This week's IGM Economic Experts Panel statements:
A) If all of the “Seven actions to protect American workers” in President-elect Trump’s 100-day plan (see link) are enacted, it will more likely than not improve the economic prospects of middle-class Americans over the next decade.
B) If all of the “Seven actions to protect American workers” in President-elect Trump’s 100-day plan are enacted, it will more likely than not improve the economic prospects of low-skilled Americans over the next decade.
100-Day Plan
This week's IGM Economic Experts Panel statement:
A merger of AT&T and Time Warner would likely increase consumer surplus over the ensuing decade.
This week's IGM Economic Experts Panel statement:
Long run fiscal sustainability in the US will require some combination of cuts in currently promised Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security benefits and/or tax increases that include higher taxes on households with incomes below $250,000.
This week's IGM Economic Experts Panel statement:
Adding new or higher import duties on products such as air conditioners, cars, and cookies — to encourage producers to make them in the US — would be a good idea.
This week's IGM Economic Experts Panel statements:
A) Allowing US-based employers to hire many more immigrants with advanced degrees in science or engineering would lower (at least temporarily) the premium earned by current American workers with similar degrees.
B) Allowing US-based employers to hire many more immigrants with advanced degrees in science or engineering would raise per capita income in the US over time.
This week's IGM Economic Experts Panel statements:
A) Because of the Brexit vote's outcome, the UK's real per-capita income level is likely to be lower a decade from now.
B) Because of the Brexit vote's outcome, the rest of the EU's real per-capita income level is likely to be lower a decade from now.
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