Jared Bernstein

President Trump waged a trade war and lost.

The bad news: There are four reasons the U.S. economy just downshifted. The good news: Public policy can repair the damage.

New studies find that Biden’s economic plans beat Trump’s in terms of jobs and growth. That’s because it takes policy to get to full employment.

Trump administration actions against the Affordable Care Act have cost millions their health coverage.

For the first time in 160 years, the Republican Party failed to produce a policy platform. Big mistake, especially in 2020.

When families desperately need help, President Trump’s mortgage regulator decided to take cash out of their pockets.

The goal of this administration has never been to solve problems. It has been to use its prodigious reality-bending skills to create the impression that problems are being solved.

We need a federal government that reduces, not amplifies, uncertainty.

There's no silver lining to the failure of governance exposed by the virus. But the fact that it's happening within a few months of an election is exposing highly relevant information.

Senate Republicans are dithering while a critical benefit to the jobless is about to expire.