Ford School professor, Justin Wolfers, explained the benefits of the phase in period for the raised Michigan minimum wage, saying that this period is "so businesses have a long time to adapt.” Wolfers also said, “perhaps businesses have a bit of...
The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) has elected Celeste Watkins-Hayes as the 2025 Sara McLanahan Fellow, recognizing her outstanding contributions to social science research and her role in deepening public understanding of...
Brian Jacob, Ford School professor discussed his recent papers "Did COVID-19 Shift the “Grammar of Schooling”?" and "The Lasting Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic" coauthored with Cristina Stanojevich about how schools have been transformed since the...
Students, faculty, and staff: Join Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes and the entire Ford School community in celebrating the beginning of the year and welcoming both old and new faces to Weill Hall. Food and festivities kick off at 4:00pm in the courtyard, with remarks by the dean at 5pm
Ford School Professor Javed Ali explained the importance of the prisoner swap with Russia in such turbulent times, he said "I don't think it is going to have an impact in terms of the significant tension between the US and Russia, but yes I do agree...
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with ABC Australia about the assassinations carried out by Israel, he said "The targeted killings of Fuad Shukr in Beirut and Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran this week do not represent a new methodology for Israel...
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, described the significance of the recent strikes in the middle east following the death of one of Hamas's leaders, Fuad Shuku. Ali said, "the region is already so volatile, as we've seen, even outside the...
Barry Rabe, Ford School professor, talked with Politico about the possibility of Governor Josh Shapiro "fixing" Kamala Harris's image and policy on hydraulic fracking should he join her ticket. Rabe said “Shapiro has found a way to play good cop and...
Justin Wolfers, Ford School professor and economist said the stock market sell-off was and "immense over-reaction." Importanly he noted that how bad it was depended on who you were, if you are "a flashy suit whose annual bonus depends on the ups and...
Justin Wolfers, Ford School professor and economist, amid concerns about recession, he says one of his favorite gauges for consumer sentiment about recession is to see how often they google the word recession "it used to be that that would only...
