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Urban Bias in Capital Allocation: Evidence From China
Co-authored by Associate Professor of Economics Abdulaziz Shifa, the article was published in Economic Letters.
See related: China, State & Local Government, Urban Issues
Maxwell Panel Weighs Midterm Elections
Scholars, journalists and a pollster recently discussed voter turnout, polling uncertainties and what’s at stake in the Nov. 3 election.
See related: Political Parties, School History, Student Experience, U.S. Elections, United States
Faricy Weighs In on Whether or Not Republican Tax Cuts Can Sway Voters in New York Times Articles
“One of the challenges of tax cuts is that people only interact with the tax system once a year, and it’s in April,” says Chris Faricy, associate professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.
See related: New York State, State & Local Government, Taxation, U.S. Elections
Thompson Discusses Pope Leo’s Influence on US Voters in OSV News Article
“I think he has become an influence not because he’s been explicitly political, but because he has emphasized Catholic social teaching and reminded Catholics, including Catholic voters in the U.S. that Catholic social teaching is a part of the teaching of the Church,” says Margaret Susan Thompson, professor of history and political science.
See related: Federal Government, Political Parties, Religion, U.S. Elections, United States
Taylor Speaks with TIME About Russia’s Release of an Imprisoned American
“The release of Hubbard was a gesture to Trump, nothing more, and does not imply a larger willingness on Putin’s part to make concessions or end the war,” argues Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.
See related: Conflict, Federal Government, Government, International Affairs, International Agreements, Russia, Ukraine, United States
Landes Quoted in Associated Press Article on Proposed Changes to Major National Health Survey
“We just won’t know any of that anymore,” Scott Landes, professor of sociology, says of the proposed removal of questions dealing with memory, fatigue, arthritis, difficulty walking and climbing stairs, as well as others about the use of hearing aids, canes, wheelchairs and scooters.
See related: Disability, Federal Government, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Mitra Talks With LA Times, PBS About the Trump Administration’s Crackdown on International Students
International students and workers also support the economy beyond their universities or workplaces. By living in the U.S., foreign students and workers create jobs as they buy goods and services, says Devashish Mitra, Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs.
See related: Federal Government, International Affairs, U.S. Education, United States
Sultana Discusses the Environmental Costs of AI on RGS Climate Change Research Group Podcast
“One thing that people don't often think about is the land and the air that also belongs to this equation because increasingly, gas turbines are being built near data center sites to support the energy supply needs and they're driven by the ever-expanding agentic AI use globally,” says Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment.
See related: Artificial Intelligence, Environment, Government, International Affairs
Legitimacy, Performance and Cooptation
Selina Gallo-Cruz, associate professor of sociology, edited a special issue for the Journal of Political Power, Vol. 19, Issue 3, “Allusions, Illusions and Delusions of Power” and authored the introductory editorial.
See related: Conflict, Economic Policy, Government, Labor, Law
Griffiths Speaks With Agence France Presse and Financial Times About Alberta’s Secession Vote
Secessionist movements regularly have “economic motivations,” but typically those are married to a linguistic or nationalist component, says Ryan Griffiths, professor of political science. “There's no magic line” dictating what defines a nation, he says, but notes Alberta's case for nationhood appears harder to make than that of other groups, like Catalans, Scots and French-speaking Canadians in Quebec.
See related: Canada, Government
Murrett Discusses US Support for Ukraine in Its Fight Against Russia With the New York Times
Vice Adm. Robert Murrett (Ret.), professor of practice of public administration and international affairs, doubts the U.S. intelligence community would pull its support from Ukraine. “The current leadership of the United States intelligence community and our allies is very anti-Russian,” he says.
See related: Conflict, Defense & Security, Government, International Affairs, Russia, Ukraine, United States
The ParlLawSpeech Parliamentary Text Data Collection
The article, co-authored by Miklós Sebők, faculty fellow and senior research associate in the Campbell Public Affairs Institute, was published in Nature Scientific Data.
See related: Europe, Government, Law
Yingyi Ma Quoted in New York Times Article on the US-China Race to Recruit Foreign AI Researchers
“The danger for the U.S. is a slow erosion of its appeal to attract talent that compounds over decades. By the time the effect shows up in the data, it is hard to reverse,” says Yingyi Ma, professor of sociology.
See related: Artificial Intelligence, China, Education, Government, United States
Zhang Weighs In on Using the Term ‘Super Intelligence’ vs. Artificial Intelligence in PolitiFact
“It’s really important that we get our definition right with any attempts at regulating this very fast-moving technology,” says Baobao Zhang, Maxwell Dean Associate Professor of the Politics of AI. Super intelligence would be a misleading descriptor for general-purpose AI, as well as AI systems that are more narrow in scope, she says.
See related: Artificial Intelligence, Federal Government, United States
Murrett Speaks with CBS News and Newsweek About the USS Abraham Lincoln’s Return to San Diego
The condition of the Lincoln's hull and paint missing from the waterline is “consistent” with more than nine months at sea and is “cosmetic,” rather than impacting how the carrier operates, says Vice Adm. Robert Murrett (Ret.), professor of practice of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Conflict, Defense & Security, Government, International Affairs, U.S. National Security, United States
Maxwell’s ‘Agents of Change’ Conference to Celebrate and Examine the Nation’s 250th Anniversary
The full-day event on Oct. 16 is part of the school’s USA@250 programming and will feature a keynote by Goldman School Dean David C. Wilson and panels with faculty scholars and pollster John Zogby ’74 M.A. (Hist).
See related: Federal Government, School History, United States, USA@250
Landes Talks to Disability Scoop About CDC Plans to Drop Disability Questions From Federal Survey
The proposal is particularly alarming since the existing survey is already flawed, says Scott Landes, professor of sociology and co-founder of the Disability Health Equity Research Network. “Studies using the survey’s own data show it misses about half of the disabled adults the federal standard for measuring disability identifies,” he says.
See related: Disability, Federal Government, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Reeher Discusses Trump’s Trip to Syracuse in a Bid to Save Republican House Seats With NY Post
“I think it’s going to cut both ways. On the one hand, Trump’s negatives in New York are very deep. People are very emotional—the ones that don’t like Trump really don’t like him,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science. But he can also help fill the Republican enthusiasm gap, he says.
Monnat Speaks With the Associated Press About the Economic Importance of Immigrants
Shannon Monnat, professor of sociology, says immigration has been a demographic lifeline for much of rural America. Rural areas have been losing young adults for years, she says. “For a lot of small towns, immigrants are the reason the school and hospital stayed open and the county didn’t shrink,” Monnat says.
See related: Federal Government, Rural Issues, U.S. Elections, U.S. Immigration, United States
Koch Quoted in New Arab Article on Manchester City's Financial Scandal Reshaping UAE's Sporting Plan
“Political leaders in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are starting to look more closely at their balance sheets, they are also noticing that many of these splashy investments are not nearly as lucrative as they had thought or as their proponents had promised,” says Natalie Koch, professor of geography and the environment.
See related: Government, International Affairs, Middle East & North Africa