Some of those issues — like Trump’s tariffs and the rise of AI displacing portions of the labor market — “certainly pose challenges that would be hard to combat via state policy alone,” said Will Irving, a professor at the New Jersey State Policy Lab at Rutgers University.
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“Schuur said PJM, the regional grid operator that is responsible for providing electricity to about a dozen states including New Jersey, “really holds the reins when it comes to bringing on new supply.”
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The New York Times Opinion convened a panel of 11 local leaders to assess the candidates for the Nov. 4 election, including Bloustein School professor Julia Sass Rubin. New Jersey voters face a critical choice on Nov. 4 when they choose between two very different...
No, BlackRock Isn’t Buying All the Houses—Here’s What’s Really Driving Up Your Rent
Professor Eric Seymour of Rutgers University says the claims have fueled “imprecision around the issue, in part stemming from the confusion between Blackstone and BlackRock, for instance.”
New Jersey is Now in a Recession and it May Get Worse, Moody’s Analyst Says
“We may start seeing signs of a recession, but that doesn’t mean we’re in a recession. The economy is constantly flowing, changing. I don’t see us at the moment being in recession. But there clearly is potential for that,” Pfeiffer said.
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Trump’s H-1B visa crackdown could cut US jobs instead of creating them
One reason it’s not easy to offshore, Salzman said, is that in order to make operations work, employers often need roughly one-third of their workers in the US. That means it places a practical limit on the share of workers that a company could send elsewhere.
Jocelyn Crowley: The reality of a ‘grey divorce’
Divorce in later life – or grey divorce – is on the rise in New Zealand. Divorces among people over 50 sits just shy of 40 percent at last count, up 7 percent in the last decade. This echoes the upwards trending rates around the globe. Most commonly, they are initiated by women.
Jocelyn Crowley, a professor of public policy at Rutgers University in the US has researched and written Gray Divorce, She joins Jim to discuss.
Study ties Portland rent control to higher property taxes, but economist questions findings
Paul, the Rutgers expert, is interested in studies examining the connection between rent control policies and property tax hikes. But he said this one isn’t up to snuff.
‘Was it all smoke and mirrors?’: How adult children are affected by grey divorce
“Women are basically the social directors of family life still in 2025, and when that goes away men become like islands in the sea,” says Crowley.