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Donald Trump's Executive Orders Don't Fix the U.S. Skills Gap
May 03, 2017 //
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Commerce Department Orders 20 Percent Tariff On Canadian Lumber Imports
Apr 25, 2017 // As a guest on NPR's "All Things Considered," Dean Matthew Slaughter discusses the Commerce Department’s plan to implement a 20 percent tariff on Canadian lumber imports.
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How Changing Tone on China Will Be a Positive for US
Apr 13, 2017 // As a guest on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Dean Matthew Slaughter discusses the economy under President Trump, the president’s change in tone on China, and the Export-Import Bank.
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Opinion: It's Too Late to Compensate Free Trade's Losers
Apr 12, 2017 // Cites the paper “A New Deal for Globalization,” co-authored by Dean Matthew Slaughter in an opinion piece arguing that it’s too late for globalization’s losers to be compensated.
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Tuck Dean Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Apr 11, 2017 // Dean Matthew Slaughter was elected to the 237th class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences this week, a group of the world’s most accomplished scholars, scientists, writers, and artists, as well as civic, business, and philanthropic leaders.
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Why Deficits Are Flawed Measures of Unfair Trade
Mar 20, 2017 // Mentions comments by Dean Matthew Slaughter in an article about how the U.S. trade deficit inaccurately measures unfair trading practices.
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To help left-behind U.S. workers, U.S. needs to welcome high-skilled immigrants
Mar 13, 2017 // Cites the paper, “The Contributions to America of Skilled Immigrant Workers,” by Dean Matthew Slaughter that discusses the real, tangible cost to the U.S. economy of allocating fewer skilled-immigrant visas than companies need.
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Trump budget expected to seek historic contraction of federal workforce
Mar 12, 2017 // Quotes Dean Matthew Slaughter about how many of the cuts the Trump administration will propose would impact what he sees as investments in the United States’ future—such as health research, transportation projects, and training programs.
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U.S. companies are hopeful but wary about trade under Trump
Feb 28, 2017 // As a guest on Marketplace, Dean Matthew Slaughter discusses concerns about the U.S. breaking away from the World Trade Organization.
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Trump's Inaugural Address Suggests Break With Foreign Policy Tradition
Feb 23, 2017 // As a guest on "All Things Considered," Dean Matthew Slaughter discusses President Trump’s inaugural address. Trump’s remarks suggest he’ll break from the tradition of taking a broad view of U.S. national interests. "There was clearly enlightened self-interest. It was to help make our country more secure, and it was to
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Why Statisticians Worry About Alternative Economic Facts
Feb 21, 2017 // As a guest on “Bloomberg Markets,” Dean Matthew Slaughter discusses President Donald Trump's approach to economic analysis and potential changes to how U.S. trade data is reported. Watch on Bloomberg.
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U.S. Trade Deficit Last Year Was Widest Since 2012
Feb 07, 2017 // Quotes Dean Matthew Slaughter about how there is “tension” between Mr. Trump’s goals on fiscal policy and trade. “The desire for fiscal expansion…will tend to increase the trade deficit’s overall size, not reduce it,” says Slaughter.
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Robots Will Take Jobs, but Not as Fast as Some Fear, New Report Says
Jan 12, 2017 // Quotes Dean Matthew Slaughter in an article about how robots are coming, but the implementation of automation in the workplace will displace jobs more gradually than forecasts suggest. "We have more time than we think to adjust to the world that technology makes possible," says Slaughter.
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Donald Trump's Power To Move Markets
Jan 02, 2017 // As a guest on "Here and Now," Dean Matthew Slaughter discusses the power the president has to move markets.
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B-School Deans Share 2017 Resolutions
Dec 29, 2016 // Includes Dean Matthew Slaughter in a roundup of resolutions made by business school deans.
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Immigrants Innovate
Dec 19, 2016 // An opinion piece by Dean Matthew Slaughter about how President-elect Donald Trump's assumption that immigrants damage, rather than enhance, the prospects for U.S. workers couldn't be further from the truth.
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China a manipulator? Don't give it currency
Dec 15, 2016 // Quotes Dean Matthew Slaughter in an article about how President-elect Donald Trump has been accusing China of being a currency manipulator—and while nations have the legal monopoly power to create money to achieve special policy goals such as price stability or full employment, to call it manipulation may not be accura
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NAFTA, TPP and the Outlook For Trade Under Trump
Nov 30, 2016 // As a guest on NHPR’s “The Exchange,” Dean Matthew Slaughter discusses the implications of possible Trump administration trade policies for U.S. workers, international trading partners, and the economy.
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Not All Immigrant Labor Is Cheap Labor
Nov 30, 2016 // Cites the paper, “High-Skilled Immigration and the Rise of STEM Occupations in U.S. Employment,” co-authored by Dean Matthew Slaughter in an article challenging the narrative that visas let foreigners take Americans’ jobs at lower wages.
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The Real Cost of an MBA
Nov 16, 2016 // Dean Matthew Slaughter is quoted in an article about the true cost of a business degree, including opportunity cost for those who may be changing sectors.
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