Experts in the News

"Texas still burns more coal and emits more sulfur dioxide and other pollution than any other state," said Baker Institute Rice Faculty Scholar Dan Cohan. "Even though a transition is inevitable, it’s urgent that we move off coal as quickly as possible to improve air quality and health.”

By not going after Russia's core exports, NATO allies are leaving Putin with the ability to finance the war in Ukraine even as Russia's economy is squeezed by sanctions, said energy fellow Anna Mikulska. “Russian oil continues finding its way to the markets in Europe,” she said. “ The worry is that already high energy prices in Europe would go even higher if there was a complete embargo on Russian oil and gas, and lead to a major economic downturn.”

“Broadly speaking, there doesn’t seem to be a systemic difference in price for most consumer products,” said public finance fellow Jorge Barro. However, he explained that “there could be some, for example, inactive ingredients that make a product higher quality as it’s targeted to one gender over the other.”

“A fat cash infusion is just the ticket to pay for the Persian Gulf’s big plans to diversify their economies without antagonizing anyone with new taxes,” said energy fellow Jim Krane. "On the flip side, inflation will sting consumers and weigh on global growth."

"President Joe Biden’s long-awaited executive order on cryptocurrency regulation emphasizes the need for more consistency and clarity of rules across federal agencies," said public finance fellow Joyce Beebe.