The pandemic has left many anxious about what the future of work looks like. Alford Young, courtesy faculty at the Ford School, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor in the Department of Sociology and a professor of African and African American studies,...
How will actions taken towards preventing climate change affect communities that rely on a fossil fuel economy? In a recent report titled "Mapping the US Energy Economy to Inform Transition Planning," Daniel Raimi, Ford School lecturer and fellow at...
Justin Wolfers, professor of public policy and economics, sat down on CNN's Don Lemon Tonight to discuss the labor shortage that most believe the U.S. is currently experiencing. Wolfers had a different opinion.
"I want to be careful about calling...
Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics, explained why the U.S. isn't seeing the economic recovery that everyone hoped for in a recent commentary for The New York Times.
"Finding work is harder than returning to work. Job...
According to NPR Marketplace, if the 14 states that have not expanded Medicaid do, they would create more than a million jobs in 2022. Helen Levy, a research professor at the U-M Institute for Social Research with a courtesy appointment at the Ford...
The Aspen Economic Strategy Group (AESG) announced seven new members [including Susan M. Collins, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs] to the sixty-five member, invitation-only group made up of distinguished leaders and...
“No one yet knows the full impact of the economic and public health crisis that is consuming our lives today and disproportionately impacting the poorest American families,” said H. Luke Shaefer.
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President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign would be taking a risk by focusing on what was once his hallmark issue: a booming economy.
In a recent BBC Brasil article, Ford School professor Jonathan Hanson evaluated the changing political climate...
A rapid-response Detroit Metro Area Communities Study (DMACS) survey found that 1 in 5 Detroiters will run out of money due to the COVID-19 crisis within the next three months.
The DMACS survey asked wide-ranging questions from economic, social,...
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the U.S. economy in unprecedented ways. This week, Ford School economic experts including Ford School dean Michael S. Barr, and professors Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers weigh in on what’s ahead in The New...
While participating in a public conference held by the Federal Reserve, Professor Susan Collins sat down with Yahoo Finance to talk about the value of taking stock of the economy while its strong.“When things are strong is when you really need to...
While the economy experiences one of the longest period of sustained growth, many Americans are already concerned about the likelihood of the next recession. For many, the wounds of the Great Recession are only now beginning to heal and the thought...
Media outlets continue to search for red flags signaling the next recession, but for Professor Justin Wolfers there’s more reason for optimism. Wolfers was featured in a CNBC video titled “Justin Wolfers: Biggest risk to strong U.S. economy is Trump...
In line with his “America First” foreign policy, President Trump recently declared that the United States will limit the number of refugees permitted into the United States. Research from Global Detroit and the Ford School, however, shows how such...
More men should take service jobs in occupations traditionally dominated by women, writes Betsey Stevenson in her most recent Bloomberg View column: “Manly Men Need to Do More Girly Jobs”
Stevenson, a leading labor economist and former chief...
Justin Wolfers offers a tutorial on the contempoary labor market in his latest New York Times Upshot column: “Trump and Carrier: How a modern economy is like a parking garage.”
Wolfers’ piece comes after president-elect Donald Trump’s victory lap...
“By this measure, the concentration of income among the richest Americans remains at levels last seen nearly a century ago,” says Justin Wolfers in his January 27, New York Times Upshot column, “Gains From Economic Recovery Still Limited to Top One...
Marina v.N. Whitman was featured in the December 13 edition of the Detroit Free Press as a Guest Writer. Her article, “The economy, looking up, but not by much,” analyzes the modest economic steps that Detroit, Michigan, and the United States have...
In a Q&A session with the New Republic, Betsey Stevenson discusses the impact new policies to support working families—such as paid sick and maternity leave, and universal pre-kindergarten—could have, both on families and the economy.Stevenson, who...
"Remember the Problems with Mortgage Defaults? They're Coming Back with Student Loans," writes Professor Susan Dynarski in The Upshot, The New York Times' curated blog on politics, policy, and economics. "The parallels with the mortgage crisis are...
In a recent Los Angeles Times article Justin Wolfers commented on fears of a new recession following news that the U.S. economy contracted in the fourth quarter of 2012. Total economic output shrank by 0.1% in the last three months of 2012, causing...
Betsey Stevenson spoke with American Public Media's Marketplace about the significance of jobs figures in the Labor Department's November employment report. While it is expected that jobs figures worsened in November, Stevenson cautioned against...
With automatic federal deficit reduction measures set to take effect in January, Justin Wolfers appeared on MSNBC's "NOW with Alex Wagner" to discuss the role of tax reform in reducing the U.S. deficit. Wolfers discussed various perspectives on the...
Ford School economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers argue a resurgent stock market indicates Americans are in better shape than they were in September 2008, which marked the height of the U.S. banking and financial crisis."Against this...
Many local governments across Michigan expect to cut service levels in the next year, according to a new survey by the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, a research center at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public...
This annual forum brings together Ford School economists for a discussion of the current state of the U.S. economy. From inflation to the labor market, faculty experts reflect on the most crucial issues facing the American economy, and the top-of-mind issues for its citizens.
A conversation with Edwin (Ted) Truman, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute; the Ford School's Marina v.N. Whitman, a professor of public policy; and Susan M. Collins, Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy. February, 2013.
