Road to economic recovery: Inflation, wages, and changing labor force dynamics

Inflation and labor market fluctuations are threatening the fragile economic recovery. Despite what the numbers say, increasingly Americans are worried about their financial future. Join Ford School economists for a discussion of these crucial issues. Watch this event on YouTube.

Panelists

• Kathryn Dominguez, Professor of Public Policy and Economics
• Josh Hausman, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics
• John Leahy, Allen Sinai Professor of Macroeconomics
• Betsey Stevenson, Professor of Public Policy and Economics
• Moderated by Luke Shaefer, Associate Dean and Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy

Faculty Expert

Kathryn M. Dominguez

Professor of Public Policy and Economics; PhD Program Director

Dominguez is the director of the Ford School’s doctoral programs. Her research focuses on topics in international financial markets and macroeconomics. A research associate at the NBER, she is also a member of the Panel of Economic Advisers at CBO, the Advisory Scientific Committee of the ESRB, and the Economic Advisory Panel of the New York Fed.

Faculty Expert

John Leahy

Allen Sinai Professor of Macroeconomics

Faculty Expert

Joshua Hausman

Associate Professor of Public Policy; Associate Professor of Economics (by courtesy)

Hausman’s research interests are in economic history and macroeconomics with a focus on the U.S. economy in the 1930s and the Japanese economy today. He is a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Faculty Expert

Betsey Stevenson

Professor of Public Policy and Economics

Stevenson is a labor economist who publishes widely about the labor market and the impact of public policies on outcomes both in the labor market and for families. Her research explores women's labor market experiences, the economic forces shaping the modern family, and how these experiences and forces influence each other. She served as the chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor from 2010 to 2011, participating as the secretary's deputy to the White House economic team.

Faculty Expert

Luke Shaefer

Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy; Director, Poverty Solutions; Professor of Social Work

Shaefer serves as the inaugural director of Poverty Solutions, an interdisciplinary, presidential initiative at U-M that seeks to partner communities and policymakers to find new ways to prevent and alleviate poverty.

• Kathryn Dominguez
• John Leahy
• Joshua Hausman
• Betsey Stevenson
• Luke Shaefer
• inflation
• Center on Finance Law and Policy
• Conversations Across Differences