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Dennison weighs in on recent Upstate controversies on Syracuse.com

Tom Dennison, director of the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion, was quoted in the Syracuse.com article "Troubles at Syracuse's Upstate Medical: disruption or growing pains?" Dennison says the recent events at Upstate don't "paint a picture of stability." "This is too important an asset in our community to allow this kind of disruption," he adds. 
June 6, 2018

Heflin study on impact of food program coverage gap published in AEPP

Irma Arteaga, Colleen Heflin & Sarah Parsons
June 6, 2018

See related: Food Security

Lovely discusses trade, tariffs in Washington Post, Bloomberg, Marketplace

These new tariffs will “almost surely not” cause a recession, says Mary Lovely, professor of economics. “This industry is important but it’s not that important. Costs will rise. We’ll see some job dislocation…but we will not see a recession,” she adds.

June 4, 2018

Reeher discusses Clinton supporters backing Warren in 2020 in The Hill

"She [Warren] can fire up the base, but also argue specifics, and she is authentic in delivering the message. That’s not so much anti-Hillary, but Hillary improved," says Professor of Political Science Grant Reeher.
June 4, 2018

Burman discusses tax law workarounds in NY on WBFO radio

Len Burman, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics, says there are potential legal issues with characterizing taxes one owes to the state as a gift to charity.

June 4, 2018

Andrew Cohen discusses tariffs, Great Depression in PolitiFact

Andrew Wender Cohen, Dr. Walter Montgomery and Marian Gruber Professor of History, was quoted in the PolitiFact article "Is protectionism a big part of the Great Depression, as Ben Sasse said?" "Economists today debate the tariffs’ effect on the Great Depression -- some feel it substantially worsened the downturn, while others think its negative effect was small," says Cohen. 06/01/1
June 1, 2018

See related: Trade, United States

Mitchell's book Revolting New York featured in CityLab article

Don Mitchell, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography, discusses how the nature of riots and rebellions has changed over the centuries, New York’s place within the history of protest, and how Tompkins Square Park on the Lower East Side has always been a hotbed of defiance.

June 1, 2018

Reeher weighs in on Trump's pardons in The Hill

Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute, says that, compared to other recent presidents, Trump’s pardons appear "more politically oriented. He is focusing on people whose political actions are consistent with his own, in that they have been advancing points of view that he shares, or working toward his goals."

June 1, 2018

Local Influence

The new mayor, Ben Walsh '05 M.P.A., highlights the number of alumni in Syracuse city and Onondaga County government.

June 1, 2018

See related: Government, State & Local

The Investor

Gerry Cramer was the perfect friend of the Maxwell School - generous, visionary, and ultimately trusting. Cramer passed away on February 13, 2018.

June 1, 2018

See related: Centennial, Giving, In Memoriam

Hamersma and Lopoo paper on pregnancy Medicaid expansions and fertility published in PR&PR

Lincoln H. Groves, Sarah Hamersma, Leonard M. Lopoo & Sarah Hamersma
May 31, 2018

Engelhardt research cited in Fiscal Times article on Social Security

Gary Engelhardt, professor of economics, and his co-authors found that the introduction of the early retirement option lowered the average age of those claiming Social Security by about a year and a half and lowered Social Security income by an average of 1.5 percent for male-headed retired households.

May 31, 2018

Lovely discusses US-China trade war in Forbes, Christian Science Monitor, Financial Times, IBD

U.S. tariffs will “drive up costs for U.S.-based manufacturers and disadvantage American workers competing in global markets,” due to the additional costs they will inject into the supply chain, according to Mary Lovely, professor of economics.

May 31, 2018

Health Econometrics

Badi H. Baltagi
May 30, 2018

Hamersma study on parental Medicaid expansions and children's health insurance published in CEP

Sarah Hamersma, Matthew Kim & Brenden Timpe
May 27, 2018

See related: Insurance

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