Associate Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina
I am an Associate Professor of Economics at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina, where I teach international trade and intermediate macroeconomics. I do research on issues related to international trade, political economy, and economic growth.
Brexit could spell the end of globalization, and the global prosperity that came with it
Jan 14, 2020 23:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The U.K. House of Commons has finally voted for Brexit. If the plan passes the House of Lords without much delay, the U.K. will leave the European Union several years after a 2016 referendum set it down this path. More...
How Congress lost power over trade deals – and why some lawmakers want it back
Jul 10, 2019 03:24 am UTC| Insights & Views
Some in Congress want to wrest control of trade policy back from the president. It might surprise you to learn that lawmakers ever had it. Until the 1930s, it was Congress that set the terms of U.S. trade negotiations...
Why Trump's threat to slap tariffs on foreign steel is a bad idea
Jul 18, 2017 12:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump attracted a lot of support by promising to restore jobs to the American manufacturing sector. One sector that has been hit hard by purportedly unfair foreign...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight