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Stevenson widely quoted on Trump tariff policies

Apr 25, 2025
Ford School professor Betsey Stevenson has been widely sought for her insights, and concerns, about the implications of the Trump administration's proposed tariffs. Here are some of the notes Stevenson has shared with news outlets over the past few...
Betsey Stevenson
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Wolfers: It's not a world trade war, but an American trade war

Mar 12, 2025 ABC Australia
Justin Wolfers, Ford School professor talked with ABC Australia about Trump's trade war and how other countries like Australia have yet to retaliate. Wolfers said "we haven't seen any action of non-US countries imposing tariffs on each other so its...
Justin Wolfers
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Wolfers acknowledges economic uncertainty for business owners

Mar 10, 2025 ABC Australia
On an ABC Australia review on the current economic state of the U.S. and the outlook on what's to come for business owners and CEOs. the Ford School's Justin Wolfers stated the Trump Administration's economic policies have "raised the possibility...
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Stevenson talks impacts of tariffs around globe

Mar 4, 2025 ABC Australia
Ford School professor and economist, Betsey Stevenson says Americans will feel impacts of tariffs quite quickly especially because "already companies have been taking action and anticipating tariffs, in some sense prices may already reflect the...
Betsey Stevenson
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Wolfers: Financial damage at home and abroad from tariffs

Feb 2, 2025 ABC Australia
Justin Wolfers, Economist and Ford School professor talked with ABC Oz about possible the Trump administration tariffs. When if Trump would put tariffs on Australia Wolfers says "There's nothing you can do but guess with this guy" a nod to...
Justin Wolfers
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Javed Ali comments on the New Orleans attack

Jan 5, 2025
As 2025 began with an act of domestic terrorism, many news outlets have turned to the Ford School's Javed Ali for insights on the matter. Ali spoke with BBC News, MSNBC, and WXYZ, to name a few, about the Jihadist-inspired attack in New Orleans on...
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's main staircase, looking off to the side of the frame
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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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High prices made voters angry with Democrats - Stevenson

Nov 15, 2024 ABC Australia
Betsey Stevenson, Ford School professor, talked about voters' reactions to inflation and high prices and their effects on the 2024 elections. "I failed to understand just how much anger high prices would bring," said Stevenson. That is one reason...
Betsey Stevenson
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Lookout for consumers spending ahead of possible tariffs - Wolfers

Nov 7, 2024 ABC Australia
Justin Wolfers, Ford School professor, talked about impacts of Trump's election on the market and the economy, saying "the market seems happy but that's because he is likely to deliver the tax cuts that make stocks more valuable." Also he noted,...
Justin Wolfers
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Ali comments on damage to Iran from Israel

Oct 27, 2024 ABC Australia
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with ABC Australia about the damage Iran sustained from Israel's attacks. Ali said, "this was a significant response by Israel but also very calibrated and deliberate, and appears not to have been designed to...
Headshot of Javed Ali in Weill Hall's 2nd floor hallway
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Ali on attempted assassination of Trump at golf course

Sep 16, 2024 ABC Australia
Ford School professor Javed Ali talked about Donald Trump and the attempted assassination according to the FBI investigation. He said "this is another unfortunate development," he said the evidence appears to be pointing out that "this was very...
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's 4th floor Whitman Lounge
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Ali on NY governor's aid charged as Chinese agent

Sep 4, 2024 ABC Australia
Javed Ali, Ford School professor talked with ABC Australia about the former aid to the New York governor who was charged with acting as a Chinese agent. He said "this is someone who had risen to the inner circle of democratic politics in New York...
Headshot of Javed Ali in Weill Hall's 2nd floor hallway
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Three assassinations by Israel in other territories - Ali

Aug 2, 2024 ABC Australia
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with ABC Australia about the assassinations carried out by Israel, he said "The targeted killings of Fuad Shukr in Beirut and Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran this week do not represent a new methodology for Israel...
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's 4th floor Whitman Lounge
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Ali on how Iran may respond to Israel's strike against Hamas leader

Aug 1, 2024 ABC Australia
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, described the significance of the recent strikes in the middle east following the death of one of Hamas's leaders, Fuad Shuku. Ali said,  "the region is already so volatile, as we've seen, even outside the...
Headshot of Javed Ali in Weill Hall's 2nd floor hallway
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Wolfers: Debt-limit failure has unknown

Apr 24, 2023 ABC Australia
Justin Wolfers, ABC Australia: If a deal isn't reached, a lot of people on Wall Street are warning of very severe circumstances, a financial crisis, which would trigger a recession, which would lead to widespread joblessness. I want to be more...
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Ali details possible charges for Pentagon leaks suspect

Apr 14, 2023 ABC Australia
Javed Ali, ABC Australia: "The formal charges haven't been released by the Department of Justice, but I would have to imagine there are several potential charges that would be pursued. Amongst those, the most serious would be violations of the...
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's 4th floor Whitman Lounge
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Stevenson calls for reinstatement of pre-2018 banking regulations

Mar 21, 2023 ABC Australia
Betsey Stevenson, ABC Australia: "We had [Dodd Frank] regulations put in certain stress tests that banks needed to meet certain liquidity requirements, certain capitalization requirements, and those were for anybody with anything that's over $US50...
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Ali analyzes unique Chinese spy balloon incident

Feb 17, 2023 ABC Australia
Javed Ali, ABC Australia: "Over the past week, I would say this is a pretty unusual set of developments from a U.S. national security perspective. And now that I've had a little bit of time to think about it and see how the story is evolving, it's a...
Headshot of Javed Ali in Weill Hall's 2nd floor hallway
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Ali comments on Paul Pelosi attack

Oct 31, 2022 ABC Australia
Javed Ali, ABC Australia: "I would argue, unfortunately, it's a continuation of the same level of threat we have now seen for the last few years, if not longer. And this latest attack is just a manifestation of what I had called a couple years ago,...
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's 4th floor Whitman Lounge, speaking to someone off camera
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Stevenson on inflation figures

Jul 18, 2022
Ford school professor Betsey Stevenson has been commenting on the latest inflation figures, which in the U.S. saw an annual rate of 9.1% in June. She told ABC Australia, "Heating your house, filling your tank — that's where Americans are really...
Betsey Stevenson