Batter Up
Did President Trump eliminate America's trio of trade deficits? Dean Matthew Slaughter and coauthor Matthew Rees weigh in and look ahead to trade policy under the Biden administration.In his...
The Biden-Harris Economic Scorecard
This Inauguration Day, Dean Matthew Slaughter and coauthor Matthew Rees provide a scorecard for the heart of the American economy—workers and their families—to help clarify how to measure pro...
Puerto Rico and the Moon
While the U.S. awaits COVID-19 stimulus packages and the distribution of vaccines, Dean Matthew J. Slaughter and coauthor Matthew Rees examine two scientific landmarks from earlier this month—an o...
RIP, Ed Winchester
Ed Winchester, the beloved executive director of marketing and communications at Tuck who died unexpectedly last week, was emblematic of a wise and decisive leader.This is the 197th Slaughter ...
How to Avoid a Coronavirus Depression
In a new essay for "Foreign Affairs," Dean Matthew J. Slaughter and coauthor Matthew Rees outline a three-step policy plan to halt the coming coronavirus recession.As the coronavirus pandemic...
The Essential Health-Care Question Missing from the Debates
How can we make America’s health-care system more productive? It’s a key question absent from the health-care reform debate, say Slaughter and Rees.On Tuesday of this week, sev...
The U.S.-China Trade War—The End of the Beginning
Tuck School Dean Matthew J. Slaughter and co-author Matthew Rees provide three main lessons from the U.S.-China trade war’s first phase and a potential solution for lasting p...
Our End-of-Year Holiday Wish
Are adults—in America and around the world—failing their children? Matthew J. Slaughter and Matthew Rees share an important wish for the New Year.In the spirit of this sea...
Immigrants for the Heartland
America’s struggling communities are in desperate need of high-talent immigrants. We should welcome them, say Slaughter and Rees.Last year America’s population grew by just 0.4 percent—t...
The Green New Deal and AOC
America should consider how to harness the earnestness of the Green New Deal—a resolution regarding climate change submitted by newly elected Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—without wreaking economic havoc.A few...
Whither Globalization and Work?
The future of work in the face of globalization remains unknown. But the best way to equip workers for whatever globalization might render is by investing in their human capital,...
The New Year’s Upside of Falling Life Expectancy
For the third consecutive year, life expectancy in the U.S. has fallen.Welcome to the first full week of 2019. We hope you enjoyed some end-of-year rest and good cheer....
Where Is There Hope for a Kinder and Gentler Nation? In Prison.
The First Step Act, which sits before the U.S. Senate, would create more opportunities for rehabilitation in federal prisons.The world is rightly mourning the passing last Friday of...
How to Save Globalization
When it comes to globalization, building a lifelong ladder of opportunity for all citizens is imperative, say Slaughter and Rees.Here in the United States, next Tuesday, November 6, is Election...
Happy Fiscal New Year. And a Stormy One, Too.
"Fiscal 2018 was in many ways a disaster for the fiscal health of America—today and in the future," say Slaughter and Rees. Here in the United States, October 1 marks an i...
The Economic Guns of September
The United States and China are on the brink of a major trade war. Here are three principles that should guide U.S. policy leaders’ statecraft at this precarious time.H...
Time for a Myspace Comeback?
It is no longer clear that users of Facebook benefit as they once thought they did—could there be a better way? Dean Matthew Slaughter and economist Matthew Rees weigh i...
War and Peace
The President recently tweeted that trade wars are good and winnable. Slaughter & Rees argue that no country wins in a trade war.We your correspondents intended this March missive to...