Clark Center Forum

About the Clark Center Forum

The Forum for the Kent A. Clark Center for Global Markets is home to the European, Finance, and US Economic Experts Panels as well as a repository of thoughtful, current, and reliable information regarding topics of the day.
Europe

Brexit

Question 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 than it would have been otherwise.

Question 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 than it would have been otherwise.

 
Europe

Trade Within Europe

Question A:

Freer movement of goods and services across borders within Europe has made the average western European citizen better off since the 1980s.

Question B:

Freer movement of goods and services across borders within Europe has made many low-skilled western European citizens worse off since the 1980s.

 
Europe

Local Tax Incentives

This week's IGM European Economic Experts Panel statements:

A) Giving tax incentives to specific firms to locate operations in a country typically generates domestic benefits that outweigh the costs to the country providing the incentives.

B) Europe as a whole benefits when European cities or countries compete with each other by giving tax incentives to firms to locate operations in their jurisdictions. 
US

100-Day Plan

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. 

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