Maxwell School News and Commentary
Dutkowsky weighs in on cash back credit cards in WalletHub article
"Theoretically, cash back should be the best rewards currency, since the rewards can be used practically anywhere," says Don Dutkowsky, professor of economics. "But that only holds when the value of the rewards (for a given amount of purchases) of cash back and product/service-based rewards (e.g., airline miles, automobile discounts) are the same."
Logan Strother discusses National Flood Insurance Program on NPR
Logan Strother '13 M.A. (PSc)/'17 Ph.D. (PSc) describes the NFIP as "a classic moral hazard, where people are shielded from the consequences of their actions and taxpayers pick up the burden."
Honoring Ralph Ketcham
Banks discusses new battlefields, old laws in Jerusalem Post
"It was clear from the circumstances that the framework we had been using in the West and in Israel was ineffective because the fighting was of a new kind," says Professor Emeritus William C. Banks.
Pralle discusses flood mapping and climate change on DecodeDC
Sarah Pralle, associate professor of political science, talks about why Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps don’t tell the true story of where floods are happening now and in the future.
McCormick named Moskowitz Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations
“My research on political violence and the drug war allows me to bring greater attention to how these issues impact U.S.-Mexico relations and showcase it within Maxwell and the greater community,” says Gladys McCormick, an associate professor of history who has taught at Maxwell since 2010.
Joseph Boskovski ’14 MPA helps governments make effective policy
Governor Christine Todd Whitman to keynote Tanner Day at Maxwell
Tanner Day at Maxwell is a series of lectures and panel discussions focused on the “Future of Citizenship and Public Service” in partnership with the National Academy of Public Administration.
CCE student named first Blackstone LaunchPad Engagement Scholar
Scholarship recipient and CCE student Kennedy Patlan will provide peer mentoring of student ventures, with a special focus on social enterprise and civic ventures. The goal is to encourage more students to think about developing for-good, not-for-profit and for-profit enterprises as part of the entrepreneurial landscape.
Reeher comments on early presidential sweepstakes for 2020 in The Hill
Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute, says it's too early to discount potential candidates' chances in the 2020 presidential election.