Justin Wolfers, expert economist and public policy scholar, joins Jen to lay out what we know about the current state of the economy and its potential negative ripple effects. Wolfers presents a digestible explanation on our economic status—despite Trump’s labor statistics blackout—while weighing how net zero, or net negative, migration can tank our global standing.
“Difficulties with visas is hurting American dominance,” Wolfers warns, connecting present troubles to the economic and social volatility of the 1930s. America risks losing Nobel prizes, economic achievement, and intellectual capital if we continue on the path we are on.
Justin Wolfers is a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Justin is also a contributing columnist for the New York Times and the host of the popular podcast Think Like an Economist. You can watch more from Justin on Youtube.
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