The root cause of the chronic U.S. trade imbalance is macroeconomic: We save too little relative to our major trading partners. Tariffs will not address that problem.

Reducing our tariffs on Chinese exports, particularly solar panels and electric cars, would be an environmentally friendly move and would promote world peace.

Geopolitical crises and the aftereffects of Covid are prompting the United States and other nations to find alternatives to globalization in education, trade and environmental protection.

Seeing the pope every five years is not enough.

Why do banking crises keep happening? When depositors are protected, some banks cannot resist making risky loans. And paying fines for doing so has become a usual cost of doing business.

Refusing to raise the cap on our national debt would not lead to reduced government spending. But it would endanger economies all over the world.

We can't let inflation go unchallenged. President Biden is running out of time before investment dries up because of confusion and fear.

President Biden is playing the long game in trying to revitalize the economy after Covid. It may take a long time to figure out how to measure the results.

Jesuit economist: We should think of a minimum wage hike as a tool to increase investment and sustain a post-Covid recovery.

The parallels to the post-pandemic Roaring ’20s of a century ago are striking. But we have learned how to fine-tune fiscal policy in order to avoid a boom-and-bust cycle.