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Fazzari quoted in PolitiFact assessment that the President’s claims about the economy are rated “False.”

How does job growth in the Trump years compare with historical presidential terms?

The expired $600 weekly unemployment benefit is more important than an additional stimulus check for all families

Steve Fazzari quoted in this Los Angeles Time article on how the big spending collapse for affluent households spill over to hurt the incomes of lower-wage service-sector workers that sell to the well-to-do.

A spirited discussion of the economy in the early days of the Covid-19 crisis. Fazzari segment starts about 28 minutes into the show.

March 26, 2020 commentary published by the Institute for New Economic Thinking

Washington University Magazine article describing the first years of the new Department of Sociology with commentary by Steve Fazzari, the Department’s inaugural chair.

Produced by the Institute for New Economic Thinking This interview explores explanations for weak economic growth in the aftermath of the Great Recession. I argue that the key problem is compromised demand growth that affects economies “beyond the short run.”

St. Louis Post Dispatch Discussion of the macroeconomics of the U.S. trade deficit and the effects of the Trump tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. Article written by David Nicklaus using information from an interview with Prof. Fazzari.