Opinion Today
January 27, 2025
Trump shocks the system. Will he solve problems voters care about most? Dan Balz, Washington Post The president’s audaciousness in his first week was shocking and legally questionable. Many moves will do little to address Americans’ worries over inflation and other basic needs. Trump says inflation isn’t his No. 1 issue. So what will happen to consumer prices? Chris Megerian and Josh Boak, Associated Press President Trump is banking on voters giving him a pass and continuing to blame former President Biden for high prices. The likely economic implications of Trump’s second mandate LSE USAPP Donald Trump was elected by an unlikely alliance between the US lower and upper classes. The poor want decent-paying jobs, while the super-rich want a classic agenda of ever freer markets and low or no taxes. How will Trump reconcile such disparate interests? LSE economics Prof. Francesco Caselli discusses the incoming president’s likely economic policies and their possible impacts for the UK and Europe.