Doug Elmendorf, director of the Congressional Budget Office, talks about the current fiscal challenges facing the United States. In this lecture he presents what the "fiscal cliff" means, the consequences and options to avoid it.
Sultan Al Qassemi, scholar, columnist, and influential Twitter commentator talks about the role of social media as a change agent in the Middle East. September, 2011.
Shobita Parthasarathy's discusses the landmark gene patent case ACLU v. Myriad Genetics, the issues, her work, as well as long-term implications of the ruling. April, 2010.
Meredith Fowlie, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy & Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science and the Arts. December, 2007.
Robert Axelrod, Walgreen Professor for the Study of Human Understanding; Professor of Political Science, College of Literature, Science and the Arts; & Professor of Public Policy discusses cancer research simulation. October, 2007.
Shobita Parthasarathy discusses her book titled Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care. April, 2007.
