Popular Press/Media

Popular Press

“Tariffs are an economic hurricane for Florida businesses,” (with Abigail Hall), Florida Business Observer, April 29, 2025.

"Welcome to DeSantistan," (with Abigail Hall), Tallahassee Democrat, March 23, 2023.

"Florida university trustees should not be sole arbiters of who becomes faculty," (with Abigail Hall), Miami Herald, March 2, 2023.

"Gov. DeSantis’ new migration law is expensive political theater," (with Abigail Hall), Tampa Bay Times, February 24, 2023. 

“Why local law enforcement should not enforce federal immigration law,” Tampa Bay Times, April 5, 2019.

“Want to stop illegal immigration? Allow more legal immigrants,” (with Abigail Hall), Tribune News Service, December 13, 2018.

“There is no ‘chain migration’ problem,” (with Abigail Hall), RealClear Policy, January 26, 2018.

“Trump immigrant rhetoric relies on statistical outliers,” (with Abigail Hall), The Mercury News, November 11, 2017.

“Anti-price gouging laws don’t benefit consumers,” (with Abigail Hall), Sun-Sentinel, September 7, 2017.

“Feds should focus less on fixing immigrants and more on fixing the law,” (with Abigail Hall), The Hill, August 22, 2017.

Media Mentions/Interviews

TV Globo, “One in four Trump voters think tariffs are disrupting the U.S.; polls are alert to Republicans” July 20, 2025.

Financial Times, “Tampa heads the list of best places for foreign businesses in latest FT-Nikkei ranking” June 23, 2025.

CNET, “Yes, an iPhone Could Cost More Than $2,200 With Tariffs. Should You Buy One Now?” June 11, 2025.

WUSF NPR, “University of Tampa economics professors explain how tariffs could impact the economy” May 22, 2025.

Bloom, WFLA NBC Channel 8, “Understanding Tariffs and Their Possible Impact” May 9, 2025.

Buzzfeed, “"It's Going To Get A Lot Worse Before It Gets Better": This One Grocery Staple Is Going To See A Huge Price Surge Due To Tariffs, So Brace Yourself” May 11, 2025.

HuffPost, “Experts Reveal Exactly How Trump’s Tariffs Will Affect Food Prices — Particularly On Coffee” May 7, 2025.

Tampa Bay Business Journal, “Tampa Bay business brace for price hikes as tariffs shift” April 15, 2025.

 Free the Economy Podcast, "Trade Myths (and Facts)" April 10, 2025.

WFLA NBC Channel 8, “Stock market tumble impacts retirement savings; Florida economists explain” April 3, 2025.

Consumer Affairs, “Comparing the costs of generations” March 31, 2025.

Bankrate, “Trump’s tariffs are here — here’s who pays for these import taxes and how much prices could rise” March 26, 2025.

US News and World Report, “How Trump’s Mass Deportations Could Lower the Social Security Trust Funds” February 18, 2025.

Battleground Florida, WFLA NBC Channel 8, “Officials discuss tariffs, LGBTQ policies” February 10, 2025.

US News and World Report, “What a Trade War Under Trump Would Mean for Your Finances” February 7, 2025.

Tampa Bay Times, “What Trump’s tariffs could mean for Florida” February 5, 2025.

Also reprinted in Yahoo! Finance and Florida Insider.

ABC Action News (Tampa), “Local Reaction to Tariffs on Canada and Mexico” February 1, 2025.

Bankrate, "Massive new Trump tariffs are looming. Here's how these import 'taxes' work and who pays for them" January 16, 2025.

Yahoo! Finance, "What are tariffs? How do they affect you?" August 23, 2024.

Reason Magazine, “Ron DeSantis’ Immigration Crackdown Could Prove Costly” June 22, 2022.

Tampa Bay Times, “Hand sanitizer frenzy has state officials monitoring price gouging” March 3, 2020.

Bay News 9, “Tampa Bike Shop Feeling Pain as US-China Trade War Continues” August 27, 2019.

Bay News 9, “Restaurateur Wary of 5 Percent Tariff Plan on Mexican Goods” June 5, 2019.

Mic News, “A local North Carolina race could reinstate an ICE program that targets Latinos” November 3, 2018.

PM Tampa Bay, WFLA 970, “How Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Could Affect Tampa Bay” March 9, 2018.

Tampa Bay Online, “Feds to certify Pasco deputies in deal that may boost deportations” October 16, 2017.

Frederick News-Post, “Study of arrest rates posits that 287(g) immigration enforcement keeps Hispanics from going to the police” August 14, 2017.

Frederick News-Post, “Hood students eat on $2 per day to learn about poverty” September 27, 2013.

WHAG-NBC News, “Hood College takes on $2 Challenge” September 26, 2013.