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A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angele in California on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
Economics
Economics
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A group of people monitor construction crews demolishing a portion of the Mulholland Drive bridge along the 405 Freeway September 29, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Jonathan Alcorn/Getty Images)
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Federal Reserve Board Chairwoman Janet Yellen testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee February 14, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives to give a statement to the media following the victory by U.S. Republican candidate Donald Trump in U.S. presidential elections on November 9, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler (R) waits for the beginning of a hearing before the Privacy, Technology and the Law Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee May 11, 2016. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Activists gather outside Sen. Michael Bennet's office in Denver to oppose President Trump's nominee for EPA Administrator, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, January 23, 2017. (RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
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Helicopter point of view of Los Angeles highway interchanges. (EXTREME-PHOTOGRAPHER/Getty Images)
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A United States mail carrier loads his truck August 23, 2001 in Modesto, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
