# Kimberly Clausing

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Episode 264: Tariffs at the Crossroads of Populism and Power with Dr. Kimberly Clausing

In this episode Dominic Bowen and Professor Kimberly Clausing examine the return of tariffs to the centre of U.S. economic strategy and the risks this shift creates for the global economy. Find out more about how protectionism and populism are reshaping U.S. trade policy, why tariffs act as a hidde…

The Price of Policy: Taxes, Tariffs, and Capital Flows

Fiscal policy shifts, from taxes to tariffs, are steering global capital and trade flows. The US, for instance, is attracting investments despite the tariff headlines—illustrating how the impact of these policies continues to evolve. In a dynamic policy environment, taxes and tariffs could create n…

The Price of Policy: Taxes, Tariffs, and Capital Flows

Fiscal policy shifts, from taxes to tariffs, are steering global capital and trade flows. The US, for instance, is attracting investments despite the tariff headlines—illustrating how the impact of these policies continues to evolve. In a dynamic policy environment, taxes and tariffs could create n…

Why Your Latte Costs $7: Tariffs, Inflation & The Fed—Oh My!

This week on Lady Party, we’re getting into the not-so-sexy (but super important) world of tariffs, taxes, and economic policy with Professor Kimberly Clausing. She’s the Chair of UCLA’s Tax Policy program at the School of Law, and she also spent time in the Biden administration. Translation: she …

How much is climate change costing US households?

Studies of the economic impacts of climate change often look at long-term, national costs. A new BPEA study takes a different approach, focusing on the current household level costs attributable to changing weather. The report authors examine a range of impacts, from mortality costs due of wildfire…

America’s Most Expensive Lie: Why Tariffs Are Killing What They Claim to Save

Violence subsumes us this week, but at the end of the day, it’s still the economy that impacts all of us. Politicians sell tariffs as job protection, but economist Kimberly Clausing cuts through the spin: They’re a direct assault on working families’ wallets while destroying the very manufacturing …

78: Trade Talks Does Its Taxes

Kimberly Clausing joins Keynes and Bown to discuss today's economic and policy challenges in taxing multinational companies.

#18 Kimberly Clausing - The Global Effects of CBAM: Quantifying Benefits, Costs, and Leakage

Climate policy faces a built-in incentive problem: countries bear the costs of domestic regulation, while the benefits of lower CO₂ are shared globally. One proposed solution is a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) — charging imports a carbon cost comparable to domestic producers (with credi…

Climate Coalitions at the Conference of the Parties, with Catherine Wolfram and Milan Elkerbout

For this week’s podcast episode, host Kristin Hayes chats with Resources for the Future (RFF) Fellow Milan Elkerbout alongside Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor and RFF University Fellow and Board Member Catherine Wolfram to make sense of the significant new global launch of the Open …

Can global cooperation survive a fragmenting world? (Episode 15)

It is becoming clear that the United States will not lead in global cooperation, but far-reaching issues like climate change, tax competition, and a free and open trading system remain relevant all over the world. An expert in how government decisions and corporate behavior interplay in the global …