Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Inflation and the labor market since 2020: A successful soft landing?

Sep 18, 2023, 11:30 am-1:00 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
Professor of economics at U.C. Berkeley and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy Brad DeLong will be joined by Ford School economicsts Josh Hausman, Betsey Stevenson, and Justin Wolfers for a conversation on recent U.S. macro policy from inflation to the labor market. 
DeLong, Stevenson, Wolfers, and Hausman headshots

Gina M. Raimondo: U.S. Secretary of Commerce

Sep 22, 2023 0:49:45

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo will reflect on economic growth, innovation, and American competitiveness in conversation with Professor Betsey Stevenson. September, 2023.

Gina M. Raimondo
CLOSUP Lecture Series

GovFin 2023: Empowering Governments, Modernizing Reporting

Nov 9, 2023, 8:45 am-6:00 pm EST
1801 K Street NW Washington DC
Check out the GovFin 2023 Conference in Washington DC on Empowering Governments, Modernizing Reporting on November 9, 2023. https://xbrl.us/events/govfin23/
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In the Media

Medicare drug price negotiations an important first step - Cohn

Sep 1, 2023 WNYC
Jonathan Cohn, WNYC: The immediate cause was an enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act, that big law that Biden and the Democrats passed last year. It's probably best known for its climate provisions. This is the law that puts all this money into...
Jonathan Cohn
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Kleinman on safe Ann Arbor streets

Sep 8, 2023 WEMU
Molly Kleinman, WEMU: Molly Kleinman is a member of the Ann Arbor Transportation Commission. "As it turns out, people want to live on streets that are safe and where they are not experiencing cars flying down them all day." Kleinman says by...
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In the Media

Luke Shaefer on simplifying access to cash assistance

Sep 8, 2023 Detroit Free Press
Luke Shaefer, Detroit Free Press: “In a lot of our programs, especially cash assistance, some states make it much much much much harder to get benefits and some states make it easier,” said H. Luke Shaefer, director of Poverty Solutions and a...
Photo of Luke Shaefer in the Ford School's Towsley Reading Room
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Lewis featured in PBS series, Making Black America

Jul 13, 2023
Dr. Earl Lewis, founding director of the Center for Social Solutions and Ford School professor, was featured in the PBS series, Making Black America: Through the Grapevine, directed by Stacey L. Holman.  This four-hour series, hosted by Henry...
Earl Lewis
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Wolfers insights on U.S. economic performance

Sep 7, 2023
Over this past summer, Justin Wolfers, professor of public policy and economics at the Ford School, was widely interviewed on the state of the economy and the American public's reactions to its performance.  Here are highlights from his media...
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