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Fiscal health trends reversing--and not for the better--in some Michigan communities

Aug 22, 2016

After five years of steady statewide improvement, fewer Michigan communities report that they are better able to meet their fiscal needs this year.A University of Michigan survey polled top elected and appointed officials in the state's 1,856 units...

Michael Barr on Marketplace, “Dodd-Frank: What it set out to do, and where we are now”

Aug 10, 2016

As the Republican Party announces regulatory alternatives to the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, which was devised to reform Wall Street, protect consumers, and prevent financial collapse, Marketplace interviews some of the key architects of Dodd-Frank for...

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Hausman in The Conversation: Why methane leaks matter, and why markets won't fix them

Aug 10, 2016

“In less than a year, the Aliso Canyon [natural gas] facility leaked methane equal to about four million metric tons of CO2, the greenhouse gas equivalent of driving over 800,000 cars in a year,” writes Catherine Hausman for The Conversation...

Stange on investing in schools: Capital spending, facility conditions, and student achievement

Aug 1, 2016

“Investing in Schools: Capital Spending, Facility Conditions, and Student Achievement” a journal article by Paco Martorell, Kevin Stange, and Isaac McFarlin, has been published in the August 2016 edition of the Journal of Public...

Internship field report, Farah Mandich @ European Bank for Reconstruction & Development

Aug 1, 2016

Farah Mandich (MPP ’17) is submitting this field report from her summer 2016 internship at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London, United Kingdom, where she worked in the Office of the U.S. executive director. Hello from...

Tamar Mitts in The Journal of Economic Perspectives: "Can war foster cooperation?"

Jul 31, 2016

“Can War Foster Cooperation?” Michal Bauer, Christopher Blattman, Julie Chytilová, Joseph Henrich, Edward Miguel and Tamar Mitts pose this question in the summer 2016 volume of The Journal of Economic Perspectives. Introduction Warfare leaves...

“Could Clinton’s health care proposals work?” asks Ayanian in The Conversation U.S.

Jul 28, 2016

John Z. Ayanian, director of the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, explores whether Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton’s health care proposals might work in a July 27 contribution to The...

Stange study of cross-state licensing compact featured in WSJ, Brookings, more

Jul 26, 2016

Recent research by Kevin Stange, which evaluates a multi-state compact that allows nurses to easily practice across state borders, is featured in The Wall Street Journal, the Brookings Institution’s Hutchins Roundup, and the Washington Center for...

RNC’s new call for a return to a “competitive” student loan market won’t work, says Dynarski

Jul 21, 2016

In “The RNC wants to make student loans competitive again. They never were,” Susan Dynarski provides detailed context on one plank of the newly released Republican platform, which pushes to get the federal government out of the student loan...

Vox interviews Hillary Clinton on the rise of $2.00 a day poverty and what to do about it

Jul 19, 2016

“So, let’s start with poverty,” says Ezra Klein, editor of Vox, launching a 40-minute interview with Hillary Clinton. “Scholars have estimated that the number of American families living in extreme poverty, under $2 in cash income, has skyrocketed...

Clean Energy Revolving Loan Fund helps A2 landlords improve rental unit efficiency

Jul 15, 2016

A few years back, Ford School alumnus Cassie Brown (MPP ’14) and an interdisciplinary team of Dow Sustainability Fellows worked with the City of Ann Arbor to establish a $40,000 Clean Energy Revolving Loan Fund for landlords and renters seeking to...

Susan Dynarski in NYT, "America can fix its student loan crisis. Just ask Australia."

Jul 12, 2016

Seven million borrowers in America are in default on their student loans. In “America can fix its student loan crisis. Just ask Australia,” Susan Dynarski describes the lessons American policymakers can take from other countries.Dynarski, who...

Whitman in Detroit Free Press, “In Brexit debacle, who will lead from the edge of the inside?”

Jul 6, 2016

In a July 5 Detroit Free Press op-ed, Marina v.N. Whitman asks, “In Brexit debacle, who will lead from the edge of inside?”“On the same morning that we woke up to learn that British voters had set their country on a path of divorce from the European...

Betsey Stevenson in Bloomberg View, "Want to help the economy? Learn to trust."

Jul 5, 2016

“It’s hard to know whom you can trust anymore—at least that’s the attitude of many Americans today. Therein lies a crucial challenge for the world’s largest economy,” writes Betsey Stevenson in “Want to Help the Economy? Learn to Trust,” published...

Dean Yang in WaPo, Brexit’s most severe impacts may extend to the developing world

Jun 28, 2016

The Washington Post’s “Wonkblog” cites Dean Yang’s work in “The people who will suffer the most severe impact of Brexit don’t live in the U.K.” The article, by Max Ehrenfreund, was published on Saturday, June 25.“Immigrants working in Britain send...

New undergrad politics, policy course offers opportunities to work with survey research data

Jun 28, 2016

Caption: Michigan State Capitol BuildingCredit: Photo by Matt Katzenberger, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) is offering a new undergraduate course for students looking for opportunities to work with survey...

Latest Michigan Public Policy Survey addresses local firefighting challenges, approaches

Jun 15, 2016

East Tawas, MI Fire DepartmentPhoto by George Thomas / Flickr.com/ CC by NC-ND 2.0CLOSUP’s latest policy report, released today, examines Michigan local government leaders’ opinions on fire protection services in their communities, including...

EPI’s DC conference, “Restructuring student loans: Lessons from abroad"

Jun 14, 2016

Roughly 100 guests—including policymakers, practitioners, and members of the press—attended “Restructuring student loans: Lessons from abroad,” a conference organized by Susan Dynarski, co-founder and co-director of the Ford School’s Education...

Internship field report, Nadia Vandergriff @ World Bank, Global Climate Change Policy

Jun 14, 2016

As a dual degree student with SNRE [the School of Natural Resources and Environment] and Ford, I am interested in pursuing a career in international development within the context of climate change as a complex environmental, social, and political...

Susan Dynarski pens Milken Institute piece, “How to—and how not to—manage student debt”

Jun 10, 2016

For the Milken Institute Review, Susan Dynarski explains, “How to—and how not to—manage student debt.”“If you even casually follow the news, you’ve probably heard that Americans owe a record $1.3 trillion in student loans,” writes Dynarski. Seven...

Justin Wolfers in NYT Upshot, “The jobs report is not quite as terrible as it looks”

Jun 3, 2016

“The jobs report is not quite as terrible as it looks,” a New York Times Upshot piece by Justin Wolfers, reviews the latest employment report, which suggests that the economic recovery is slowing with only 38,000 jobs added in May.“It is worth...

Ben Bernanke talks monetary policy at Economic Club of Grand Rapids dinner

Jun 1, 2016

Ben Bernanke, former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, was the featured speaker at the 29th annual Economic Club of Grand Rapids dinner on Tuesday, May 31. Dean Susan M. Collins interviewed Dr. Bernanke for the event, which drew 1,600 registered...

Hausman's "What was bad for GM was bad for America," in Journal of Economic History

Jun 1, 2016

A journal article by Joshua Hausman, "What was bad for General Motors was bad for America: The automobile industry and the 1937/38 recession," was published in the June 2016 edition of The Journal of Economic History. AbstractThis article shows that...

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Catherine Hausman on methane leak repairs, "low-hanging fruit for climate change abatement"

May 25, 2016

Catherine Hausman’s NBER working paper, “Price regulation and environmental externalities: Evidence from methane leaks,” (with Lucija Muehlenbachs) looks at the unintended consequences of cost-of-service price regulations of privately-owned natural...

Susan Collins to interview Ben Bernanke at Economic Club of Grand Rapids dinner

May 3, 2016

At the annual dinner meeting of The Economic Club of Grand Rapids, Susan M. Collins will host a conversation with Ben Bernanke, who served as chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve System from 2006-2014. The event will take place on Tuesday, May 31 at...

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Kathryn Dominguez on her interdisciplinary course, "Jane Austen and Economics"

Apr 28, 2016

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen’s novels contain a wealth of commentary on the dramatic economic changes of her era. University of Michigan undergraduates looking for a friendly and informative introduction to economics...

Ford School partners with INCAE Business School in Latin America

Apr 25, 2016

The University of Michigan will launch a new partnership that enables MBA students from one of Latin America's top business schools to earn a master of public administration degree at the Ford School of Public Policy.The dual-degree program, which...

Dynarski in NYT Upshot, "How to use tax credits to increase college attendance"

Apr 19, 2016

Susan Dynarski’s latest New York Times Upshot contribution explores “How to use tax credits to increase college attendance.”“Taxpayers will file for $20 billion in tax credits for college expenses they paid in 2015, but while those who get [the...

In Brookings, Dynarski investigates effects of slashing student loan interest rates

Apr 14, 2016

Susan Dynarski considers the effects of student loan interest rates in “What does cutting rates on student loans do?” The piece appears in Evidence Speaks, a weekly publication of the Brookings Institution's Center on Children and Families. Dynarski...

Tom Ivacko on emergency financial management and the Flint water crisis

Apr 12, 2016

CLOSUP program manager Tom Ivacko’s “What is lost when a state takes over a city,” was published on April 13 by Governing.com. The piece, which ran in "Voices of the Governing Institute," describes Michigan’s restrictive local government finance...