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Former GOP Congressman Schwarz fights to maintain Gov. Whitmer's emergency powers

Sep 16, 2020 Michigan Advance

“The virus is still out there,” said Schwarz, who is a lecturer at the Ford School and also a surgeon. “And it is ubiquitously still out there. I don’t agree with the governor on everything but I think that she is doing the right thing.” Read the...

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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]...

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Shaefer: Record high 2019 U.S. median income sobering in comparison to coronavirus impacts

Sep 15, 2020 Reuters

“No one yet knows the full impact of the economic and public health crisis that is consuming our lives today and disproportionately impacting the poorest American families,” said H. Luke Shaefer. Read the full Reuters article...

Luke Shaefer delivers a talk at the Ford School

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Stevenson: Pandemic recession hits women harder than men for the first time

Sep 14, 2020 Crain's Detroit Business

"What's unusual is the initial stage of the recession impacted women more," said Stevenson. "What's normal in this recession is the ongoing negative effects tend to hit women. They face a double whammy, adding that to this massive child-care crisis...

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Wolfers says inflation rate shift unfavorable to low-income people

Sep 14, 2020 Vox

“People are buying more of the essentials, like groceries, forcing their prices up. And they’re buying fewer airline tickets and less gasoline and clothing, pushing those prices down.” Read the full article in...

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Stevenson testifies on the effects of fiscal relief inaction

Sep 11, 2020 Law 360

"One of the problems we've seen is that high-income households have really boosted their savings [with CARES Act funding]. And when you're saving, you're not spending and that's part of what's caused the economy to contract." Read the full Law...

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Young: Multiple factors need to be considered when examining why COVID-19 has impacted the Black community disproportionately

Sep 10, 2020 Inside Higher Ed

In an Academic Minute mini-podcast produced by Inside Higher Ed, Ford School courtesy faculty Alford Young says household density, economic security and cultural factors heighten susceptibility of low-income Black...

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"Democratic mayors don’t govern as Democrats," says Gerber

Sep 2, 2020 The New York Times

In an article in The New York Times about partisanship in major cities, Ford School professor Elisabeth Gerber notes that about 85 percent of all cities have nominally nonpartisan elections. “Partisanship isn’t the story in...

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Economic future of Michigan "an incredible question mark", Shaefer tells Free Press

Aug 11, 2020 Detroit Free Press

While Michigan’s economy didn’t “fall off a cliff” in April, and the state acted quickly to help children and families access a federal meals program, more income support is required, Shaefer says in an article in the Detroit Free...

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What future global role for the dollar?

Aug 10, 2020 NPR Marketplace

An NPR Marketplace story states, "The U.S. dollar has been on a pretty steady decline ever since the pandemic began and the American economy plunged into recession. As every major currency is rising against the greenback, some financial...

Kathryn Dominguez speaks to prospective students at the Ford School's Spring Preview

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University of Michigan joins lawsuit against ICE policy, officials say

Jul 9, 2020 MLive

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Key Architect of Dodd-Frank Says Financial System Is Not Safe Yet

Jul 1, 2020 Bloomberg

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Dominguez shares insight on big bank stress testing under Fed supervision

Jun 25, 2020 NPR Marketplace

Stress testing is "a very time-consuming process because you’ve got to figure out how every single asset and liability is likely to be affected by this scenario,” said Kathryn Dominguez. Read or listen to the full segment on NPR...

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Morenoff details How COVID-19 is Impacting Detroit Residents

Jun 19, 2020

The Detroit Metro Area Communities Study (DMACS) is a University of Michigan initiative that regularly surveys a representative group of Detroit residents about their communities, asking about their experiences, perceptions, priorities, and...

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Lessons from the Clean Air Act

Jun 15, 2020 Resources

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Daily on Energy: Aggrieved ethanol producers lay out demands for Congress, the EPA, and the FDA

May 15, 2020 Washington Examiner

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Dominguez on the post-COVID economy

May 12, 2020 NPR Marketplace

Ford School professor of public policy and economics Kathryn Dominguez tells NPR's Marketplace that consumer goods consumption may well change in the post-COVID economy, making current measures of inflation less relevant. “There will be lots of...

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