Paul Swartz

Paul Swartz is a director and senior economist in the BCG Henderson Institute, based in BCG’s New York office.

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  • President Biden at the State of the Union address in 2022Commentary

    The U.S. economic stimulus machine is sputtering, but it isn’t broken

    By Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz
  • “Digital technology is so ubiquitous in our lives that the claim of disappointing economic impact may seem implausible,” the authors write. A deeper dive into the numbers explains that dissonance.Getty ImagesCommentary

    Has tech truly disrupted the economy? Not so much so far

    By Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz
  • Pedestrians carry shopping bags in San Francisco.Commentary

    Despite their gloomy mood, consumers are surprisingly strong

    By Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz
  • Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. The Treasury secretary this week warned in a letter to congressional leaders that her department will effectively run out of cash around Oct. 18 unless Congress suspends or increases the debt limit. Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCommentary

    The Fed isn’t likely to let inflation skyrocket, no matter what the doomsayers think

    By Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz
  • Close up detail of George Washington’s portrait on the US One Dollar Note.Commentary

    The dollar’s dominance is far from done

    By Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Paul Swartz, and others
  • A list of “public complaints” against Facebook policies, including the social media giant’s political stances, data security lapses, politicalization, privacy violations and misinformation, is taped to the outside of their office building during a protest in Washington, DC, May 25, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

    Popular outrage, not economics, will determine the fate of Big Tech

    By Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz
  • Soap Bubbles in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan symbolize the potential Danger of a new Bubble evolving in the Financial MarketsCommentary

    How we can learn to stop worrying and love market bubbles

    By Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz
  • WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 19: U.S. President Joe Biden walks towards Marine One for a departure from the Ellipse near the White House on May 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden is traveling to New London, Connecticut where he will deliver a keynote address during the United States Coast Guard Academy’s commencement ceremony. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Commentary

    Will Bidenomics transform America’s economy? Not so fast

    By Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz