Media Mentions
Faculty with Princeton’s Program in Public Finance often contribute their expertise to media coverage on a range of current events. Below is a non-exhaustive list of articles referencing their work.
Britain’s gamble on tax cuts has economists warning of past mistakes
The New York Times, September 29, 2022
Ron DeSantis is a test case
The New York Times, August 31, 2022
US starts fiscal year with record $31 trillion in debt
Associated Press, October 4, 2022
America is backsliding, and all of us will pay for it
The New Republic, June 27, 2022
Status anxiety is blowing wind into Trump’s sails
The New York Times, February 9, 2022
Mississippi asks: If women can have it all, is Roe cecessary?
The New York Times, December 3, 2021
A voluntary tax
The New York Times, June 9, 2021
Biden’s modest tax plan
The New York Times, May 4, 2021
Biden to unveil $1.8 trillion plan to support children, families and education
Associated Press, April 28, 2021
Trump’s capital gains tax cut will cost much more than we think
Fortune, October 3, 2020
Let Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk make billions. Just force them to share a little with the rest of us
MarketWatch, October 3, 2020
Facing adulthood with an economic disaster’s lasting scars
The New York Times, May 20, 2020
Democrats want to be economic populists. Why are they clinging to a flawed Reagan-era tax credit?
Bloomberg, October 19, 2021
Women’s earnings drop after having a child—but men’s do not
CNBC, October 16, 2019
‘Racially conservative’ attitudes led white Southerners to leave Democratic Party
The Journalist’s Resource at Harvard Kennedy School, October 5, 2019
A major new study finds the biggest federal work subsidy doesn’t promote work
Vox, October 3, 2019
Trickle-down theory is a monstrous lie intended to justify the rich getting richer
Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2019
Medicare for Kids, a cheap step toward single-payer health care, explained
Vox, April 29, 2019
Working parents are an endangered species. That’s why Democrats are talking child care.
Washington Post, February 26, 2019
The costs of motherhood are rising, and catching women off guard
The New York Times, August 17, 2018
How econ went From philosophy to science
Bloomberg, August 2, 2018
Fresh proof that strong unions help reduce income inequality
The New York Times, July 6, 2018
A stunning chart shows the true cause of the gender wage gap
Vox, February 19, 2018
Children hurt women’s earnings, but not men’s (even in Scandinavia)
The New York Times, February 5, 2018
The roots of the gender pay gap lie in childhood
The Economist, January 6, 2019