Dollar & Sense: The Brookings Trade Podcast
1) A memorial tribute to David Dollar
David Dollar, the host of Dollar and Sense, passed away on October 6, 2023. In this final episode of his podcast, David’s friends and colleagues pay tribute to his work as a U.S. official and scholar,...Show More
2) A look at food insecurity and agricultural trade around the world
Caitlin Welsh, director of the Global Food and Water Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), reviews global food insecurity, noting that malnourishment extends b...Show More
3) What’s the best case scenario for US-China relations?
Ryan Hass, newly appointed director of the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution, talks with host David Dollar about the themes and ideas the China Center will be focusing on in t...Show More
4) What’s the link between climate change and environmental disasters?
Samantha Gross, director of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative at Brookings, talks with David Dollar about whether we can attribute the growing number of extreme weather events and disasters t...Show More
5) The imperative of US-China dialogue on global issues
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen recently visited China and met with senior Chinese economic and political officials. Mark Sobel, U.S. chairman of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions ...Show More
6) Why immigrants are America’s superpower
Wendy Edelberg, senior fellow and director of The Hamilton Project at Brookings, discusses the positive impact of immigration on the dynamism and fiscal sustainability of the U.S. economy. She also ex...Show More
7) A look at India-US relations as Prime Minister Modi visits the White House
In the week of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s State Visit to the U.S., Tanvi Madan, senior fellow in Foreign Policy and director of the India Project at Brookings, discusses the state of U.S.-In...Show More
A look at India-US relations as Prime Minister Modi visits the White House
26:44 | Jun 20th, 2023
8) Who won the debt ceiling fight?
David Wessel, senior fellow and director of the Hutchins Center on fiscal and Monetary Policy at Brookings, joins host David Dollar to discuss what’s in the debt ceiling deal reached between President...Show More
9) Japan’s quiet leadership as it hosts the G7 summit in Hiroshima
Mireya Solís, director of the Center for East Asian Policy Studies at Brookings, explains the significance of Japan hosting the G7 summit in Hiroshima, and how Tokyo centers its foreign policy on prom...Show More
10) Making sense of China’s economy
Tao Wang, chief China economist for UBS Investment Bank in Hong Kong, discusses her new book, Making Sense of China’s Economy (Routledge). She describes market-oriented and land reforms that helped di...Show More