Charlotte Cavaillé, Ford School professor, talked with Mark Blyth about politics of inequality. Cavaillé characterized liberals and conservatives who see inequality as "the two outraged groups are not outraged about the same thing so that precludes...

Betsey Stevenson, Ford School professor and economists, talked about the continuing uncertainty around tariffs. She said, "Uncertainty is terrible but certainty that we have huge tariffs is also terrible." Stevenson added, "Trump can't guarantee how...

Javed Ali, Ford School professor, explained the impact of designations of cartels like MS 13 and Tren de Aragua as foreign terror organizations and noted that "were official going back to February 20th." Ali said "The US government should have done...

Don Moynihan, Ford School professor, spoke about reports of DOGE employees receiving six-figure salaries from government agencies. He said, "It does seem worth understanding what these employees are being paid, especially if they are being paid...

Don Moynihan, Ford School professor says his worries about donors dining with Trump is "where there doesn’t seem to be a clear line between Trump’s businesses and the presidency.” He says, “The concern is less about fundraising and more about access...

Rusty Hills, Ford School lecturer, commented on the president's address to Congress, calling it "classic Trump." He said, "The speech was a campaign rally held under the capitol dome. It was a two hour long ‘Greatest Hits’ tour." In the speech,...

Ford School assistant professor (by courtesy) Ben Green, wrote an essay for Tech Policy on Elon Musk's new “AI-first strategy” for the federal government, and commented, "unleashing AI to revolutionize the federal government is a recipe for...

Justin Wolfers, Ford School professor and economists, says the most recent job report data shows that “This is a fundamentally healthy labor market, continuing its earlier momentum, albeit at a slightly slower...

Don Moynihan, Ford School professor, said the DOGE cuts at agencies created by Congress "is implementing an unprecedented scale of disruption.” Rather than just shrinking the government in ways conservatives have long advocated, these efforts by...