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State & Hill

Discourse: Fordies in the news, fall 2023

Dec 12, 2023

“Rather than a single terrorist attack, this was a complex operation that involved commando teams and rocket attacks against multiple targets. The fact that Israel appears to have lacked advance warning is surprising, given Israel’s excellence in...

Headshots of Ali, Hausman, Rabe, Ciorciari, Parthasarathy, Horner, and Stevenson

State & Hill

Spotlights, fall 2023

Dec 10, 2023

What’s on the barbie? Economists Justin Wolfers and Betsey Stevenson were on the guest list as the White House hosted a State Dinner for Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in October. Skills match More than fifty...

Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers White House picture

State & Hill

Letter from Dean Watkins-Hayes

Dec 10, 2023

Warm greetings from Ann Arbor, where the first snow of the year has blanketed the campus. We’re enjoying the football team’s win over Ohio State—the 1,001st victory in Michigan’s history. (Our own Gerald Ford was part of sixteen of those wins...

Alumni spotlight

“Tremble with the world”: Airea D. Matthews (MPA ‘07) on using the arts as an avenue for change

Dec 6, 2023

Airea D. Matthews (MPA ‘07) dreamt of being a writer since she was a child. As she got older, she struggled to identify a clear path that turned her dream into reality. “My working-class roots didn’t seem to make space for sustainable possibilities...

airea matthews reading from her poetry collection bread and circus

News

New faculty, new courses for winter 2024 term

Nov 17, 2023

A former foreign minister to Mali, a leading educational economist, a former NYC mayor, and a tech entrepreneur who explores indigenous technoscience are among the outstanding new faculty that add depth to the Ford School and connect student...

News

Lyft Welcomes Betsey Stevenson to Board of Directors

Nov 17, 2023

Today, Lyft announced that Ford School economics professor Betsey Stevenson has joined Lyft’s Board of Directors, effective November 16, 2023. She will also serve as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. “Betsey is a...

News

Shaefer anticipates major poverty reduction in upcoming Flint prenatal and infant cash program

Nov 10, 2023

“I can’t talk about this without smiling. We are getting ready to eliminate extreme poverty for families with babies in Flint.” Ford School Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy Luke Shaefer is speaking about...

News

Owen-Smith gets grant to help measure public investments in emerging industries

Nov 6, 2023

The Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS) has received a $4.5 million federal grant to study how public investments in emerging industries can impact economic development in key technological areas. Jason Owen-Smith, executive...

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Rising inequality isn’t driving mass public support for redistribution: Charlotte Cavaillé’s ‘Fair Enough? explains why not

Nov 3, 2023

In the past, excessive economic inequality has ended… badly. As Charlotte Cavaillé points out in her new book that studies the public’s reaction to rising inequality, “only mass warfare, a state collapse, or catastrophic plagues have significantly...

Charlotte Cavaille's book cover "Fair Enough?"

News

Raimondo addresses labor market changes

Oct 24, 2023

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo addressed labor market challenges in a conversation with Ford School economics professor Betsey Stevenson. She noted the vast number of people and agencies within the Department of Commerce – nearly 47,000...

In the Media

Global warming and the green transition pose the world's greatest challenge - Wolfers

Oct 20, 2023 The Economic Times

Justin Wolfers, The Economic Times: Q. What do you consider the world’s greatest economic challenge today? A. The most immediate one encompasses the tremendous disruptions of global warming and trying to transition to a greener economy. These...

News

Stevenson salutes her mentor, Economics Nobel Prize winner Claudia Goldin

Oct 10, 2023

Noting that the field of economics is still a male-dominated profession with women comprising only 1 in 8 full professors in 2022, Ford School economics professor Betsey Stevenson hailed the ”revolutionary work” of her mentor and dissertation...

In the Media

Wolfers on the significance of Claudia Goldin's Nobel Prize

Oct 10, 2023 Axios

Justin Wolfers, Axios: Women were "barely thought of, if at all," in economists' past labor market empirical analysis says Justin Wolfers, an economist at the University of Michigan. Plus, where it was standard for men to study men in the labor...

News

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

Oct 10, 2023

The threat of inflation seems to be receding and the possibility of a 'soft landing' is improving, according to a panel of economists at the Ford School. Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy Brad DeLong, and Ford...

DeLong, Stevenson, Wolfers, and Hausman headshots

News

Michelmore and Pilkauskas discuss the benefits of tax credits

Oct 9, 2023

Over the past few months, Ford School associate professors Katherine Michelmore and Natasha Pilkauskas have been discussing their research and insights on the 2021 Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit in a wide array of outlets. Here...

Natasha Pilkauskas and Katherine Michelmore

In the Media

Luke Shaefer praises Minnesota child tax credit

Oct 9, 2023 Minneapolis Star Tribune

Luke Shaefer, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Minnesota's initiative appears to be one of the most ambitious child tax credits in the nation. It covers one of the broadest age ranges — through age 17 — and the $1,750 maximum credit may be one of the...

Photo of Luke Shaefer in the Ford School's Towsley Reading Room

In the Media

Economist Betsey Stevenson: Labor should get a 'big share' of what they produce

Sep 27, 2023 CNN

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Stevenson predicts continued labor strife in an uncertain market

Sep 22, 2023

As the U.S. endures the UAW, Writers’ Guild, and Screen Actors strikes, among others, Ford School economics professor Betsey Stevenson says the country may endure more labor upheaval. Once the chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor, she...

In the Media

Luke Shaefer on WDET: What is income inequality doing to all of us?

Sep 21, 2023 WDET

Luke Shaefer says while some might argue a certain level of income inequality can promote innovation in some cases, it is easy to see how the level we face today can negatively impact many aspects of our...

In the Media

Dominguez: Yen appreciation not a threat to U.S. economy

Sep 21, 2023 Marketplace

Kathryn Dominguez, Marketplace: If the yen jumps around too much, anyone that wants to trade with Japan might hold off. Supply chains could seize up. Kathryn Dominguez, a professor at the University of Michigan, said this is not the time for that to...

Kathryn Dominguez speaks to prospective students at the Ford School's Spring Preview

In the Media

The Fed is still pushing to get inflation down. Do people feel it?

Sep 19, 2023 The Washington Post

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In the Media

UAW strike impact minimal at first but watch out for a prolonged walkout

Sep 15, 2023 Atlanta Journal Constitution

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Publication

Housing shortages across Michigan alarming local leaders - Michigan survey

Sep 14, 2023

Michigan local officials are reporting alarm at the lack of housing options across the state. Those concerns include single-family homes and multi-family units, and cut across affordable, entry-level and mid-level housing availability. The...

News

Applications open Oct. 2-13 for Ann Arbor’s guaranteed income for low-income entrepreneurs

Sep 8, 2023

Entrepreneurs, self-employed people, owners of formal or informal small businesses, gig workers and people with side hustles who have low incomes can apply Oct. 2-13 to receive monthly payments from Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor (GIG...

News

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...

News

Ford School teams receive Boost support from U-M Bold Challenges Initiative

Sep 6, 2023

Three research teams with Ford School affiliations have been selected among eight programs across the U-M campus to participate in the first cycle of the Bold Challenges Initiative's newly-launched Boost program. The Boost program supports new...

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Swonk’s gift supports underrepresented PhD students in economics

Sep 5, 2023

With a generous commitment from U-M alumna and influential macro-economist Diane Swonk (BA ‘84, MAE ‘85), the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy has established the Diane Swonk Research Fellowship Fund to support doctoral students in the...

Selfie of Justin Wolfers (left) and Diane Swonk (right)

In the Media

Wolfers: ‘It’s Almost Pointless’ to Poll Republicans on the Economy

Sep 4, 2023 CNN

Justin Wolfers, CNN: “So I will tell you as an economist, I believe the hard numbers. The hard numbers tell us that the economy’s growing and it’s growing at a healthy rate. If you’d fallen asleep in 2019 and you woke up in 2023, you would discover...

In the Media

Women's workforce participation encouraging - Stevenson

Sep 4, 2023 Marketplace

Betsey Stevenson, Marketplace: “Men’s labor force participation has been growing, but women’s has been growing by just a tiny bit more,” noted Betsey Stevenson, an economist at the University of Michigan. That’s been a happy surprise, she said,...

In the Media

No fear for Halloween candy prices - Deardorff

Aug 25, 2023 The Messenger

Alan Deardorff, The Messenger: "For decades the U.S. policy on sugar has been to protect the sugar market to keep the price above the world price," said Alan Deardorff, a professor emeritus of public policy and economics at the University of...