In the News
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January 24, 2025
“The big danger isn’t someone like Trump, it’s all the other people in his party going along with it,” said Rob Mickey, associate professor of political science, on the actions being taken by Donald Trump that many fear could weaken democracy in the United States.
ABC News -
January 24, 2025
“Republicans believe Trump’s policies are going to usher in growth, lower inflation in the future, whereas Democrats are quite worried that inflation’s going to come surging back,” said Joanne Hsu, director of the Surveys of Consumers. “Republicans are spending out of confidence, Democrats out of fear that things are going to get worse. If you think prices are going to go up in the future, then now is the time to buy.”
Marketplace -
January 24, 2025
Despite an executive order delaying enforcement of the federal ban on TikTok, the app remains unavailable on Google and Apple’s app stores. “Companies that choose not to comply are thinking, ‘There’s some risk that the executive order could be rescinded, they could come after me,’” said Daniel Deacon, assistant professor of law.
CNN -
January 23, 2025
“Corporate cultures that double down on ‘masculine’ norms risk sliding into ‘bro culture.’ Such environments often marginalize women and gender-nonconforming employees, making workplaces less collaborative and inclusive,” said Justin Frake, assistant professor of strategy.
The Economic Times (India) -
January 23, 2025
Participating in the network “is the least that the Fed can do to address climate-related financial risk, and now it’s not even doing that. Backing away from that is concerning,” said Jeremy Kress, associate professor of business law, about the Federal Reserve’s decision to leave an international grouping of central banks that focuses on how regulation of the financial system could help combat climate change.
The Associated Press -
January 23, 2025
“When the prospect of economic development is in doubt, the Chinese government … has consistently prioritized investment and growth over social spending and welfare. The irony is that such policy priorities are a major contributor to China’s population decline — what the government perceives to be the obstacle to economic development,” said Jundai Liu, research fellow at the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies.
Reuters -
January 22, 2025
“TikTok is a primary news source for many young people. … Their exposure to news content could decrease (if it is banned),” said Oliver Haimson, assistant professor of information. Justin Huang, assistant professor of business, said “TikTok has become a cultural hub for discovery … because its algorithm enables discovery in ways other platforms don’t. (It) is an environment where a lot of new creators could get started because their algorithm prioritizes … very contemporaneous content.”
The Detroit News -
January 22, 2025
“There are land-use implications of an energy transition that we haven’t really come to terms with. We haven’t grappled with how we’re going to do it, and where does it make the most sense?” said Sarah Mills, director of the Center for EmPowering Communities at the Graham Sustainability Institute, after the proposed lease of state-owned land to a solar energy developer caused a furor among residents of Gaylord, Michigan.
Bridge Michigan -
January 22, 2025
“What I can tell you for sure is that for all claims about the ‘deep state,’ most federal workers are committed and thoughtful — as a group, they are not ideologues carrying water for one party or the other. They just want to get their job done. If you’re going to take a hacksaw to the federal workforce, you’re going to lose a lot of good people,” said Nicholas Bagley, professor of law.
The Washington Post -
January 21, 2025
“Mercury is the tricky one because it’s really close to the sun, so you’re always looking into twilight. It’s going to be the one that is tough to see, and it doesn’t show up in the evening until late in (February),” said Shannon Murphy, instructional outreach coordinator for the Department of Astronomy, discussing the planet parade that will be visible starting in late January and culminate in an alignment of seven planets Feb. 28.
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