In the Media | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Story Type

In the Media

Content type
Showing 151 - 180 of 1652 results
In the Media

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
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

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
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 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
In the Media

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
In the Media

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
In the Media

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
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

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
In the Media

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
In the Media

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
In the Media

Cohodes on disparate school of choice system in Michigan

Nov 22, 2024 Bridge Michigan
In Michigan, 1 in 4 K-12 students attend either a charter school or a school of choice district. Nearly all of Michigan's 532 public school districts participate in school choice. The Trump administration is shown to be an advocate for school of...
Sarah Cohodes portrait
In the Media

Kremlin rhetoric more for internal audiences - Ali

Nov 22, 2024 The National
Javed Ali, Ford School professor talked on the rhetoric Russia has deployed, he says the war in Ukraine "is a ground war that's a stalemate, and it's a war of attrition, and now it's the battle of wills." But he says, the "really provocative...
Javed Ali
In the Media

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
In the Media

Hanson on Matt Gaetz running for his own house seat

Nov 21, 2024 Forbes
Jonathan Hanson, Ford School professor, talked with Forbes about the possibility of Matt Gaetz running for election to the house seat he vacated. Hanson says there is no law prohibiting Gaetz from running for election in the special election,...
Jonathan Hanson
In the Media

Rabe: Trump could make fossil fuels more attractive

Nov 20, 2024 Vox
Ford School Professor Barry Rabe discussed how President trump can make his campaign promise to "Drill, baby, drill," a reality. Rabe says the administration "can go to considerable lengths to make expanded production attractive and relatively...
Barry Rabe
In the Media

EV mandate backlash helped Republicans - Rabe

Nov 19, 2024 Inside Climate News
Ford School professor Barry Rabe said not having an EV mandate “was consistently a top five issue in Michigan politics in candidates for federal office and candidates for state office,” said Rabe. He says there was “a very vigorous backlash by...
Barry Rabe
In the Media

Uncertain results as US expands arms aid to Ukraine - Ali

Nov 18, 2024 KCBS
Even after tens of billions of dollars worth of U.S. equipment and materiel, the addition of long-range missiles may not have a significant imp[act on the war in Ukraine, Ford School Professor of Practice Javed Ali told KCBS...
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's 4th floor Whitman Lounge, speaking to someone off camera
In the Media

“I am at a complete loss" Page on Haiti situation

Nov 17, 2024 The New York Times
Susan D. Page, Ford School professor, says the continuing crisis in Haiti is hard to explain. Page says “Everyone is just kind of astounded.” Because of that it will be hard to know how the incoming Trump administration will influence that...
Ambassador Susan Page
In the Media

Shaefer on Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's legacy

Nov 16, 2024 The Detroit News
Luke Shaefer, Ford School professor, talked about improvements Mayor Mike Duggan has made to Detroit. He says, “My assessment is, on the whole, he is leaving the city in much better shape than when he took office.” Shaefer said, “The poverty rate is...
Photo of Luke Shaefer in the Ford School's Towsley Reading Room