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Bifulco comments on Say Yes to Education in Cleveland.com article
Kriesberg Op-Ed on Infrastructure Spending Published on Syracuse.com
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Burman discusses GOP tax plan in Washington Post, CBS News, NY Times
"This is not a burden increase. People who qualify for premium tax credits and drop insurance are better off doing it (their cost of insurance doesn't change). Worse off are those who have incomes too high to qualify for credits and would face much higher premiums," says Len Burman, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics.
Maxwell alums featured in US News article on college prep for veterans
Monnat op-ed on the opioid crisis published in ConvergenceRI
Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, discusses the need to address the underlying causes of distress, despair and disconnectedness in regards to the opioid epidemic.
Burman comments on the debate to end the estate tax in The Atlantic
If Gary Cohn, the White House chief economic adviser, "were trying to make a parody of the rich people’s argument for the estate tax, he couldn’t have done a better job,” says Leonard Burman, professor of public administration and international affairs and Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics.
Lovely weighs in on lowering the trade deficit on Marketplace
"However the Trump administration tried to achieve the goal of reducing the overall trade deficit quickly would come into conflict with other very important Trump administration objectives," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics.
Gueorguiev discusses how Asia welcomed Trump in US News
"I don't think anybody would be confused about how to deal with Trump, you have to play to his vanity," says Dimitar Gueorguiev, assistant professor of political science.
Boroujerdi discusses Middle East political crisis in ThinkProgress
"As the saying goes, when two elephants fight, it’s the grass that gets hurt, so in the confrontation between Iran and Saudi Arabia, it seems like Lebanon is the grass," says Mehrzad Boroujerdi, professor of political science.