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Hanson on Duggan's attention-getting Independent governor announcement

Dec 11, 2024 The Hill
“That’s given him a lot of attention, and his message surrounding that is precisely … that he wants to break the partisan polarization, and so absolutely that’s a chance for him at this point in time to get his name out there, to define himself,”...
Jonathan Hanson
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Moynihan's fear Trump "punishments and purges"

Dec 11, 2024 The New York Times
The New York Times spoke with the Ford School's Don Moynihan on what can be expected from the Republican Party following the 2024 election. Moynihan shared that, "Authoritarians tend to target certain institutions to cement their control: typically...
Don Moynihan
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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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Ali's analysis of U.S. relations with new rebel group in Syria

Dec 8, 2024 ABC News
With Syrian rebel forces entering the conflict in the Middle East, the Ford School's Javed Ali dissects what this might mean for the United States. Ali comments "The U.S. relationship with the group that is now known as Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham, goes...
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's main staircase
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Deardorff suggests Trump bargains with threats to raise tariffs

Dec 6, 2024 BBC Brasil
U.S. President elect Donald Trump has recently threatened to impose 100% tariffs on countries working to replace the U.S. dollar in international trade transactions. The Ford School's Alan Deardorff informed BBC Brasil that "If Trump uses all the...
Alan Deardorff
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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
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Ali on Israeli troops at the Syrian border

Dec 6, 2024 Fox Live Now
When Fox Live Now asked the Ford School's Javed Ali his thoughts on the movement of Israeli troops to the Syrian border, Ali noted that "The situation in Syria over the last few days is pretty remarkable because what's happened is a coalition of...
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's 4th floor Whitman Lounge, speaking to someone off camera
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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
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Ali is uncertain of longevity for Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire

Dec 3, 2024 The National
In light of the recent ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah, the Ford School's Javed Ali tells The National he is unsure of its efficiency. “The question now going forward is how enduring will this ceasefire become? We've already seen...
Headshot of Javed Ali in Weill Hall's 2nd floor hallway
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Ali comments on UN's challenges to uphold peace in Middle East

Dec 2, 2024 Fox News
Speaking with Fox News, the Ford School's Javed Ali highlights difficulties for the UNIFIL to uphold peace between Hezbollah and Israel despite recent U.N. Security Council resolution 1701. Ali states, "The same issues are likely to manifest again...
Closely cropped headshot of Javed Ali in Weill Hall's 2nd floor hallway
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Moynihan: Schedule F reinterpretation unlikely

Nov 29, 2024 The Washington Post
Donald Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan who has studied Schedule F, said Trump’s move may go beyond the scope of the law governing the civil service and rests on a novel reading of its powers.“I don’t believe the...
Don Moynihan
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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
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Ali: Hezbollah ceasefire separate from end of conflict in Gaza

Nov 27, 2024 ABC Australia
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with ABC Australia about the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah and the International Criminal court arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu. He said about the ceasefire, "I am treating what has...
Closely cropped headshot of Javed Ali in Weill Hall's 2nd floor hallway
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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
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Herd discusses challenges to receiving disability benefits

Nov 25, 2024 MarketWatch
Pamela Herd, Ford School professor, says that disability benefits are "a category of benefits that’s most difficult to access and most misaligned with the population it’s trying to serve." Additionally, she says the system is "designed in ways that...
Pamela Herd
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Stevenson on beauty product prices under Trump administration

Nov 25, 2024 Allure
Betsey Stevenson, Ford School professor and economists, gave one extreme example of how tariffs could increase makeup prices, “if you knew we would never be able to import Chanel lipstick into the U.S again, the price would go up immediately because...
Betsey Stevenson
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Possibility of Ukraine ceasefire somewhat closer - Ali

Nov 23, 2024 Fox News
Javed Ail, Ford School professor, talked about possible topics at the meeting to be held between NATO and Ukraine next week. Ali also talked about Russias use of a hypersonic ballistic missile. He said the US may have been notified of the use of...
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's 4th floor Whitman Lounge
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Deardorff on impact of tariffs on business startups

Nov 22, 2024 Business Insider
Alan Deardorff, Ford School professor emeritus, adresses impacts tariffs may have on business startups. Deardorff says a "10% or 20% tariffs on all imports from everywhere," would "not by itself target or avoid startups," however, Trump is likely to...
Alan Deardorff