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Canada is not ripping us off - Stevenson

Mar 5, 2025 MSNBC
Betsey Stevenson, Ford School professor and economist, talked with Chris Hayes about tariffs and Trump's rhetoric, she says "when someone sells me something cheap I don't think you ripped me off I want you to charge me 10% more, but that's basically...
Betsey Stevenson
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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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Moynihan on DOGE employees' government salaries

Mar 4, 2025 Wired
Don Moynihan, Ford School professor, spoke about reports of DOGE employees receiving six-figure salaries from government agencies. He said, "It does seem worth understanding what these employees are being paid, especially if they are being paid...
Don Moynihan
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Hausman discusses eliminating fossil fuel subsidies

Feb 27, 2025
A bill has been proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives to eliminate or reduce many tax breaks and exemptions currently offered to fossil fuel companies, including oil, gas, and coal. The Ford School's Catherine Hausman was recently featured...
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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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The reality of DOGE's mediocre savings - Stevenson

Feb 25, 2025
The Ford School's Betsey Stevenson recently spoke with Bloomberg, highlighting the false assertions of government saving increases made by DOGE. DOGE claims it has saved the government around $55 billion in spending through a wave of federal firings...
Betsey Stevenson
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Stevenson discusses NFL players and work benefits

Feb 12, 2025 Freakonomics
Betsey Stevenson, economist and Ford School professor, talked on Freakanomics radio about the results of the first workplace survey of NFL players. She focused on the work benefits NFL players may want or could be receiving from their employers as a...
Betsey Stevenson
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Bagenstos comments on the immorality of funding cuts to the NIH

Feb 11, 2025 Science
The Trump administration initiated a plan to cut federal funding for the National Institute of Health by billions of dollars. The funding cut for biomedical research was perceived as widely unpopular by federal judges and members of Congress. Samuel...
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Under Trump, "Laws Are Just Vibes", says Moynihan

Feb 10, 2025
"On Friday, the administration announced that it would cap the overhead, or “indirect” rates, that the National Institutes of Health allows on its grants to universities," writes Ford School professor Don Moynihan in an essay published by The...
Don Moynihan
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Fed rate changes and labor market uncertainty - Wolfers

Feb 7, 2025 The New York Times
The Federal Reserve Bank is set to lower rates as the economy stabilizes over the next few months. Speaking with The New York Times, the Ford School's Justin Wolfers cautioned businesses about these changes and the adaptations of the labor market...
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Stevenson comments on January job growth

Feb 7, 2025 CNBC
Professor Betsey Stevenson talks with CNBC about January job growth. She said "what we see is a labor market that’s basically operating at full employment. And so I think the real question going forward is: Can we sustain full...
Betsey Stevenson
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Withholding funding is not reasonable - Bagenstos

Feb 4, 2025 Marketplace
Professor at the Ford School and former General Counsel to the Office of Management and Budget, Samuel Bagenstos said the president "withholding certain funding — including for green energy projects and foreign aid" is not supported by "proper...
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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...
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Canada tariffs will impact Michigan - Stevenson

Feb 3, 2025 WXYZ
Ford School Professor Betsey Stevenson explains how trade with Canada would be impacted by a 25% tariff, saying for any good, "now every time it crosses that border we have got to add 25 percent to the price." she also noted "it’s not jut consumers...
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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Wolfers: Tariffs can have real consequences for U.S. consumers

Jan 31, 2025 Bloomberg
Ford School economics professor Justin Wolfers told Bloomberg TV's The Close that one of the biggest consequences of tariffs with Canada and Mexico could be on the many cross-border transactions that happen in the production of many consumer...
Justin Wolfers
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Hanson talks economic consequences of second Trump administration

Jan 19, 2025 Folha do Brasil
Jonathan Hanson, Ford School professor, talked with Folha do Brasil about the impacts of the new Trump administration. He says that "A lot of people have been working on Trump's plans for 2025 in the four years he has been out of...
Jon Hanson
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Stevenson on Biden's warning of an oligarchy forming in America

Jan 17, 2025 MSNBC
Betsey Stevenson, Ford School professor and economist, comments on a possible American oligarchy. She says we may be "moving to a world where the people who have the most money want to rewrite the rules in their favor," a situation that would...
Betsey Stevenson
News

Watch What Consumers Do, Not How They Feel - Stevenson

Jan 15, 2025
Ford School professor of public policy and economics Betsey Stevenson writes in Bloomberg about the relationship or lack of relationship between consumer sentiment and economic performance. Instead, she says, we should focus "on consumers' ability...
Betsey Stevenson
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Tragically underrated, Stevenson on US Economy in 2024

Dec 31, 2024 Marketplace
Betsey Stevenson, professor at the Ford School, chose "Tragically underrated" as a phrase to be the economist's word of the year. She describes labor force participation, inflation-adjusted wages and more to show how the US economy is the strongest...
Betsey Stevenson
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Deardorff asserts tariffs threats "are not common"

Dec 18, 2024 WCMU
A podcast from WCMU spoke with the Ford School's Alan Deardorff to better understand Trump's motivation using tariffs as a bargaining tool. Deardorff explained "We haven't done it much [using tariffs for trade negotiating] for many decades because...
Alan Deardorff
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Stevenson comments on the fruitful economy under President Biden

Dec 17, 2024 The New Republic
Discussing inflation and the Biden administration's economy, the Ford School's Betsey Stevenson told The New Republic that comparatively across the globe "ours [U.S. high inflation rates] came down way less painfully, and we had amazing economic...
Betsey Stevenson