Barry Eichengreen: The end of American exceptionalism?

The question is whether US President Donald Trump’s destructive policies have now brought this economic exceptionalism to an end. That prospect was reflected in the stock market in April, when the S&P 500 fell more than 17% from its record high after Trump’s inauguration. While the market has since recovered most of those losses, volatility…

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Dani Rodrik: Will America Inc and US academia protest Trump policies?

America’s prodigious wealth and power are founded on two pillars: universities and businesses. The first produces the ideas, research and training that have made the country a Mecca for the world’s best minds. The second generates the investment and innovation that have powered America’s formidable economic engine. But now, President Donald Trump seems intent on…

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