Washington will become second state to adopt cap-and-trade Law. But what happens next really matters
Climate advocates in Washington are celebrating the passage of a second-in-the-nation economy-wide carbon pricing bill, which Governor Inslee is...
Washington, DC is the heartland of sorts for much of American public policy, which is one reason why Ford School alumni flock to the area after graduation. For current students, that means an extensive alumni network to approach for career...
So Jung Kim (BA '18) submitted this field report from her internship with U.S. Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47).218 out of 435. In the classroom, I was taught that House action requires a simple majority. However, the reality behind the lower...
Jill Rosenfeld (BA '18), a University of Michigan sophomore who will join the Ford School as a bachelor's student this fall, is submitting this field report from her summer 2016 internship at the Violence Policy Center in Washington, D.C.This summer...
A recent New York Times article, "U.S. Cuts Take Increasing Toll on Job Growth," explores the sequester's dampening effect on the economy through emergency furloughs, hiring freezes, bid delays, contract cancellations, and more.While the sequester...
In an era of shrinking public education budgets, school districts cannot afford to make the wrong decision when they hire a teacher or cut a program. To make sure they reach the right answers, administrators are turning to Annenberg Professor Brian...
Justin Wolfers was quoted in a Today.com article looking at growing public concern surrounding national debt and political dysfunction in America. The article points to a January Gallop poll in which 20 percent of respondents said they view the...
Highly regarded economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers have opined in a column for Bloomberg View that the divisive rhetoric between Democrats and Republicans on the U.S. economy is rooted in political posturing, not economic reality."In...
As a second-year MPP student at the Ford School, John Schurrer expected to be knee-deep in data when his summer internship with Santa Barbara, California-based nonprofit Direct Relief International (DRI) began in early May. Less than three weeks...
Contact: Linda Packo, (734) 764-8593, lklee@umich.eduANN ARBOR, Mich.--- Edward M. Gramlich, who announced today that he's leaving his post as Governor of the Federal Reserve Board effective Aug. 31, will return to the University of...
The Ford School's annual policy event and networking reception in Washington, DC, with featured speaker, Barry Rabe, J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy.
This lecture discusses the use of longitudinal administrative tax data from Washington DC (DC) to study how Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) expansions undertaken by the Washington DC affect income and inequality in the city.
