Maxwell School News and Commentary

"Trade policy does have an impact because it raised costs significantly for steel and aluminum, and the industry told Trump it would do that," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics. "They already weren’t able to sell enough vehicles to keep these lines productive and raising costs by a billion dollars? It doesn’t help."

These new tariffs will “almost surely not” cause a recession, says Mary Lovely, professor of economics. “This industry is important but it’s not that important. Costs will rise. We’ll see some job dislocation…but we will not see a recession,” she adds.

Elizabeth Cohen, associate professor of political science, talks about the implications of sanctuary campuses in "After declaring as 'sanctuary campuses' Penn, Swarthmore work on details," on WHYY public radio.