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Marc Jarsulic is a senior fellow and the chief economist at American Progress. He has worked on economic policy matters as deputy staff director and chief economist at the Joint Economic Committee, as chief economist at the Senate Banking Committee, and as chief economist at Better Markets. He has practiced antitrust and securities law at the Federal Trade Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in private practice. Before coming to Washington, he was professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame.
He earned an economics Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. at the University of Michigan. His most recent book is Anatomy of a Financial Crisis.
There is a strong economic case for maintaining our commitment to social distancing.
Conditions on bailouts are necessary to protect workers and the public.
The column recommends an immediate package at least the size of the Recovery Act in 2009—around $1 trillion in today’s dollars.
The spread of the coronavirus is disrupting economic activity around the world. The United States must prepare for the effects of global and domestic supply shocks to the economy.
Marc Jarsulic analyzes the U.S. economy's competition problem and argues that improving antitrust policy and enforcement could play a significant role in reducing barriers to entry for new firms.
Entry barriers in many sectors—especially in communications services, health care, and information technology—have created an environment in which firms can earn profits well above competitive levels.
The rise of firms earning monopolistic returns calls for new policy measures to reduce barriers to entry and increase competition.
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), President Trump’s 2018 revision to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), misses the chance to place workers at the center of U.S. trade priorities. Congress should insist on an approach that does.
President Trump promised to fight for American workers, but his first year in office has shown that he is decidedly not on their side.
Improving economic growth requires strengthening and better implementing financial stability reforms—not eroding them.
The economy is not producing access to a good, stable middle-class life for people who do not go to college. On prudential and ethical grounds, progressives must do more to create decent job opportunities and secure family situations for all working people facing difficult economic conditions not within their control.
John Kwoka and Marc Jarsulic write that the time has come to update the nation's antitrust enforcement infrastructure.
