Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will speak at Rackham Auditorium on 1/14. The event is free, open to the public, and will require a seating pass. More info will be posted here as it becomes available. Update 1/15: The video and transcript are...

Justin Wolfers spoke with National Public Radio's All Things Considered about Intrade, a website that invites users to place bets on the likelihood of various events, from current affairs to pop culture. Intrade recently announced it could no longer...

On November 19 at the U-M Detroit Center, the National Poverty Center (NPC) in conjunction with the C.S. Mott Foundation, hosted the panel discussion, "Michigan's Recession and Recovery: Opportunities for the Research, Non-profit, and Civic...

With automatic federal deficit reduction measures set to take effect in January, Justin Wolfers appeared on MSNBC's "NOW with Alex Wagner" to discuss the role of tax reform in reducing the U.S. deficit. Wolfers discussed various perspectives on the...

A proposal by Shobita Parthasarathy was selected as one of fifty projects to receive a $60,000 seed grant under the MCubed program for funding research. MCubed is a new program created to empower interdisciplinary teams of U-M faculty to undertake...

Economics of Carbon TaxesBy Barry RabeThe idea of enacting a carbon tax to address climate change and fiscal woes may be as plausible as relying on new leadership to steer the Chicago Cubs to their first world championship in over a century.But now...

Ordering extended through midnight on December 9!Like to surf the web? Online ordering for a select number of Ford School Spirit Store items is now available via Michigan-based Underground Printing. Orders can be placed online through December 9 and...

During his November 16 Policy Talks @ the Ford School lecture Dick Costolo (BS '85), Twitter's CEO, made waves by announcing that by year's end Twitter users would be able to download a complete archive of their Tweets.The online news organization...

Where is the Drug Policy Debate Headed Next?Question from Latin American AdvisorColorado and Washington state passed measures legalizing recreational marijuana in the United States' Nov. 6 election. Luis Videgaray, the head of President-elect...

The Detroit Free Press interviewed Brian Jacob about student cheating following the release of a new survey by the Josephson Institute of Ethics. The survey indicates that the percentage of high school students who say they have cheated in school...