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Unemployment, job creation, consumer confidence, tax reform and international trade are just a few of the economic policy issues at the heart of the 2004 political campaign. Faculty listed below are available to discuss various economic policy issues as they relate to the campaign. For a broader list of faculty with expertise in economic issues, visit the main news topic for Economic Policy (http://news-info.wustl.edu/cat/page/normal/132.html) .
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| Adam Rosenzweig Associate Professor of Law (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/783.html) Adam Rosenzweig has done extensive work in the area of tax law and policy. He previously worked as a visiting assistant professor at Northwestern University School of Law and clerked for Judge James L. Dennis, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. While working in New York, Rosenzweig ... Direct contact: (314) 935-4419 / arosenzweig@wulaw.wustl.edu |
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| Cheryl Block Professor of Law (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/779.html)
Cheryl Block is an expert in tax law and policy. Author of a leading book on corporate taxation, she has also written numerous articles on taxation, public policy relating to federal bailouts, legislative voting rules, social choice theory, federal budget process, and the interplay between tax and ... Expertise: tax law and policy, corporate taxation, federal bailouts Direct contact: (314) 935-6444 / cblock@wulaw.wustl.edu |
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| Stephanie Boddie Assistant Professor of Social Work (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/650.html)
Stephanie C. Boddie's research and writing focuses on national and international social policy and planning, faith-based community economic development, nonprofit management, and social service and health care access. She is the co-principal investigator of a citywide study of congregations and their ... Expertise: faith communities, religion, welfare, health care, community development, national and international social policy and planning, faith-based community economic development, … Direct contact: (314) 935-9449 / sboddie@gwbmail.wustl.edu |
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| Murray Weidenbaum Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/521.html)
Weidenbaum is honorary chairman of the Weidenbaum Center and Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor at Washington University. He is known for his research on economic policy, taxes, government spending, and regulation. In 1981-82, he served as President Reagan's first Chairman of the Council ... Expertise: economy, government, public policy, President Reagan, Federal Trade Deficit Review Commission, economic policy, taxes, … Direct contact: (314) 935-5662 / moseley@wustl.edu |
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| Steven Fazzari Professor of Economics in Arts & Sciences (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/475.html)
Fazzari, a senior scholar of the Jerome Levy Economics Institute, teaches macroeconomics. His research explores two main areas: the link between macroeconomic activity and finance, particularly the financial determinants of investment spending, and the foundations of Keynesian macroeconomics. Recent ... Expertise: macroeconomics, deficits, tax Direct contact: (314) 935-5632 / fazz@wueconc.wustl.edu |
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| Ignoring 'geologic reality' Geologist decries floodplain development (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/11395.html) April 1, 2008 --
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| We haven't yet hit bottom Recession's root cause is consumer debt, expert says (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/11430.html) March 31, 2008 --
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| Medical research funding Washington University joins eight other institutions to warn Congress about dangers of continued flat funding for biomedical research (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/9039.html) March 19, 2007 -- Washington University today joined a consortium of leading scientific and medical institutions around the country to warn Congress that persistent flat-funding of biomedical research could thwart advances in treatments for such diseases as cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Following today's Senate Appropriations Labor-HHS Committee hearing on funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Washington University and the eight other institutions issued a report at a Capitol Hill press conference on funding for U.S. medical research. |
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| Backed patent bill in trouble in U.S. Senate
The Guardian (UK) and 10 others April 15, 2008 -- A long-negotiated patent overhaul bill sought by technology companies and opposed by big pharmaceutical makers ran into trouble in the U.S. Senate. Scott Kieff, WUSTL law professor and patent law expert, comments. |
| Consumer Debt, Not Housing Bubble, May Be Root of Economic Woes
ConsumerAffairs.com April 2, 2008 -- WUSTL's Steven Fazzari, economics professor, comments on rising consumer indebtedness and it's role in the economic slowdown. Fazzari sees fundamental changes in the economy that are reducing the effectiveness of consumer spending as an economic driver. |
| Fed Bank Appoints Bullard as President
The Wall Street Journal March 26, 2008 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, has appointed as president James Bullard, an 18-year veteran of the bank's research staff and an adjunct faculty memeber at WUSTL. |
| Order in the jungle - Economics and the rule of law
The Economist March 17, 2008 -- Article refers to the theory of WUSTL economist Douglass North and his view that stable, predictable laws encourage investment and growth. |
| Analysis: Debate Unlikely to Change Race
Associated Press and 66 others Feb. 27, 2008 -- WUSTL's Wayne Fields comments on final pitches by Democratic presidential candidates as they head into the last weeks of primary elections. |
| Group says it has mapped corn genome
Associated Press and 76 others Feb. 26, 2008 -- Richard Wilson, director of WUSTL's Genome Sequencing Center, comments on the successful mapping of the corn genome. |
| In time of tumult, obscure economist gains currency
The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2007 -- The recent market turmoil is rocking investors around the globe. But it is raising the stock of one person: a little-known economist named Hyman Minsky, whose views have suddenly become very popular. Minsky, who taught economics at WUSTL and died more than a decade ago, spent much of his career advancing the idea that financial systems are inherently susceptible to bouts of speculation that, if they last long enough, end in crises. At a time when many economists were coming to believe in the efficiency of markets, Mr. Minsky was considered somewhat of a radical for his stress on their tendency toward excess and upheaval. Former WUSTL economics professor Laurence Meyer and current economics professor Steven Fazzari comment. |
| Cashing in on the market chaos
ABC News Aug. 17, 2007 -- There is opportunity in chaos. People with an appetite for risk can still make money in the rocky financial markets and rest assured many are trying. So how do so-called smart people make money when everyone else is sweating it? Simply stated, they buy things that no one else wants and get a steep discount in the process. WUSTL business professor and former business school dean Stuart Greenbaum comments. |
| What's Lacking in 'Sicko'
The New York Times and 3 others July 9, 2007 -- WHEN it comes to economic decisions, there are always trade-offs. Gain one thing and you lose something else. This is particularly true in health care, a market in which a scarce good is ridiculously expensive, but needed by everybody. WUSTL economist Charles Courtemanche looks at the economic points in Michael Moore's movie 'Sicko.' |
| Hopes for a Renaissance After Exodus in St. Louis
The New York Times and 3 others April 17, 2007 -- Article looks at St. Louis' effort to rebuild its image in the face of population loss and public school accreditation problems. WUSTL architecture professor John Hoal, who has been involved in numerous municipal planning projects, comments on the redevelopment effort. |
| In N.Va., Let Down By a Rising Economy
Washington Post, Seattle Times and 5 others Feb. 28, 2007 -- Article looks at a growing underside of the vibrant, rapidly shifting economy of northern Virginia, where the high cost of housing and the unpredictable nature of the job market can plunge workers into poverty and homelessness. The situation in northern Virginia is similar to those surfacing nationwide. WUSTL social work professor Mark Rank is one of the experts commenting. |
| Big Oil headed for tougher Congress
The Christian Science Monitor Nov. 15, 2006 -- The Democratic leadership has already indicated it will try to repeal earlier tax breaks for oil companies. A gusher of new legislation could develop as well, as Democrats get a chance to see their energy bills move past the trash can. In fact, the Democrats will try to put together their own version of a comprehensive energy bill that tackles everything from gas-mileage standards to tax breaks for alternative energy sources, some congressional analysts believe. WUSTL political science professor Steven Smith comments. |
| U.S. research making great leap
Philadelphia Inquirer Nov. 6, 2006 -- Eager to tap into China's pool of dirt-cheap engineers and technical employees who earn $5,000 to $10,000 a year, hundreds of European and U.S. companies have opened research centers throughout China in the last two years. WUSTL political science professor Andrew Mertha warns that companies should be careful because of the seriouis problem of intellectual property piracy. |
| Commentary: Laureate Phelps
The Wall Street Journal Oct. 18, 2006 -- Hoover Institution research fellow David Henderson writes about the work of Edmund Phelps, this year's Nobel laureate in economics. Phelps collaborated with Robert Pollak on his capital formation research. Pollak is now an economics professor at WUSTL. |
| Judge again blocks flight attendants from striking against Northwest Airlines
Associated Press, Chicago Tribune and 5 others Sept. 22, 2006 -- Northwest Airlines Corp. flight attendants on Thursday asked to be released from federal mediation so they can strike the carrier after a federal judge ruled they couldn't walk off the job. WUSTL law professor and labor relations expert Neil Bernstein comments. |
| Republicans tense as voter disillusionment sets in
USA Today Sept. 5, 2006 -- Iraq is one of several tides running against GOP candidates, driving away independent voters and some party faithful. Except for Missouri, independent voters in five Senate races polled by USA Today were swinging toward the Democrat. Party loyalty was stronger among Democrats than Republicans in every state but Ohio. Michael Minta, professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, comments on how the stem cell research issue is dividing Republicans in Missouri. |
| Bird extinction pace worries scientists
Kansas City Star and 19 others July 5, 2006 -- New research shows that birds are becoming extinct faster than scientists have thought. A group of scientists that included WUSTL biology professor and conservationist Peter Raven, president of the Missouri Botanical Garden, revised the existing extinction estimate to take into account ongoing fossil discoveries of extinct species and missing birds not yet classified as extinct. The results of their study appear this week in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
| Funding for Alzheimer's research is key, scientists say
Kansas City Star and 17 others July 5, 2006 -- Scientists who study Alzheimer's disease say they are on the brink of finding treatments to slow or stop it. A few weeks ago, Congress voted to reduce funding for research on Alzheimer's disease. WUSTL scientists commenting are neurology professor Anne Fagan Niven, neurology professor and chair David Holtzman, and Tom Meuser, director of education and rural outreach at WUSTL's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. |
| Democrats hope to divide G.O.P. over stem cells
The New York Times and 1 others April 24, 2006 -- Democrats are pressing their support for embryonic stem cell research in Congressional races around the country, seeking to move back to center stage an issue they believe resonates with voters and to exploit a division between conservatives who oppose the science and other Republicans more open to it. Former U.S. Senator John Danforth, an Episcopal minister, and his brother, William, WUSTL chancellor emeritus, have taken a prominent role in promoting the amendment. |
| The Stamp That's Never Worn Off
Washington Post April 14, 2006 -- Food stamps still can make people feel ashamed, which is why the phrase "food stamps" has lately become a candidate for getting tossed out of the government's lexicon. The renaming effort got a boost from research by government and nonprofit organizations showing that stigma and misinformation were two of the main reasons given by people who qualified for food stamps but did not use them. WUSTL social work professor Mark Rank, the author of several books on public food assistance, comments. |
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