April 25, 2008
Responding to nervous U.S. workers and unions, candidates have talked tough on foreign trade. But what will a Clinton, Obama or McCain presidency really mean for NAFTA and other free trade agreements? According to USC’s Abraham Lowenthal, the outlook is rosier than campaign trail bluster suggests.
April 18, 2008
All three candidates advocate boycotting the opening ceremony in Beijing. Once in office, the president’s tune on China will change, says a USC prof.
April 11, 2008
With Tax Day upon us, Morley Winograd of the USC Marshall School analyzes the candidates’ tax plans. Obama focuses on fixing economic inequality among Americans — an approach the younger generation is hungry to hear. Clinton, whose campaign finds strong support among the wealthy, treads carefully. And McCain sides with the supply-siders.
April 4, 2008
The U.S.-Mexico border wall, growing in fits and starts, is both championed and attacked in Congress. We asked professors in several disciplines: What does the wall represent? Their answers: A false security blanket, a waste of money, but also a rallying point that inspires acts of protest and border culture.
February 15, 2008
Going down... Experts from the USC Marshall School of Business address political and consumer responses to the scarily slumping economy.
January 11, 2008
Golden silence: Our foreign policy may improve if certain issues aren’t discussed on the campaign trail, argues scholar Abraham Lowenthal.
June 15, 2007
WHAT: Are Americans on the brink of a major energy crisis? The first-ever National Energy Symposium will examine the urgent energy challenge facing the American economy. Presentation and panel topics will include energy policy, present and future; current and...March 2, 2007
Carol Wise, associate professor of international relations in the USC College, is an expert on U.S.-Latin American relations, the economic development of Latin America and NAFTA and FTAA. She can discuss: the purpose of the trip anti-U.S. sentiment in the...Sign up for a regular newsletter highlighting Election 2008's new stories and experts. See Sample
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