Professor Betsey Stevenson talks with CNBC about January job growth. She said "what we see is a labor market that’s basically operating at full employment. And so I think the real question going forward is: Can we sustain full...
Susan Page, professor at the Ford School, discussed with NPR President Trump's use of Manifest Destiny in his inaugural address and the possible impacts of unpredictable foreign policy including the threat of...
Grammy-winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis will take time from his performance schedule to share his insights into the relationship between art, culture, and public policy.
Ford School economics professor Justin Wolfers told Bloomberg TV's The Close that one of the biggest consequences of tariffs with Canada and Mexico could be on the many cross-border transactions that happen in the production of many consumer...
When the oil industry gets lucky and prices rise, executives reap the benefits, according to an Energy Journal analysis of pay at 78 U.S. energy companies by University of Michigan economist Catherine Hausman and UC Berkeley economist Lucas...
The Ford School's Catherine Hausman spoke on a panel for a Hamilton Project and Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability event titled "Powering a Clean Energy Future." The event focused on analyzing the ways we can move toward renewable energy...
A research paper from the Ford School's Catherine Hausman for the National Bureau of Economic Research looked at the gains and losses of the existing transmission constraints in the U.S. Utility Dive recently highlighted the paper. The paper by...
Market designs and policies can serve to promote clean energy. However, if policymakers are not careful in considering academic research on energy, negative unintended impacts could arise from policy action, specifically increasing CO2 emissions....
A recent electricity market analysis discovered that adding battery storage to enhance grid reliability caused power generation markets to favor coal over natural gas. Adding battery storage to electrical grids only increases grid reliability, not...
