Chris Barrett, a Cornell University professor of agricultural economics, explains the rarity of food deflation and the long-term ratchet effect of food price inflation.

Allen Carlson, a Cornell University associate professor of government and expert on Chinese foreign policy, analyzes the summit's significance in terms of U.S.-China relations and China's international standing. 

Eswar Prasad, a Cornell University professor, comments on the global risks posed by China's trade surplus and the U.S. trade deficit.

Sarah Kreps, director of Cornell University's Tech Policy Institute, comments on the trial's negative impact on perceptions of the AI industry.

“I began the month sitting in classrooms at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM)… and ended it out in the Zimbabwean bush, drawing blood from a sedated lion under a nighttime African sky,” writes Brenna Lashbrook DVM '26, travel grant recipient. 

Eswar Prasad, senior professor of international trade policy, discusses how the U.S.-European geopolitical tensions and supply shocks are affecting global economic dynamics.

Allen Carlson, a China expert at Cornell University, comments on the extremely low likelihood of meaningful outcomes from the Trump-Xi summit.

The deeper danger is that India’s public conversation is too quick to convert constraint into strategy. Because we cannot yet win at the frontier, we tell ourselves the frontier does not matter.

The Einaudi Center mourns the passing of Professor Erik Thorbecke, H. E. Babcock Professor of Economics Emeritus. A pioneering scholar of poverty, inequality, and development economics, he leaves a lasting legacy through his scholarship, teaching, and mentorship. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, colleagues, and former students.

Eswar Prasad, a Cornell University professor of trade policy, is quoted on the resilience of the world economy in the face of significant shocks.