It’s Projection, Stupid: The Nexus of Agricultural Protectionism, Job Insecurity, and Politics

April 4th, 2012 - James Ahrens

Lots of people support agricultural subsidies. Too many for a collective action story to explain the support away. More »

Anything But Conventional: Wage Inequality and International Trade

February 19th, 2012 - James Ahrens

Two economists find that trade theory gets wage inequality wrong. More »

iFlating the U.S. Trade Deficit with China

November 21st, 2011 - James Ahrens

While designed and marketed in Cupertino, California, the iPhone is estimated to have contributed $1.9 billion to the U.S. trade deficit with China in 2009. This is the finding of Yuqing Xing and Neal Detert, two economists with the Asian Development Bank Inst... More »