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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Strait of Hormuz tensions threaten global supply chains and fuel inflation

March 3, 2026

Vidya Mani is a visiting professor at Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business. Her research focuses on how supply chain imperatives drive decisions across key sectors, including automotive, energy, technology, pharmaceuticals and retail.

Economics and Business
Foreign Policy

SCOTUS ruling curbs Trump tariff powers, but broader strategy intact

February 20, 2026

Eswar Prasad, a senior professor of international trade policy at Cornell University, says the ruling is still unlikely to slow the administration’s broader push to deploy tariffs across economic and geopolitical fronts.

Economics and Business
Law, Government & Public Policy
Foreign Policy

Cornell business and climate experts on the repeal of endangerment finding

February 11, 2026

John Tobin-de la Puente is a professor of practice at Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business, and a former managing director and global head of sustainability at Credit Suisse. He says he doesn’t expect companies to make long-term plans based on the Trump administration’s actions.

science
Economics and Business
Law, Government & Public Policy
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Panama Canal dispute emerges as flashpoint in widening China–US rivalry

February 5, 2026

Lourdes Casanova, director of the Emerging Markets Institute at Cornell University, says the ruling on serves as a visible bellwether for escalating U.S.–China competition in the Western Hemisphere.

Economics and Business
Foreign Policy

Threats to Fed independence already taking an economic toll

January 22, 2026

Ryan Chahrour is a professor of economics and international studies at Cornell University. He says threats to the Federal Reserve's independence are already making it harder for the Fed to do its job today.

Law, Government & Public Policy
Economics and Business

On-again, off-again fuel-efficiency standards bad for auto industry

December 4, 2025

Art Wheaton is an expert on transportation industries and serves as director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He says Trump’s pivot comes with short and long-term implications for carmakers.

Economics and Business
Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Private sector data no substitute for official economic statistics

November 13, 2025

Erica Groshen, senior economic advisor at Cornell University and former commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says private sector estimates are not necessarily good substitutes for official federal statistics.

Economics and Business

NY maximum unemployment benefit increase will make ‘huge difference’

October 10, 2025

Ian Greer is a research professor at Cornell University who focuses on labor policy and living wages in New York state. He says this was an overdue change.

New York State
Economics and Business

Gold surge does not pose a threat to the US dollar

October 8, 2025

Ryan Chahrour is a professor of economics and international studies at Cornell University. He says the dollar will remain the currency of choice in international trade and finance.

Economics and Business

Despite currency bailout, Argentina is still a very risky economic bet

October 10, 2025

Lourdes Casanova, director of the Emerging Markets Institute at Cornell University, says Argentina’s previous experiences with sweeping deregulation and “dollarization” were not successful, and should serve as cautionary signal.

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Economics and Business
International

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