The pandemic and inflation have dramatically changed our lives, which makes calculations that rely on historical patterns less reliable than ever.
Allison SchragerSenior Fellow
Allison Schrager is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering economics. A senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, she is author of “An Economist Walks Into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk.”
The foundation of the US economic system no longer gets automatic approval at the nation’s elite business schools.
Americans are facing a painful drop in the higher living standards brought by ultra-low interest rates and a technology revolution. It had to end sometime.
A whole new crop of investors is learning that bear markets are a fact of life and should adjust accordingly.
The days of freakishly cheap loans are probably gone for good, and rates might even go up some more before they fall again.
Inflation is painful, but policies that could undermine longer-term growth are far more worrying.
Making financial decisions based on your values wasn't making the world a better place. It may have even been making it worse.
Increasing the number of temporary visas for jobholders is a sensible immigration policy that would help combat both labor shortages and rising prices.
While the Fed’s inflation fight could throw the economy into reverse, a mild slowdown now might help avoid a deeper downturn later.
A Q&A with Dartmouth economist Andrew Levin about what it will take for the Fed to return the economy to “normal.”
The South and Southwest U.S. has only recently begun closing the prosperity gap with their neighbors to the north. Overturning Roe v. Wade would slow that progress.
A Q&A with Dartmouth economist Andrew Levin about the economic risks the U.S. is facing and why the central bank got it so wrong.
There has never been a generation in better shape for retirement, even with soaring inflation and volatile markets.
Americans are entering a period when consumer prices will continue to rise steadily, which will bring a whole different set of costs and benefits to a new generation.
Many of the forces keeping prices in check have started to reverse, but bigger gains in consumer prices won’t be bad for the economy as long as they’re predictable.
Career-building and company culture rely on co-workers being together as much as possible.
The stampede of companies out of Russia marks a major change in global capitalism that may not be for the better.
Shifting the economy into neutral without reversing into a recession requires knowing where neutral is.
Technology and big data have allowed us to minimize risk in our lives, but nasty surprises like pandemics and war show us that flexibility is the real key.
The economy keeps getting more volatile, but it's not all bad. You just may need a different attitude about working in your golden years.
