes from the industry I work in, which isn’t often seen as a paragon of dynamism: higher education. Your browser does not support the audio tag. The Echoes of Jan.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
tuck.dartmouth.edu | Matthew J. Slaughter |Matthew Rees
On this last day of January when we think we can still (barely) use the following salutation: Happy New Year (and, for those of you in China, happy Year of the Dragon). We two Matts apologize for our silence over much of 2023. This was caused by the vibrancy of Tuck and other work and, most importantly, for one of us the need to focus on family. We are happy to be back.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
stuff.co.nz | Matthew J. Slaughter
If you're thinking 'new year, new career,' but don't want to be chained to a desk, allow Stuff's daily news podcast Newsable to assist. In a week-long series of special summer episodes, the team chats to people with jobs or workplaces outside the ordinary. Today, professional juggler, Paul Klaass. Paul Klaass remembers the 90s and early 2000s fondly. It was a time when buskers like him were viewed as “rock stars,” and they could make “crazy money”.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
stuff.co.nz | Matthew J. Slaughter
If you're thinking 'new year, new career' but don't want to be chained to a desk, allow Stuff's daily news podcast Newsable to assist. In a week-long series of special summer episodes, the team chats to people with jobs or workplaces outside the ordinary. Today, Mark Miller, from Monash University in Melbourne, who studies people's brains to find out what makes them tick. At the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the most popular genres of film to watch was horror.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
stuff.co.nz | Matthew J. Slaughter
If you're thinking 'new year, new career,' but don't want to be chained to a desk, allow Stuff's daily news podcast Newsable to assist. In a week-long series of special summer episodes, the team chats to people with jobs or workplaces outside the ordinary. Today, it’s Andrea Russell, who works at a library where you can stay overnight, eat lunch and - yes - drink wine. Picture this, book-lovers. You’re at a library – your happy place.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
stuff.co.nz | Matthew J. Slaughter
If you're thinking 'new year, new career,' but don't want to be chained to a desk, allow Stuff's daily news podcast Newsable to assist. In a week-long series of special summer episodes, the team chats to people with jobs or workplaces outside the ordinary. Today, Tyler Hall, who went from fitting fire alarms to caring for marine life as an aquarist. Tyler Hall was 27, stuck in a job that he didn’t like, and depressed. He’d been working construction jobs since he left school at 17.
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Jan 7, 2024 | 
stuff.co.nz | Matthew J. Slaughter
If you're thinking 'new year, new career' but don't want to be chained to a desk, allow Stuff's daily news podcast Newsable to assist. In a week-long series of special summer episodes, the team chats to people with jobs or workplaces outside the ordinary. Today, Liz Delaney, director of Outspoken by Odd, which manages Kiwi influencers. She explains how you can get paid to spend the day on social media.
