Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, a former World Bank Group chief economist and editor-in-chief of the American Economic Review, is Professor of Economics at Yale University.
The US Supreme Court’s rejection of the Trump administration’s legal justification for tariffs, and the administration's quest for a new one, has created a patchwork of temporary measures, sectoral probes, bilateral bargaining, and national-security exceptions. There will now be three additional costs associated with US trade policy.
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg
March 19, 2026 at 1:42 PM IST
Growth is strong, inflation steady, markets booming. So were the doom forecasts off the mark—or did US policy quietly adjust just enough to dodge a slowdown?
November 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM IST
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The latest escalations have barely moved the markets, with equity prices remaining elevated. The most plausible explanation is that investors no longer believe the administration will follow through on its threats.
July 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM IST
Gage Skidmore