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December 5, 2023
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Cash payments for new parents

Beginning in January 2024, every pregnant person in Flint will receive cash payments through Rx Kids, the first city-wide experiment of its kind—launched by Luke Shaefer's Poverty Solutions, Michigan State University-Hurley Children's Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative, and the Greater Flint Health Coalition. More »



 
   


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Thacher studies history to inform today's police reform

David Thacher finds that the local experimentation that led to New York's use of summons in the 1900s is an important model for modern-day police reform in the Journal of Criminal Justice. More »

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Climate havens may not be safe much longer

Analysis by Earl Lewis and U-M Center for Social Solutions researchers Julie Arbit and Brad Bottoms show a growing threat to climate havens—and widening national racial and economic inequities (as featured in PBS Newshour.) More »


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Stevenson joins Lyft board of directors

Lyft selected economist Betsey Stevenson to sit on its board because her research and extensive public-sector experience in the White House and at the Department of Labor "will help strengthen the driver experience." More »

Meghan Oster and Kristen Cummings

EPI seminar led to financial aid research collaboration

After meeting at the Education Policy Initiative's causal inference seminar, Meghan Oster (PhD '21) and Kristen Cummings (IES predoctoral fellow) collaborated on research to enhance scholarship access for students in rural Iowa. More »



   
 
 

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CNN anchor and Chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper joins Wallace House Director Lynette Clemetson for a 2023 Democracy in Crisis event.
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"We need to start with hearing local populations' explanations of their needs. When we do that listening to African partners, we will hear the need for less traditional 'development aid' and more economic investment. Stronger local business communities are natural engines that will push for the transparent governance and rule of law that allows both business and democracy to function." Kamissa Camara on creating a more democratically stable Africa.

The Republic

 

"I think the best way to get some movement on this is to convince the people who work for these companies and control these companies to ask themselves who we are and what we stand for, other than simply making money.” Scott Atran on how organizations should approach geopolitical risk.

RANE Insights

 

“Things are getting back to normal. In a period we've been creating jobs basically at among the fastest rates it's ever done so and unemployment hovering around its 50 year low, we've had a drum beat of recession talk—it's absolutely bananas bonkers makes no sense.” Justin Wolfers.

Marketplace

 

“People say, 'Economists don't know why we're unhappy? Just look at the prices!' We're looking at the prices, and we're wondering, why are you buying so much stuff?” Betsey Stevenson.

New York Times Quote of the Day

 

"Criticism of Trump is one thing, but a vote to impeach is another, and won't easily be forgotten or forgiven by MAGA voters. So while many politicians can pivot or change their appeal to various factions, MAGA voters would be a very tough sell for Meijer." Tom Ivacko on Peter Meijer's run for Senate in Michigan.

CBS Detroit



Spring S&H cover

International Policy Education

Read the spring 2023 edition of the Ford School's State & Hill magazine.

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