Catherine Rampell

Separating fact from opinion, Catherine Rampell’s data-driven presentation looks at how the President and GOP Congress are shaping economic and business policy and what those policies will mean for growth. Read More >

Analyzing today’s economic headlines through the lens of trends and economic data, she looks at the largest issues facing the country, including: Read Less ^

• The consequences of tax reform
• Trade wars/the impact of tariffs
• Politics and the debt ceiling
• Impact of foreign aid cuts
• The social cost of Trumponomics

Paid parental leave is only the tip of the iceberg. Data clearly shows what it takes to keep women attached to the workforce and moving up the career ladder. Catherine Rampell takes a data-driven look at public policies affecting women in the workforce. Read More >

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• Which public policies work, don’t work, and why.
• S. public policies vs. the rest of the world.
• What women should be advocating for now.

From marriage and home ownership to having children, America’s young adults have gotten a lot of flak for missing many of the milestones that earlier generations checked off with ease. A third of millennials still live with their parents. Marriage rates have plummeted. Read More >

Home ownership rates are at a record low. Do these American-dream-style signposts still retain a strong hold over young people’s desires and aspirations? Millennial journalist Catherine Rampell examines the economics and demographics of millennials and where they’re heading, including: Read Less ^

• The impact of the recession on millennial expectations.
• Have we abandoned “ownership society” dreams for a more attainable “sharing economy”?
• Perception vs. reality: what the research says about millennials.

“Fake news” and “alternative facts” aren’t just a challenge for the media. They’re a threat to our democratic process itself. Catherine Rampell looks at the data to examine the impact of “fake news” in the fast-moving world of social media, 24-7 news and 140-character presidential pronouncements. Read More >

Rampell examines: Read Less ^

• The political, social, economic consequences of having Americans siloed into different realities/perceptions of the world, thanks to their highly divergent news diets.
• How did it become so lucrative to spread "fake news" on the internet?
• Current public perceptions of traditionally-trusted sources.
• The increase of crazy conspiracy theories on both the right and left.
• The history of public officials trying to discredit traditional sources of facts and news.
• Is the Trump administration driving people to alternative news/data sources?

In Europe and the U.S., young people—or at least a large swath of them—appear to be growing more left-wing. Are they? On both ends of the political spectrum, this is the most radical generation ever recorded by the World Values Survey, notably cynical about the worth of democracy and distrusting of their political institutions. Read More >

Catherine Rampell examines her own generation, covering: Read Less ^

• The recent “youthquakes” in the U.K. and French elections and the impact of American millennials on the 2016 election.
• The appeal of anti-establishment, barn-burning populism and leaders such as Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn.
• Is Trump waging a war on millennials?
• How will millennial political values shape the future of democracy around the world?

College students are more politically polarized today than they have been in more than four decades. Citing recent events of banning or protesting controversial speech on American college campuses, Rampell makes a case for a more forceful protection of all forms of free speech, especially by liberal institutions. Read More >

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• The growing ideological divide amongst college students—what the data means.
• How silencing objectionable ideas dulls our ability to convincingly rebut them.
• When censorship backfires and draws attention and sympathy toward opponents.
• The increased use of censorship tools (trigger warnings, safe spaces, etc.) by conservatives.

“Repeal and Replace.” The American Health Care Act. Graham-Cassidy. Single Payer. Addressing the ever-moving target of health care reform with non-partisan numbers, statistics  and revealing public opinion polls, Catherine Rampell looks at America’s choices with her signature data-driven analysis. Rampell separates political spin from the real-life impact on vulnerable Americans, examines the evolution of efforts to end  Obamacare, and questions whether, in the long run,  significant change will ever muster widespread support.