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State & Hill

Danziger's third act

May 7, 2026
After decades as a renowned poverty scholar at U-M and president of the Russell Sage Foundation, Sheldon Danziger, ​the Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, began his ‘third act’ last fall, taking the helm as p...
Sheldon Danziger and colleagues at a conference posing for a photo
Policy Matters

Featured Fordie: Brody Stratz (BA’ 26)

Mar 9, 2026
Brody Stratz (BA ‘26) reflects on how growing up during COVID shaped his interest in public policy, what he’s learned at the Ford School, and the impact he hopes to make through economic policy.
Brody Stratz
In the Media

Stevenson on uncertainty around tariffs

Mar 9, 2025 Meet the Press
Betsey Stevenson, Ford School professor and economists, talked about the continuing uncertainty around tariffs. She said, "Uncertainty is terrible but certainty that we have huge tariffs is also terrible." Stevenson added, "Trump can't guarantee how ...
Betsey Stevenson
State & Hill

Jim McIntire: He answered the call to serve

Dec 17, 2024
James McIntire leaves a legacy of policy for the public goodThis year, the Ford School Alumni Board honored James L. McIntire (MPP ’78) with the 2024 Neil Staebler Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes outstanding professional achievement in ...
Jim Mcintire
State & Hill

Faculty news, fall 2024

Dec 17, 2024
William G. Axinn is the interim director of the Ford School’s International Policy Center. He recently published “Early-life risk factors for depression among young adults in the United States general population: Attributable risks and gender differe...
Top row (from left to right): Sarah Cohodes, Yusuf Neggers, Morela Hernandez, Paula Lantz. Bottom row (from left to right): Katherine Michelmore, Yousif Hassan, Barry Rabe, Kevin Stange.
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

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
News

Stevenson proposes a federal guarantee for earned paid time off

Oct 28, 2024
The United States is the only advanced economy in which workers are not guaranteed paid time off. In a commentary for Brookings, Betsey Stevenson proposes a federal earned paid time off program that would cover all workers, including part-time worker...
Betsey Stevenson
In the Media

Stevenson on growing economic inequality in America

Sep 2, 2024 Background Briefing
Betsey Stevenson, Ford School professor talked with Ian Masters on Background Briefing about the growing economic inequality in America. She said "I believe very strongly that growing inequality and a lack of opportunity for many if not most American...
Betsey Stevenson
In the Media

Psaki mentions Wolfers in press briefing

Sep 29, 2021 The White House
In a recent press briefing, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki quoted Justin Wolfers, in regards to the Biden administration's recent vaccine and testing mandate for companies. "Viewing Biden’s vaccine mandate as simply economic policy, it’s s...
Justin Wolfers
In the Media

Stevenson tackles history of tax cuts

Jun 28, 2021 Rear Vision
The ongoing American debate about tax cuts for the rich has been raging since the 1980's. Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics, explained where the idea of supply-side, or "trickle-down" economics originated. "This was an id...
Betsey Stevenson

Business can balance PPP loan forgiveness and worker benefits

May 29, 2020
Ford School public policy and economics professor Betsey Stevenson sees a way for business owners who got a forgivable federal loan to avoid the choice between getting a loan discharged or allowing workers to collect enhanced unemployment benefits.  ...
Betsey Stevenson

Shaefer discusses jump in joblessness that strains safety nets

Mar 27, 2020
With widespread shutdowns of businesses across the country due to COVID-19, states have seen a dramatic rise in the number of unemployed and those seeking unemployment benefits. This week, unemployment claims jumped 2000% in Michigan, putting the sta...
Luke Shaefer delivers a talk at the Ford School

Ford School economists comment on Federal response to COVID-19

Mar 27, 2020
A historic $2 trillion relief package has just been approved by Congress in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and subsequent economic crisis. Professors Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers have weighed in on the relief package and the economic situa...
Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers
Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Lisa D. Cook on diversity and innovation

Feb 18, 2021, 4:00-5:00 pm EST
A conversation with Dr. Lisa D. Cook, professor of economics and international relations at Michigan State University, on the connections between economics, diversity, and innovation. 
Lisa Cook
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)

Poor Little Rich Kids? The Determinants of the Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth

Apr 11, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
Wealth is highly correlated between parents and their children; however, little is known about the extent to which these relationships are genetic or determined by environmental factors. We use administrative data on the net wealth of a large sample of Swedish adoptees merged with similar information for their biological and adoptive parents.
Ford School