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Stevenson testifies at Congressional hearing on record-breaking job vacancies

Jul 12, 2017

This June, the U.S. Department of Labor reported 6 million unfilled job openings--a record-breaking number. Today, Betsey Stevenson offered expert testimony at a Congressional Joint Economic Committee hearing on the topic: "A record six million U.S....

Barr files amicus brief for financial regulation scholars in Supreme Court case

Jul 5, 2017

Michael Barr joined noted DC appellate attorney Deepak Gupta as co-counsel on a June 27 amicus brief, submitted by financial regulation scholars and former government officials who have worked to prevent violent non-state actors from accessing the...

Barr files amicus brief in support of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Jul 5, 2017

University of Michigan law professor and incoming Ford School dean Michael Barr has served as co-counsel on a recent amicus brief submitted by leading financial regulation and consumer finance scholars in support of the Consumer Financial Protection...

Dominguez in South China Morning Post: U.S. casts nervous eye over Chinese debt

Jun 19, 2017

Kathryn Dominguez is quoted in a new South China Morning Post story about China’s rising debt levels: “US casting nervous eye at China’s ‘phenomenal’ debt levels, says former Obama pick for the Fed.” “It’s really quite phenomenal how high the...

Stevenson contributes to bipartisan AEI-Brookings report supporting paid family leave

Jun 7, 2017

As a member of the AEI-Brookings Working Group on Paid Family Leave, Betsey Stevenson has contributed to a recently released bipartisan report highlighting the benefits and costs of paid leave. In the May 2017 report, titled “Paid family and...

Stevenson, Wolfers et al urge confirmation of Trump pick for Council of Economic Advisers

Jun 6, 2017

In a recently released letter to the Senate Banking Committee, prominent economists including Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers of the Ford School, have urged the confirmation of American Enterprise Institute (AEI) scholar Kevin Hassett, President...

Welcome to the Ford School's 2017 Public Policy and International Affairs Fellows

Jun 5, 2017

Please join us in welcoming the Ford School's 2017 Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) fellows to Ann Arbor. The PPIA program, which the Ford School has participated in each year since 1983, aims to promote diversity in public service....

News

Vox piece on universal basic income proposal cites Luke Shaefer's "must read" research

May 31, 2017

Vox asks “What happens if you replace every social program with a universal basic income?” in a May 30 article by Dylan Matthews. The piece goes on to cite Luke Shaefer’s research on a negative income tax. The article discusses a recent American...

Rabe examines Pennsylvania's unorthodox resistance to energy taxes in new journal article

May 31, 2017

A new publication by Rachel Hampton and Barry Rabe, titled "Leaving money on the table: Pennsylvania exceptionalism in resisting energy severance taxes," was published in Commonwealth this month. In it, Hampton and Rabe reflect on Pennsylvania's...

Wolfers coauthors paper on the growing gap in life expectancy and retirement benefits

May 31, 2017

A new working paper by Alan Auerbach, Kerwin Charles, Courtney Coile, William Gale, Dana Goldman, Ronald Lee, Charles Lucas, Peter Orszag, Louise Sheiner, Bryan Tysinger, David Weil, Justin Wolfers and Rebeca Wong, titled How the Growing Gap in Life...

Stevenson on Making Sense, a PBS NewsHour segment on growth industries men avoid

May 12, 2017

Betsey Stevenson speaks with economics correspondent Paul Solman for the May 11 Making Sense episode, “These industries are growing: Why are men staying away?”The episode, which aired on PBS NewsHour, explores how rare it is for men to pursue jobs...

Barr on NPR: Dodd-Frank rollback would weaken oversight, cripple consumer protection

May 8, 2017

Michael S. Barr, a key architect of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, isn't mincing words when it comes to outlining the stakes of dismantling the historic Wall Street reform and consumer protection legislation. Last month, he testified before Congress on...

In The New York Times, Susan Dynarski describes “The wrong way to fix student debt”

May 8, 2017

In a May 6 “Economic View” column for The New York Times, "The wrong way to fix student debt," Susan Dynarski describes three recent regulatory changes that are “making student loans riskier, more expensive and more burdensome for borrowers.”The...

State & Hill

Can firms do well by doing good? Can nations liberalize trade while protecting workers?

May 2, 2017

In the first days of Donald J. Trump's presidency, journalists from across the world called Marina Whitman. They wanted to discuss the implications of Trump's meetings with auto executives. They wanted to understand how Trump's proposed tariff on...

Whitman on Michigan Radio, the ongoing erosion of support for public goods

Apr 28, 2017

Economist Marina v.N. Whitman is interviewed by Cynthia Canty, host of Michigan Radio's "Stateside" program, for a ten-minute segment on President Trump's proposed budget and the troubling outlook for public goods in America. The segment, "Nixon...

Barr in Democracy: Why the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is constitutional

Apr 25, 2017

President Donald Trump is moving ahead with efforts to overhaul or replace the historic 2010 Dodd-Frank Act—a signature promise of his 2016 campaign. Meanwhile, a case is making its way through the federal courts in which plaintiffs challenge the...

Ford School IEDP students travel to Greece to research economic, refugee policies

Apr 20, 2017

On Wednesday, April 12th, graduate students from U-M’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy presented their research on two timely and challenging global policy problems: how to restart an economy after a financial crisis, and how to integrate...

Whitman in The Conversation: Preserve, don’t cut public goods to make America great

Apr 20, 2017

Marina v. N. Whitman advocates for the Trump administration to invest in public goods in her April 18 article for The Conversation: “‘Public Goods’ made America great and can do so again.”Public goods include a nation's existing natural resources,...

In Bloomberg View, Stevenson identifies “Where Trump should look to cut costs”

Apr 20, 2017

Betsey Stevenson’s latest column for Bloomberg View suggests looking to the tax code to cut wasteful spending, rather than cutting programs like environmental protection and support for science and the arts. The April 20 article, “Where Trump...

State & Hill

DE&I: Building on the longstanding success of faculty research and policy engagement

Apr 19, 2017

A key pillar of the Ford School’s recently released Strategic Plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) is to build on the longstanding success of faculty research and policy engagement in this space. Here’s a quick snapshot of just a few of...

1470 economists, including Collins, argue the broad economic benefit of immigration

Apr 12, 2017

As Congress and the Trump Administration prepare to revisit U.S. immigration policy, 1,470 economists—including Susan M. Collins, dean of the Ford School—have signed an open letter to state and federal leaders describing the broad economic value of...

In NYT Upshot, Wolfers discusses difficulty of boosting economy when interest rates stay low

Apr 11, 2017

Justin Wolfers’ April 7 column for The New York Times "Upshot" argues: “The economy may be stuck in a near-zero world.” Wolfers cites a new study claiming near-zero interest rates will become commonplace in the United States, impeding the Federal...

Janet Yellen Q&A draws thousands of viewers and international media coverage

Apr 11, 2017

On April 10, the Ford School hosted Janet Yellen, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, for a conversation with Susan M. Collins, Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy. Some 1,000 guests attended the talk, which filled Rackham Auditorium, and...

Stevenson makes the case for paid family leave in the U.S. in joint AEI-Brookings series

Apr 5, 2017

The AEI-Brookings Project on Paid Family Leave has featured contributions from a number of experts, including Ford School professor Betsey Stevenson, who wrote "Why America needs a paid family leave policy," on April 3, 2017. In her piece, Stevenson...

Economics and finance

Stevenson testifies at Congressional hearing on record-breaking job vacancies

Barr files amicus brief for financial regulation scholars in Supreme Court case

Barr files amicus brief in support of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Dominguez in South China Morning Post: U.S. casts nervous eye over Chinese debt

Stevenson contributes to bipartisan AEI-Brookings report supporting paid family leave

Stevenson, Wolfers et al urge confirmation of Trump pick for Council of Economic Advisers

Welcome to the Ford School's 2017 Public Policy and International Affairs Fellows

Vox piece on universal basic income proposal cites Luke Shaefer's "must read" research

Rabe examines Pennsylvania's unorthodox resistance to energy taxes in new journal article

Wolfers coauthors paper on the growing gap in life expectancy and retirement benefits

Stevenson on Making Sense, a PBS NewsHour segment on growth industries men avoid

Barr on NPR: Dodd-Frank rollback would weaken oversight, cripple consumer protection

In The New York Times, Susan Dynarski describes “The wrong way to fix student debt”

Can firms do well by doing good? Can nations liberalize trade while protecting workers?

Whitman on Michigan Radio, the ongoing erosion of support for public goods

Barr in Democracy: Why the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is constitutional

Ford School IEDP students travel to Greece to research economic, refugee policies

Whitman in The Conversation: Preserve, don’t cut public goods to make America great

In Bloomberg View, Stevenson identifies “Where Trump should look to cut costs”

DE&I: Building on the longstanding success of faculty research and policy engagement

1470 economists, including Collins, argue the broad economic benefit of immigration

In NYT Upshot, Wolfers discusses difficulty of boosting economy when interest rates stay low

Janet Yellen Q&A draws thousands of viewers and international media coverage

Stevenson makes the case for paid family leave in the U.S. in joint AEI-Brookings series

New graduate seminar: Quantifying the economic impact of refugees in Detroit

Stevenson and Wolfers on tooth fairy inflation and the rising cost of parenting

Rabe weighs in on President Trump’s budget plan and Great Lakes impact

Rabe in MLive on Trump's plan to review auto industry fuel economy targets

Dynarski’s research on income-contingent loans cited in Times Higher Education

Susan Dynarski in New York Times on the recent FAFSA fumble