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Economics News | Published on Monday, 26 September, 2022

Eu-Wayne (Christ’s College), who has just completed the final year of the BA in Economics, has been awared the Gladstone Memorial Prize, Academic Year 2021/22.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Monday, 6 June, 2022

Professor Meredith Crowley discusses US tariffs on UK steel replaced by quotas on the BBC TV News World Business Outlook.

She says it is a "welcome sign that the relationship is warming" but not a first step towards a UK-US trade agreement. Prof Crowley's interview starts at 4min15.

Economics News | Published on Monday, 6 September, 2021

“The difference in marriage rates between black and white Americans is striking,” says Dr Christopher Rauh. “The bleak labour market prospects of black men and the considerable risk of being incarcerated go a long way in explaining why so many black women are unmarried.”

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Thursday, 11 February, 2021

Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper showing how illegal drugs foster public corruption (using data on crack cocaine and public corruption from U.S. states) will be covered in tomorrow's issue of Iran's major weekly magazine, Tejarat-e-Farda.

Economics News | Published on Friday, 22 January, 2021

“The United States decision to return to the Paris Climate Change Agreement provides an important boost to global efforts to address climate change collectively,” says Dr Tiago Cavalcanti. “That’s why, it is important to evaluate its economic implications, if any.”

Economics News | Published on Friday, 23 October, 2020

The U.S. Presidential election of 2016 caught many by surprise. Almost all polls and pundits predicted a Democratic victory but, Donald Trump won the overwhelming majority of electoral votes (304 out of 538), whilst losing the popular vote by as much as 2.9 million. This misalignment has occurred only four times out of 48 elections held since 1828.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 28 April, 2020

Dr. William H. Janeway's article titled "Covid 19 is not World War II" which discusses how the COVID-19 era has little in common with the US mobilization for war in the 1940s has appeared in Project Syndicate.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Thursday, 12 March, 2020

Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes was interviewed by Newsweek in the article "Iran Faces Fourth Crisis in Oil Crash Amid U.S. Sanctions, Coronavirus and Protests", which looks at the role of the corona virus, U.S.

Keywords: IranOilSanctionsUS
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Monday, 27 January, 2020

Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed by BBC Radio Scotland about the UK's proposed digital sales tax and whether it will lead to a trade war with the US. You can listen to the programme on the BBC website (starts at 1h 06m).

Keywords: TaxUSTradeUK
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Thursday, 23 January, 2020

Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, discussing the US-UK spat over a proposed digital services tax on. You can listen to the programme on the BBC website (starts at 1h 25m).

Keywords: TaxUSTradeUK
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Monday, 28 October, 2019

Dr. Meredith Crowley is a member of the US-China Trade Policy Working Group.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Thursday, 20 June, 2019

Dr. Meredith Crowley was quoted in an article by the New York Times which discusses the changing position of the U.S.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Wednesday, 5 June, 2019

Dr. Meredith Crowley spoke to BBC News about a potential US-UK trade deal, along with David Henig (UK Director of European Centre For International Political Economy).

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 14 May, 2019

Dr. Meredith Crowley gave two interviews about the ongoing US-China trade war. The first was the lead story for the BBC World Service - World Update "Trump imposes tariffs on China" and the second for BBC World News - TV Impact, "Will the US and China reach a deal?".

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 7 May, 2019

Dr. Meredith Crowley gave four interviews about the US-China trade dispute and negotiations.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Friday, 15 February, 2019

Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Today programme about the ongoing Trade War negotiations between the US and China. Dr. Crowley's segment starts at 15:00 minutes into the broadcast.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Thursday, 3 January, 2019

Dr. Sriya Iyer looks at "Why are Americans so religious?" in an article published in the Wall Street Journal. This follows on from the recent publication of her book "The Economics of Religion in India". Which was one of the Times Literary Supplement's 'Books of the Year 2018'.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Wednesday, 3 October, 2018
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 2 October, 2018

Dr. Meredith Crowley was quoted in two BBC News articles about President Donald Trump's North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the US, Canada and Mexico.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Wednesday, 29 August, 2018

Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Today program on "The Future of the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)." Her interview starts at 1:18.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Thursday, 19 July, 2018

Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed by BloombergTV Bulgaria on 13th July 2018. She discussed President Trump's Trade War. Please note the article and video are in Bulgarian.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 17 July, 2018
Keywords: ChinaUSTrade
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 19 June, 2018

In this Royal Economic Society (RES) video Dr. Meredith Crowley looks at American attitudes, the potential for new trading partners and negative responses towards globalisation.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Wednesday, 13 June, 2018

Dr. Meredith Crowley was quoted in the NBC News article "Tariffs on sugar, shoes, mean higher costs for consumers". "Even the threat of a tariff - that is never followed through and imposed - can reduce export activity".

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Monday, 11 June, 2018

Dr. Meredith Crowley was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Today about the recent G7 meeting in Canada and President Trump's policy of injecting chaos into international economic policy negotiations. Starts at 15 minutes into programme.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Sunday, 10 June, 2018

Dr. Meredith Crowley and Chad Bown's paper "The Empirical Landscape of Trade Policy" 2016, The Handbook of Commercial Policy was cited in the Washington Post article "There are 'nuggets of truth' to what Trump says about trade".

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Monday, 4 June, 2018

Dr. Meredith Crowley has given two live interviews to broadcast media outlets and been interviewed by two others regarding the US tariffs on steel and aluminium imported from the EU (including the UK) and the European threat to retaliate with its own import tariffs on US merchandise.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Sunday, 22 April, 2018

Dr. Meredith Crowley gave an interview to Keri Philips of ABC's (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Rear Vision radio program examining trade wars of the past and how President Trump's trade war might unfold. The interview was broadcast on 22 April and is available now for download.

Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Monday, 9 April, 2018

Dr. Meredith Crowley appeared on CTV News (Toronto) to disscus "Trade war risks between the U.S. and China".