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17 November 2021
By iserpws

Professor Robert Shapiro quoted in The New York Times

Democrats Shouldn’t Panic. They Should Go Into Shock.

The rise of inflation, supply chain shortages, a surge in illegal border crossings, the persistence of Covid, mayhem in Afghanistan and the uproar over “critical race theory” — all of these developments, individually and collectively, have taken their toll on President Biden and Democratic candidates, so much so that Democrats are now the underdogs going into 2022 and possibly 2024 . . .

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17 November 2021
By iserpws

The Washington Post cites Economics Professor Joseph Stiglitz in "fact checking" article

Biden’s claim that Nobel winners say his plan would ‘reduce inflation’​

In September, back when Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan called for $3.5 trillion in spending on top of a bipartisan infrastructure plan, 15 recipients of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences released a joint letter praising his initiative. . . .

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17 November 2021
By iserpws

Joseph Stiglitz quoted in the Boston Globe:

Will Biden’s big spending bills equal more inflation? It’s complicated

Inflation by one key measure just hit a three-decade high. Now, after Congress approved a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, President Biden and Democrats are pushing to pass legislation to spend an additional $1.75 trillion to expand the social safety net and fight climate change. . . . . .

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17 November 2021
By iserpws

Scott Barrett Quoted by Grist

Against all odds, the Paris Agreement is — kinda, sorta — working.

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17 November 2021
By harlowe

Suresh Naidu quoted in The Daily Princetonian

Economics Professor Ellora Derenoncourt discusses new center on inequality

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05 November 2021
By iserpws

Article by Jennifer Lee Published in Brookings

Jennifer Lee, Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Social Sciences at Columbia University, was recently published as part of How We Rise, a project from the Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion initiative at Brookings focused on policy solutions to upend structural racism:

Reckoning with science, medicine, and scapegoating

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20 October 2021
By harlowe

The shot, the message, and the messenger: COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Latin America

Sarah Z. Daly and John Marshall, Assistant Professors of Political Science, along with Political Science PhD students Pablo Argote, Elena Barham, Julian E. Gerez, and Oscar Pocasangre, published an article in Nature Partner Journals.

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18 October 2021
By iserpws

Joseph Stiglitz Quoted in the New York Times

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor of Economics at Columbia Business School, was quoted in a recent article by the New York Times:

America’s Challenges Take Center Stage in Greece

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15 October 2021
By harlowe

Wilmot James: To Get Pandemic Response Right We Must Get our Politics Right

Wilmot James, Senior Research Scholar at ISERP, and Charles Hamilton, W. S. Sayre Professor Emeritus of Government and Political Science, published in Columbia News.

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how some strong, wealthy democracies, like the United States, struggled to manage the public health crisis.

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15 October 2021
By harlowe

Effective ways to increase vaccination uptake: Learn the lessons from Aids treatment campaigns

The Columbia Univesity and University of the Witwatersrand recently held a five-day symposium with a range of experts debating topics linked to finding effective ways to increase vaccination. Maverick Citizen was the media partner to the symposium and Mark Heywood made the closing reflections. This is an edited version of his speech.

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