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Trump administration in a bind on access to mifepristone - Bagenstos

May 5, 2026 CNN
The return of abortion to the Supreme Court is testing President Donald Trump’s strategy of avoiding the issue as the anti-abortion advocates grow increasingly frustrated that his administration hasn’t done more to crack down on access to mifepriston...
Samuel Bagenstos
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Sam Stragland comments on Detroit's uneven recovery

Nov 5, 2025 CNN
Detroit’s downtown has made a strong recovery from its 2013 bankruptcy, but some parts of the city have been left behind, said Sam Stragand, senior program manager for the Detroit Partnership on Economic Mobility at Poverty Solutions: “Overall, we ha...
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Ali widely quoted on Iran-Israel hostilities

Jun 25, 2025
As the conflict between Iran and Israel surged and then abated, Ford School Professor of Practice Javed Ali was widely quoted for his insights into the practical and strategic implications of the confrontation.  In the run-up to hostilities, The Nati...
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New Wolfers segment on MSNBC: The Professor Is In!

May 23, 2025
Ford School economics professor Justin Wolfers is one of the most prolific “public” scholars at the school. His analyses about current economic events regularly appear on the pages of The New York Times (among others), on the screens at Bloomberg (am...
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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 w...
Betsey Stevenson
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Wolfers offers what to expect with Trump's proposed tariffs

Mar 13, 2025 CNN
If Trump's proposed 200% tariffs on alcohol coming from the EU are enacted, “it means your liquor store probably won’t stock it." Noted Justin Wolfers, an economics professor at the Ford School. He told CNN that he believes the tariff “would drive im...
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Wolfers weighs in on tariffs, uncertainty, and the stock market

Mar 9, 2025
Ford School professor and economist Justin Wolfers discussed the impacts of tariffs, uncertainty, and consumer sentiment on the US economy with several news outlets last week. Wolfers highlighted the response the stock market had to tariffs and what ...
Justin Wolfers
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Wolfers empathizes with consumers concerns for the future economy

Feb 25, 2025 CNN
Following the third consecutive fall of The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index, the Ford School's Justin Wolfers told CNN, “The fact that consumers don’t feel like it’s smooth sailing — you’ve got one very obvious suspect. That’s the White ...
Justin Wolfers
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Wolfers has lingering uncertainty about Trump's tariff tactics

Feb 3, 2025 CNN
As President Trump doubles down on his threats for tariffs on foreign trade, the Ford School's Justin Wolfers isn't sure his tactics work economically. Wolfers told CNN, “Trump announces tariffs, so markets fall. Trump walks back tariffs, markets ris...
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Wolfers on danger of a zero interest goal

Oct 31, 2024 CNN
Justin Wolfers, Ford School professor talked with CNN about Trump's former federal reserve pick's solution to inflation. Wolfers said, “Deflation can become a spiral with no end." He said aiming for zero inflation would be "like walking along the edg...
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Facts keep interfering with Trump's talking points - Wolfers

Oct 31, 2024 CNN
Justin Wolfers, Ford School professor and economist explained on CNN, "the simple story is this is not only a pretty good economy, its a downright good economy." Unemployment, GDP and inflation are all where they should be according to Wolfers. This ...
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Wolfers on housing crisis and inflation

Aug 19, 2024 CNN
Justin Wolfers, Ford School professor, talked with CNN about housing shortages and their impact on markets. He said, “The problem right now is too many people chasing too few houses." To him, it seems apparent that “The solution to that is not to giv...
Justin Wolfers
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Stevenson: Risk of a recession is pretty low

Aug 6, 2024 CNN
Ford School professor Betsey Stevenson talked with CNN and discussed the outlook for the economy. She said, "What I see is an economy that has been slowing down for the last year." She said that the news about the economy on Friday was not very big n...
Betsey Stevenson
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Wolfers insights on U.S. economic performance

Sep 7, 2023
Over this past summer, Justin Wolfers, professor of public policy and economics at the Ford School, was widely interviewed on the state of the economy and the American public's reactions to its performance.  Here are highlights from his media app...
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CHIPS Act needs to support childcare - Stevenson

Apr 12, 2023 CNN
Betsey Stevenson, CNN: "The policy is designed to make sure workers as well as companies benefit from this federal investment.  Another way to think about it is that we really need government involved in child care.” 
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Ford School economists' expertise tapped for bank crisis analysis

Mar 21, 2023
The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) set off alarms in the financial sector, with flashbacks to the 2008 financial crisis and increased worries about an impending recession.  Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers, both professors of public pol...
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