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William Hauk

William Hauk is associate professor of economics at the University of South Carolina.

Woman throwing protective surgical mask into the garbage bin (Getty Images/Stefan Tomic)

Biden told the nation that “the pandemic is over”: Experts say it’s not that simple

William Hauk, Lisa Miller, Wayne Au
A Ukrainian serviceman walks towards the front line in the city of Irpin, northern Ukraine, on March 12, 2022. - Russian forces are positioned around Kiev on March 12, 2022 and are "blocking" Mariupol, where thousands of people are suffering a devastating siege, in southern Ukraine, a country that has been bombed for more than two weeks. (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)

The cost of “defending freedom” in Ukraine

William Hauk
Xi Jinping; Donald Trump (Getty/Thomas Peter)

How Congress lost power over trade deals

William Hauk
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Donald Trump (Getty/Thomas Peter)

Trump’s $60 billion in China tariffs will create more problems than they solve

William Hauk
George W. Bush (AP/Seth Wenig)

George W. Bush tried steel tariffs. It didn’t work

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For richer or poorer: 4 economists ponder what 2018 has in store

Greg Wright, Christos Makridis, Patricia Smith, William Hauk
Workers stand watch as containers are loaded into a cargo ship at Qingdao Port in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province, Thursday, April 13, 2017. China's export growth accelerated in March in a positive sign for global demand, though import growth cooled. (Chinatopix via AP) (Chinatopix via AP)

Why Trump’s threat to slap tariffs on foreign steel is a bad idea

William Hauk