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December 13, 2016
“Ending Dodd-Frank would be deeply misguided and likely to re-create the very conditions that led to the 2008 financial crisis, shuttered American businesses, and cost millions of Americans their jobs. The financial sector will get a nice sugar high for a few years, and then crash the economy,” wrote Michael Barr, professor of law and public policy.
Fortune -
December 13, 2016
David Weir, director of the Health and Retirement Study at the Institute for Social Research, was quoted in a story about the decline of U.S. life expectancy — the first drop since 1993.
The Washington Post -
December 12, 2016
“(Black women) have been abandoned by those hallmark institutions of the American dream that once promised a gateway into the middle-class — good jobs, home ownership, and post-secondary education — in spite of a public narrative that perhaps America has heaped ‘too much’ help onto them,” wrote Kristin Seefeldt, assistant professor of social work and public policy.
Newsweek -
December 12, 2016
Comments by Clifford Lampe, associate professor of information, were featured in a story about Facebook and its willingness — or not — to open up its treasure trove of data to researchers in light of a slew of politically slanted fake news stories.
BuzzFeed News -
December 12, 2016
“If the drug companies think that they’re going to continue to have free rein to set and raise drug prices because of Trump, I think they’re deluding themselves. Nobody who voted for him is in favor of high drug prices,” said Erik Gordon, clinical assistant professor of business.
Reuters -
December 11, 2016
“By encouraging men to cling to work that isn’t coming back, Trump is doing them a disservice. … If Trump really wants to get more Americans working, he’ll have to do something out of his comfort zone: make girly jobs appeal to manly men,” writes Betsey Stevenson, associate professor of economics and public policy.
Bloomberg -
December 11, 2016
Sara Adlerstein, assistant research scientist in natural resources and environment, says the ecosystem is more stable without stocking the Great Lakes with invasive and other non-native species: “As people, we need to forget the need to impose our will on nature.”
Great Lakes Echo -
December 11, 2016
“People (in China) have a preference for what I would call Starbucks-type jobs. People have been finding jobs in the services sector, in shopping malls and things like that. They prefer that kind of work than slogging away in a factory,” said Linda Lim, professor of strategy.
The Christian Science Monitor -
December 8, 2016
Rebecca Eisenberg, professor of law, was quoted about the biggest science-patent dispute in decades — a gene-editing technique that could launch life-saving therapies, novel genetically modified crops, new forms of mosquito control and more.
The Atlantic -
December 8, 2016
Research by Dr. Shervin Assari, research investigator in psychiatry, was cited in an op-ed about the elation felt by Trump supporters and the positive effects his victory may have on their mental health.
The New York Times
