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Stevenson on Biden's warning of an oligarchy forming in America

Jan 17, 2025 MSNBC
Betsey Stevenson, Ford School professor and economist, comments on a possible American oligarchy. She says we may be "moving to a world where the people who have the most money want to rewrite the rules in their favor," a situation that would...
Betsey Stevenson
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Watch What Consumers Do, Not How They Feel - Stevenson

Jan 15, 2025
Ford School professor of public policy and economics Betsey Stevenson writes in Bloomberg about the relationship or lack of relationship between consumer sentiment and economic performance. Instead, she says, we should focus "on consumers' ability...
Betsey Stevenson
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Exciting events at the Ford School this January

Jan 10, 2025
The Ford School is pleased to announce an exciting lineup for our January 2025 Policy Talks @ the Ford School series and other special public events hosted with partners from across campus.Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise...
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In the Media

Tragically underrated, Stevenson on US Economy in 2024

Dec 31, 2024 Marketplace
Betsey Stevenson, professor at the Ford School, chose "Tragically underrated" as a phrase to be the economist's word of the year. She describes labor force participation, inflation-adjusted wages and more to show how the US economy is the strongest...
Betsey Stevenson
In the Media

Deardorff asserts tariffs threats "are not common"

Dec 18, 2024 WCMU
A podcast from WCMU spoke with the Ford School's Alan Deardorff to better understand Trump's motivation using tariffs as a bargaining tool. Deardorff explained "We haven't done it much [using tariffs for trade negotiating] for many decades because...
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State & Hill

Faculty Findings, fall 2024

Dec 17, 2024
Mental health and marriage timing Decades of research document powerful associations between parents’ characteristics and children’s marital behaviors. “Parental mental health strongly shapes or disrupts family life and long-term opportunities for...
Panoramic view of Pokhara, with Mt Fishtail / Machapuchare (Himalayan range)
State & Hill

Reactions: 2024 elections

Dec 17, 2024
In the days following the 2024 elections, we sought insights from Ford School faculty members: How did we arrive at this point? And where do we go from here? Jenna Bednar, professor of political science and public policy: “The election raised the...
Headshots of Jenna Bednar, Charlotte Cavaillé, Jonathan Hanson, Mara Ostfeld, Ambassador Susan D. Page, and Betsey Stevenson
In the Media

Stevenson comments on the fruitful economy under President Biden

Dec 17, 2024 The New Republic
Discussing inflation and the Biden administration's economy, the Ford School's Betsey Stevenson told The New Republic that comparatively across the globe "ours [U.S. high inflation rates] came down way less painfully, and we had amazing economic...
Betsey Stevenson
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Ali explains the history of FBI and role of FBI director

Dec 13, 2024
Javed Ali, Ford School professor and former senior official at FBI, the National Intelligence Council, the National Counterterrorism Center, and the National Security Council, wrote on The Conversation about the what the FBI does, its history and...
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's 4th floor Whitman Lounge
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Rx Kids shows promising results after its first year

Dec 9, 2024
Since its start in January of 2024, Rx Kids has been a lifesaver for young families in Flint Michigan. The program was co-founded by the Ford School's Luke Shaefer and provides Flint residents with $1,500 mid-pregnancy, and $500 each month for the...
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In the Media

Rx Kids showing positive early results: Shaefer

Dec 9, 2024 Next City
"So far, RxKids has shown a reduction in depressive symptoms and increases in positive wellbeing, with larger numbers of participants indicating that they feel loved, hopeful and respected. Preliminary outcomes also show lowered anxiety scores...
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In the Media

Herd: Barriers to health care access are especially painful

Dec 6, 2024 NPR
Pam Herd, a professor of social policy at the University of Michigan who studies administrative burdens involved in accessing government services, says barriers to health care access are especially painful."It's one thing to be frustrated at the DMV...
Pamela Herd
In the Media

Dominguez relives UK 1992 pound devaluation

Dec 4, 2024 NPR Planet Money
"You know, we can blame George Soros or say that he made money off governments, but I guess I wouldn't really put it in moral terms. It is one of the fundamental costs of a fixed exchange rate. You're setting yourself up for the potential of a run....
Kathryn Dominguez speaks to prospective students at the Ford School's Spring Preview
In the Media

Ali comments on increase in "swatting"

Nov 27, 2024 The Telegraph
Javed Ali, associate professor of practice at the Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy, who is a former FBI agent, said swatting was used to “intimidate or actually try to physically threaten somebody”.“Sometimes it could just be retaliation for...
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's 4th floor Whitman Lounge
In the Media

Stevenson talks possible Trump tariff and immigration plans

Nov 27, 2024 Bloomberg
Betsey Stevenson, Ford school professor said, "I don't think its reigniting" about the inflation rate, though she said it is hard to reduce inflation from 3% to 2%. She also talked immigration, saying "one of the reasons we have had such fast...
Betsey Stevenson
In the Media

Ali on CIA official leaking classified documents

Nov 13, 2024 USA Today
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, says “This is not a good-news story for the CIA,” about a CIA official being charged with leaking documents about Israeli strike on Iran. Ali also highlighted the vulnerabilities in the US system of keeping...
Closely cropped headshot of Javed Ali in Weill Hall's 2nd floor hallway
News

Rabe cautions climate setbacks under Trump administration

Nov 11, 2024
Ford School political economist Barry Rabe shares his outlook on the anticipated climate impacts of the Trump administration with the media, including on the Inflation Reduction Act, COP29 climate conference, and electric vehicle tax credits:“COP29...
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