opinions

In a new opinion piece for Bridge Michigan, Luke Shaefer argues that the University of Michigan should not give in to pressure from the Trump Administration so easily.

As the news buzzes with discussions of President Trump’s tariffs, economists and policymakers continue weighing the potential impacts of these policies. In a new opinion article published in the New York Times, Professor Justin Wolfers argues that “t...

How do material self-interest and competing non-material factors, such as partisanship or ideological predispositions, shape political preferences? In a new study, “Elite Cues and Economic Policy Attitudes: The Mediating Role of Economic Hardship...

In an August 6 article in “The Upshot,” The New York Times' curated blog on politics, policy, and economics, Susan Dynarski describes the perils of mistaking correlation for causation. In the article, Dynarski critiques a recent paper by Esther M. Fr...

Professor Barry Rabe, along with Christopher Borick from Muhlenberg College, writes opinion article for Orange County Register on the policy implications of fluctuating public opinion on global warming. Rabe and Borick explain that the last three yea...