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Ford School economists weigh in on inflation and recession fears
News this week that GDP had contracted for the second quarter in a row, combined with the Fed’s interest rate hike and persistent inflationary...
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Fall 2022 incoming master's welcome week
The official start of the school year, welcome week and orientation activities at the Ford School give new students the opportunity to meet and...
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Our community recognizes the urgent global climate crisis and is working on interdisciplinary policy solutions rooted in community engagement, economics, political science, psychology, and urban planning.
From cradle through career, education programs exist to help children and youth learn, grow, and succeed in school and in life. But how do decision makers know which interventions work? How can their investments address institutional and systemic...
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I’ve loved serving our community, and have worked hard to advance bipartisan engagement, listening and talking to one another across our differences in a way that can deepen our democracy and get practical things done.
Michael S. Barr
Barr, who served as dean of the Ford School from 2017-2022, is a governor and vice chair for supervision of the Federal Reserve Board, where he will develop policy recommendations for the Fed and oversee the supervision and regulation of the largest U.S. financial institutions.
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