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Monnat article on teaching to the opioid epidemic published in Medical Teacher

Daniel R. George, Shannon M. Monnat, Rachel Levine, Barbara Blatt & Jed D. Gonzalo
May 31, 2017

Heflin study on food insecurity, childhood health and cognitive development published in JFI

Ying Huang, Stephanie Potochnick & Colleen Heflin
May 25, 2017

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Wasylenko appointed Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of Economics

David M. Van Slyke, dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, announced Friday the appointment of Michael Wasylenko as Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of Economics. This appointment recognizes his extraordinary service to the Maxwell School.
May 18, 2017

Ma discusses China's influence on US education on CNN

"Their (Chinese) classroom participation patterns right now really have pushed a lot of professors to think about how they can adjust the way they teach," says Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology and O'Hanley Faculty Scholar.

May 15, 2017

Burman op-ed on Trump's tax reform plan in Fortune

According to Leonard Burman, professor of public administration and international affairs, "Trump’s 'tax reform plan' isn’t tax reform and it isn’t a plan. To borrow an analogy from the president’s favorite sport, he should take a mulligan and swing again at tax reform after he’s brought on a tax policy team and they’ve had a chance to do their homework."

May 1, 2017

Burman weighs in on President Trump's tax plan in Forbes and on WCNY

“I think at the end of the day, you’re not going to see either the Trump or the House GOP tax plan. It will look a little more like George W. Bush’s 2001 tax bill—mostly just rate cuts,” says Leonard Burman, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics.

April 28, 2017

Burman analysis of House GOP tax plan in Columbia Journal of Tax Law

"An Analysis of the House GOP Tax Plan," co-authored by Len Burman, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics, examines the House GOP tax reform blueprint, which would significantly reduce marginal tax rates, increase standard deduction amounts, repeal personal exemptions and most itemized deductions, and convert business taxation into a destination-based cash flow consumption tax.

April 25, 2017

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Burman comments on Trump's tax plan in New York Times

Leonard Burman, professor of public administration and international affairs, opines that President Reagan "got people excited about the idea of fixing our broken tax system. It’s hard to imagine President Trump doing that.” 

April 24, 2017

Schwartz discusses student success on With Good Reason Radio

Amy Ellen Schwartz, professor of economics and public administration and international affairs, says we need to have all of the "other stuff" such as school lunch, school buses, school facilities, and after school lined up to help make kids productive, successful people.

April 24, 2017

Burman discusses tax reform on NPR

Leonard Burman was a guest on NPR's On Point radio program for a segment on American taxes, tax overhaul, and President Trump’s returns, "Tax Day Protests, Tax Plan Progress." 
April 20, 2017

Ma weighs in on decline in international student enrollment in Diverse

"I have encountered multiple requests from international students...They are all asking questions related to whether they need to prepare more when they apply for visas...in light of the current administration," says Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology.

April 18, 2017

Burman weighs in on the debate about taxes in New York Times

"A lot of the debate about taxes is really a debate about spending," says Leonard Burman, professor of public administration and international affairs. "What is the role of government, and what is the value of government spending? Those tend to be the real underlying question."

April 18, 2017

Hou featured in Wall Street Journal article on potential property tax in China

Yilin Hou, professor of public administration and international affairs, says China should introduce a property tax—"the earlier the better"—to stabilize the real-estate roller coaster of recent years. Read more in The Wall Street Journal article, "China Kicks Property Tax to the Curb--For Now.
March 20, 2017

Burman chapter on tax expenditure limits published in The Economics of Tax Policy

Leonard E. Burman, Eric Toder, Daniel Berger & Jeffrey Rohaly
February 28, 2017

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