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We have too much faith in the law - Moynihan

Mar 23, 2025 Financial Times
Current government operations under the Trump administration are pointing to signs of democratic backsliding. The Ford School's Don Moynihan has stated that Americans have put too much faith in the law. Quoted in an article from the Financial Times,...
Don Moynihan
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The Trump administration is erasing DEI from history - Moynihan

Mar 22, 2025 The Daily Beast
The Ford School's Don Moynihan spoke with The Daily Beast and commented on the removal of government history from various agency websites, specifically targeting topics involving DEI or POC and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. "It's this sort of...
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Dominguez on the increasing value of foreign currency

Mar 20, 2025 Marketplace
As the economy prepares for the Trump administration's proposed tariff plan, U.S. goods are becoming less competitive than those from foreign countries. Speaking with Marketplace, the Ford School's Kathryn Dominguez claims this isn't the only...
Kathryn Dominguez speaks to prospective students at the Ford School's Spring Preview
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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...
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Jacob: Trump cuts to the Department of Education are "slash and burn"

Mar 12, 2025 Click on Detroit
“There’s really very little thought going into what to cut, when to cut, and how much to cut. It’s kind of slash and burn,” said the Ford School's Brian Jacob on the major funding and employment cuts happening across the Department of Education and...
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Stevenson: government spending should be included in GDP

Mar 11, 2025 Planet Money
As the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, pushes for cutting government spending from GDP calculations, alarms have been raised for the Ford School's Betsey Stevenson. Stevenson told Planet Money in a discussion about the GDP and government work...
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Stevenson's perspective on Trump's tariffs

Mar 11, 2025 Yahoo! Finance
Following President Trump's recently imposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico, the Ford School's Betsey Stevenson spoke with Yahoo! Finance to discuss her view on the policy. Stevenson argued, "Not trading with your neighbors is not a recipe for higher...
Betsey Stevenson
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Trump sees the world in zero sum terms - Wolfers

Mar 11, 2025 MSNBC
Ford School professor Justin Wolfers tried to explain Donald Trump's thinking on the economy. He said, "There is an underlying economics of trump, and you won't be surprised I think it's dead wrong." Wolfers said, "There's the zero sum thinking and...
Justin Wolfers
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Wolfers acknowledges economic uncertainty for business owners

Mar 10, 2025 ABC Australia
On an ABC Australia review on the current economic state of the U.S. and the outlook on what's to come for business owners and CEOs. the Ford School's Justin Wolfers stated the Trump Administration's economic policies have "raised the possibility...
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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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Stevenson discusses Trump reasoning on tariffs

Mar 6, 2025 Michigan Public
Ford School professor Betsey Stevenson discussed the rational behind implement tariffs on Canada and Mexico, but she said, "with China that they may have been trying to compete with very low-cost manufacturing" however “I don't think you can make...
Stevensom SRM Subcommittee Hearing Teaser Display
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The strategy behind Trump's executive orders - Lowande

Mar 6, 2025 The Oklahoman
The Ford School's Kenneth Lowande recently presented at the University of Oklahoma's annual Teach-In conference. There, Lowande was asked to comment on the power of the president and why Donald Trump has upheld a strategy of implementing countless...
Kenneth Lowande
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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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Trump's address to Congress like a campaign rally - Hills

Mar 5, 2025 Daily Mail
Rusty Hills, Ford School lecturer, commented on the president's address to Congress, calling it "classic Trump." He said, "The speech was a campaign rally held under the capitol dome. It was a two hour long ‘Greatest Hits’ tour." In the speech,...
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Moynihan on donors paying millions to dine with Trump

Mar 4, 2025 Wired
Don Moynihan, Ford School professor says his worries about donors dining with Trump is "where there doesn’t seem to be a clear line between Trump’s businesses and the presidency.” He says, “The concern is less about fundraising and more about access...
Don Moynihan
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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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Lowande on presidential powers: Is the system collapsing?

Mar 1, 2025 NTV Germany
Kenneth Lowande, Ford School professor, talked impacts of the Trump administration and expansion of presidential powers. Lowande discussed the breaking of norms, saying, "Their goal is to change the rules of American government that have existed for...
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Moynihan argues Trump's mass federal layoffs are an assertion of power

Feb 27, 2025 Associated Press
"There’s a fundamental realignment of power here," said Don Moynihan, a public policy professor at the Ford School, commenting on the mass federal firings carried out by the Trump administration. “This administration is saying we have much more...
Don Moynihan
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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...
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