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Wolfers on potential liability for irresponsible COVID-19 choices

Oct 6, 2020 Washington Post
"The purpose of liability law is to incentivize responsible behavior by making irresponsibility costly", said Wolfers. “We’d expect to see many more irresponsible choices being made by those taking the president’s comments to heart."  Read the...
Justin Wolfers
In the Media

Stevenson: Women's employment has fallen off a pandemic cliff

Sep 15, 2020 NPR Here and Now
“We had what you might even call a gendered shutdown. The kinds of industries that had to send people home, that shut down, disproportionately employed women," said Stevenson. "How long it takes women to recover is going to depend on the [childcare]...
Betsey Stevenson

The Longview: Reflections on the ACA at 10

Jul 27, 2020
By Marianne Udow-Phillips, Founding Executive Director, Center for Health and Research Transformation This article was originally published by Findings Magazine on July 16, 2020 The framers of the Affordable Care Act—or the ACA—can be proud of...
President Obama signs the Affordable Care Act with a crowd of stakeholders
Alumni spotlight

Tannistha Datta (MPA ‘09) protects children’s rights in India

Jul 13, 2020
Since volunteering with a children’s nonprofit in high school, Tannistha Datta (MPA '09) wanted to pursue children’s rights protection work. At the Ford School, this desire was confirmed. "Through policy and international development frameworks, the...
Tannistha Datta
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Research looks at COVID-19 response around the world

Jul 10, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis is affecting an unprecedented number of people at the same time. As the pandemic evolved in April and May, a group of researchers, including Ford School professor Ann Lin, undertook a survey in over a dozen locations around the...
Ann Lin
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Congratulations to Celeste Watkins-Hayes for two ASA awards!

Jul 9, 2020
Newly-appointed Ford School collegiate professor of public policy Celeste Watkins-Hayes has received two awards from the American Sociological Association for her book Remaking a Life: How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront Inequality  (2019,...
Celeste Watkins-Hayes
News

Democracy & Debate Theme Semester launches

Jul 2, 2020
This week marks the launch of the Democracy & Debate Theme Semester, a unique opportunity for teaching and learning about free speech and the exchange of ideas, democratic engagement from a global perspective and what it means to be a member of a...
Democracy and debate logo on top of a photo of Angell Hall

Lantz discusses COVID-19 health inequity

Jun 19, 2020
Paula Lantz, associate dean of the Ford School and James B. Hudak Professor of Health Policy, and Michael S. Barr, dean of the Ford School, discussed the emerging social epidemiology of COVID-19 and current understanding regarding public health and...
Paula Lantz

Yang leads USAID resiliency study in Mozambique

Jun 17, 2020
When Cyclone Idai struck Mozambique in March, 2019, it was the most destructive cyclone ever recorded in Africa, displacing 127,500 and affecting 1.85 million people. Beyond the initial short-term impact, medium-term food insecurity and risk of...
Dean Yang