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Financial Regulation
1/10/19

New York Times Features Sheila Bair and Gaurav Vasisht Op-Ed on Growing Threats to Financial Stability

Commentary: Gaurav Vasisht, Sheila C. Bair

The economy's upward trajectory hinges on whether the big banks are resilient enough to withstand turbulence in the corporate debt markets.
Public Service
10/22/18

Civil service reform is 40 years old: Reflecting on what government should keep, what it should change

Commentary: Thomas W. Ross

Time to look forward and, on a bipartisan basis, make a new commitment to creating a modern civil service system...
Government Services
10/19/18

Preventing the Next State Budget Crisis: A Conference Summary

Commentary: Rick Mattoon

Over 100 researchers, academics, policymakers, and business people gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago...
Financial Regulation
9/9/18

WSJ Features OpEd on the Volcker Rule by Alliance Board member Bair and SVP Vasisht

Commentary: Gaurav Vasisht, Sheila C. Bair

On September 9, The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by Sheila Bair and Gaurav Vasisht on the Volcker Rule.
Public Service Education
8/14/18

The Decline of American Public Administration

Commentary: Francis Fukuyama

The current crisis in the teaching of public policy ... is closely related to the decline of a related field, that of public administration ...
Public Service Education
8/8/18

Teaching Public Policy

Commentary: Francis Fukuyama

Among the problems with the current economics-centered approach to public policy education is the lack of appreciation for local context ...
Government Services
8/2/18

Expiration Dates in Government: How to Know When to Ditch a Regulation

Commentary: Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene

Regulatory review can be an important management tool for government efficiency ...
Public Service Education
8/2/18

What’s Wrong with Public Policy Education

Commentary: Francis Fukuyama

Public policy education is ripe for an overhaul. Rethinking how it should be done has been one of my major preoccupations over the past decade ...
Government Services
7/10/18

Supreme Court won't fix gerrymandering soon, so it's up to voters

Commentary: Thomas W. Ross

Recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court tell us that we should not count on the courts to fix the problem of partisan gerrymandering.

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