Slaughter & Rees Report: Watch Policies, Not Performance
It is easier for government and policy leaders to implement pro-productivity policies in boom times.
Feb 01, 2018It is easier for government and policy leaders to implement pro-productivity policies in boom times.
Feb 01, 2018Economists Slaughter and Rees opine that for the next chairperson of the Federal Reserve Board, the president must nominate the candidate who exhibits the greatest capacity to learn.
Oct 30, 2017The state of the median household in 2016, both in terms of income and net worth, was a glass half full and half empty: full relative to the recent past, empty relative to the past generation.
Oct 02, 2017"In the strongest organizations, employees trust each other: their motivations, their strengths and weaknesses, and their intentions," say two former White House employees.
Jul 31, 2017While the U.S. is still perceived as the number one economic power in the world, the Pew Research Center finds that other nations, namely China, are gaining ground.
Jul 25, 2017With many of the planet’s fish populations at or approaching “biologically unsustainable levels” an intergovernmental mechanism that induces fishermen to internalize the harm they do by overfishing is needed now more than ever.
Jul 17, 2017On July 1, India’s famously labyrinthine tax code was scrapped for a much simpler one that may unleash enormous potential.
Jul 03, 2017"Leaders in Washington should base their policy ideas on data and research, not anecdotes and assertions," say Slaughter & Rees.
Jun 19, 2017Economic dynamism has historically brought an upward spiral of growth in productivity, opportunity, and thus incomes, but in the U.S., dynamism is fading.
May 30, 2017Entrepreneurs represent a vibrant and powerful force with great potential to reshape the Chinese economy.
May 22, 2017New technologies invariably produce winners and losers, but the music industry in particular has been pummeled.
May 01, 2017Sunday April 23, 2017 may be the date that future historians identify as the starting point for a receding tide of global populism in the 21st century.
Apr 24, 2017Government and business are fundamentally different, but a focus on technology and data infrastructure innovation within the federal government could drive significant job creation.
Apr 10, 2017Economists Slaughter & Rees of the Tuck School debunk Trump's claims about the U.S. trade deficit and its impact on jobs.
Apr 03, 2017While skepticism about government is embedded in America’s DNA, outright distrust is a more recent phenomenon.
Mar 27, 2017Globalization boosts—not lowers—productivity and average incomes, say Matthew Slaughter and Matthew Rees.
Mar 20, 2017Reversing the obesity trend and reducing health-care spending depends on something often overlooked: changes in individual behavior.
Mar 13, 2017A hallmark of the U.S. economy has been its dynamism, but U.S. innovation in the past decade is actually on the decline, say Tuck School’s Slaughter & Rees.
Mar 06, 2017Slaughter & Rees explain how a bilateral investment treaty between the U.S. and China would benefit American companies and workers.
Feb 27, 2017"Many jobs of the future exist today, with many of them simply going unfilled because too few Americans have the skills needed to fill them," say Slaughter & Rees as they discuss the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment results.
Feb 20, 2017Tuck Dean Matt Slaughter and senior fellow Matt Rees discuss what lies ahead for the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) and the U.S. economy in the new Trump administration.
Feb 13, 2017"The early stages of Trump's trade policy is an opportune moment to step back and provide some big-picture perspective on how the global economy has evolved in the past—and is likely to continue evolving in the future."
Jan 30, 2017Two historic speeches, President Trump’s inauguration address and Chinese president Xi Jinping’s World Economic Forum address, could not have been starker in contrast.
Jan 23, 2017The end-of-year holidays are now upon us. In many parts of the world, in the days ahead children and adults alike will relish in giving and receiving gifts.
Dec 19, 2016Slaughter and Rees discuss the current economic malaise in Italy after a failed referendum prompted Prime Minister Renzi to resign.
Dec 12, 2016Slaughter and Rees offer three important reasons why President-elect Trump's browbeating of U.S.-based companies like Carrier is a misguided approach to rebuilding jobs in America.
Dec 05, 2016“India is indeed a country on the move under bold leadership,” say Slaughter & Rees in response to Prime Minister Modi’s recent announcement banning the use of 500 and 1,000 rupee notes.
Nov 28, 2016Other world leaders are not camped with TV cameras outside the Trump Tower to glimpse which possible cabinet members are coming and going. They are working with alacrity to build a better tomorrow for their citizens and for the broader world.
Nov 21, 2016"There remains a wide range of post-election thoughts and feelings here in our Tuck community and far beyond. At times like these, empathy can be especially useful," say Slaughter & Rees.
Nov 14, 2016Surely after all of tomorrow’s votes are counted, America can find similar common spirit in the pursuit of a better economic tomorrow.
Nov 07, 2016In case you hadn’t noticed, the forces against free trade are ascendant around the world. The latest example? This weekend’s stumble over the finish line of the European Union and Canada.
Oct 31, 2016Once the inauguration balloons have all fallen and the new Congress is seated, America’s new leaders should endeavor to address the decline in the labor force participation rate, according to Slaughter & Rees.
Oct 24, 2016This year’s six U.S.-immigrant Nobel laureates underscore a vital message about innovation that policy makers today seem to either ignore or have forgotten, say Slaughter & Rees.
Oct 17, 2016Aadhaar is the shorthand term for a biometric database sponsored by India’s federal government and it's approaching 1.1 billion enrollees. This achievement may be the proverbial key to unlocking opportunities and efficiencies for hundreds of millions of people throughout the country – with potentially revolutionary implications for the domestic economy and even the global economy.
Oct 10, 2016As you read this Monday morning missive, most of you who are golf fans are either ecstatic or despondent. Yesterday in the gloaming at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota, either the U.S. or European team hoisted in victory the Ryder Cup (actual size quite small—just 17 inches tall and about four pounds in weight), while the other team watched longingly.
Oct 03, 2016With a record number of eyes forecast watch the first of three televised presidential debates, this edition of the Slaughter & Rees Report offers three questions moderator Lestor Holt should ask tonight—as well as, for the candidates, what we consider to be the three ideal answers to these questions.
Sep 23, 2016