Maxwell School News and Commentary
Reeher weighs in on race for governor, health coverage in NY in Press Republican
According to Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute, the push for a single payer health system has gained traction as a "symbolic" issue for some Democrats who want to have a "positive alternative message" to efforts by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans to dismantle Obamacare.
Lovely op-ed on US-China trade war published in New York Times
"If jobs and wealth are the metric for 'winning the trade war,' China, not America, will emerge the victor," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics.
New edition of Maxwell Perspective features alumni journalists
Keck weighs in on Supreme Court impact on electoral politics in Associated Press
Burman cited in Bloomberg article on capital gains taxation proposal
"If President Trump really wants to cut taxes on capital gains, he should go to Congress with a plan to do so directly, and not through a poorly designed back-door regulatory scheme," writes Leonard Burman, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs.
Hromadžić publishes article on civility in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Monmonier quoted in Atlas Obscura article on orientation of early maps
Mark Monmonier, Distinguished Professor of Geography, notes that the group of west-oriented maps of Virginia could simply have come about because people copied [John] Smith, whose map was early and famous.
Barkun helps shed light on the mystery of “Q” in the Washington Post
Professor Emeritus of Political Science Michael Barkun weighs in on the mystery of "Q" and the history of conspiracy theories in America in the Washington Post. "These ideas never completely die,” says Barkun, who studies conspiracy theories and political extremism. “They get recycled every generation, and in America, some of the most powerful conspiracy ideas deal with an enemy inside the government who is really pulling the strings but cannot be identified.”
“We all want stories that make sense of the world,” Barkun says. “When we can’t find them, we look around in strange places."
Lovely comments on US-EU trade talks in Associated Press article
"The Chinese are not going to be buying our soybeans, so almost by musical chairs our soybeans are going to Europe,” Mary Lovely, professor of economics, says about the EU's response to China's tariffs on American soybeans.
Reeher weighs in on call for NY Gov. Cuomo to hold debate on WRVO
Professor of Political Science Grant Reeher says in his experience, the incumbent or the candidate who expects to win wants to have a debate as close as possible to the Election Day and the challenger wants to have it earlier.