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☆ More than 400 economists, former White House advisors endorse Harris, warn against Trump policy agenda
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to members of the media upon her arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sept. 22, 2024. More than 400 economists and former White House policy advisors announced their support for Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump in an open letter Tuesday. "It is a choice between inequity, economic injustice, and uncertainty with Donald Trump or prosperity, opportunity, and stability with Kamala Harris." Some on the list, such as Biden's former National Economic Council Director Brian Deese, have already been advising the Harris campaign behind closed doors. Sean O'Keefe was deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget in former President George W. Bush's White House.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Jason Furman, Roger Altman, Clinton, Penny Pritzker, Obama, Alan Blinder, Brian Deese, Harris, Sean O'Keefe, George W, Bush's, Phillip Braun, Ronald Reagan's Organizations: Democratic, Base Andrews, White, Republicans, Harvard, of Economic, Obama, Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial, Bureau, CNN, Economic, Republican, Management, Economic Advisers Locations: Maryland, U.S

☆ The U.S. News College Rankings Are Out. Cue the Rage and Obsession.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Alan Blinder | More About Alan Blinder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After months of tumult on American college campuses, relative stability in one realm returned on Tuesday, when U.S. News & World Report published its oft-disparaged but nevertheless closely watched rankings. Among national universities, Princeton was ranked No. U.S. News again judged Williams College the best among national liberal arts colleges. Few franchises in American higher education are as contentious as the U.S. News rankings. To U.S. News, which retired its print newsmagazine in 2010, the rankings are a bastion of its largely bygone influence.

Organizations: U.S . News, Princeton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, Stanford, . News, Williams College, Spelman College, U.S

☆ Over 400 economists and ex-officials endorse Kamala Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —More than 400 economists and former high-ranking US policymakers are endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris and her vision for the American economy, according to a document announcing the endorsement seen by CNN. “The choice in this election is clear: between failed trickle-down economic policies that benefit the few and economic policies that provide opportunity for all,” the endorsement document reads. Harris plans to roll out new policies on what she calls the “opportunity economy” during a speech in Pennsylvania, another key battleground state, on Wednesday. Several notable economists threw their weight behind Harris, including University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers and Claudia Goldin, who won the Nobel Prize last year for tracking women’s labor participation and the evolving wage gap. The endorsement argued that Harris has a “proven track record of economic leadership,” crediting her with efforts as vice president to lower costs, cut taxes and raise wages.

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☆ Former Fed Vice Chairman on the Fed's next move: There is certainly a case for a 50 bps rate cut
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFormer Fed Vice Chairman on the Fed's next move: There is certainly a case for a 50 bps rate cutAlan Blinder, former Federal Reserve vice chairman and Princeton professor, joins ‘Closing Bell' to discuss how the Federal Reserve should handle rate cuts, the potential for a soft landing, and more.

Persons: Alan Blinder Organizations: Former, Federal Reserve, Princeton

☆ New Training and Tougher Rules: How Colleges Are Trying to Tame Gaza Protests
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Alan Blinder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Less than 10 minutes had passed before Daniel Diermeier, Vanderbilt University’s chancellor, told hundreds of new students what the school would not do. The university would not divest from Israel. It would not banish provocative speakers. It would not issue statements in support or condemnation of Israeli or Palestinian causes. Before the hour was up on Monday, he added that Vanderbilt would not tolerate threats, harassment or protests “disrupting the learning environment.”This month, Vanderbilt required all first-year undergraduate students to attend mandatory meetings about the university’s approach to free speech, with the hope that clear expectations — and explanations for them — would help administrators keep order after protests rocked American campuses toward the end of the last academic year.

Persons: Daniel Diermeier, Vanderbilt Locations: Israel

☆ Tim Walz Was a Clear Eyes, Full Hearts Kind of Coach
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Alan Blinder | Eli Tan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The Mankato West Scarlets, who had started the 1999 high school football season with a miserable record of 2-4, had improbably swaggered into a state championship game. Their defense, though, would first have to repel the Cambridge-Isanti Bluejackets, who were from north of Minneapolis and trailed by a single touchdown. But inside the 10-yard line, a Scarlet defender intercepted the ball, effectively clinching a 35-28 victory and Mankato West’s first championship. A coach lifted Tim Walz, then the defensive coordinator and now the Democratic candidate for vice president, skyward. In Mr. Walz’s telling, the victory also eventually proved a launchpad for politics.

Persons: Minneapolis’s, Isanti Bluejackets, Tim Walz, Walz’s Organizations: Minneapolis’s Metrodome, Mankato West Scarlets, Mankato West’s, Democratic, skyward Locations: Cambridge, Minneapolis

☆ 3 reasons to worry about July’s weak jobs report — and 1 reason not to panic
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Bryan Mena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The Federal Reserve now has egg on its face after it kept interest rates near a quarter-century high earlier this week. By now, there’s ample evidence that the job market, a key driver of the US economy, has lost steam. Here are three reasons to be worried about July’s shockingly weak jobs report — and one silver lining. Consumer demand itself also hasn’t weakened just yet, despite the highest interest rates in more than two decades. Generally, the Fed makes its decision congruent with what’s going on with inflation or the job market.

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☆ Alan Garber Will Stay On as Harvard’s President
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Alan Blinder | More About Alan Blinder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Harvard University said on Friday that its interim president, Alan M. Garber, would lead the university through the 2026-27 academic year, offering a dose of stability to a campus rocked by turmoil. Dr. Garber took over at Harvard in January when Claudine Gay resigned after weeks of criticism over her testimony at a congressional hearing about antisemitism on campus and accusations of plagiarism in her academic writings. Penny Pritzker, senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation, the university’s highest governing body, said in a message to the campus on Friday that “interim” would be dropped from Dr. Garber’s title “to recognize his distinguished service to the university and to underscore our belief that this is a time not merely for steady stewardship but for active, engaged leadership.”The university said it would begin a search for a successor to Dr. Garber in 2026. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Persons: Alan M, Garber, Claudine Gay, Penny Pritzker, “ Organizations: Harvard University, Harvard, Harvard Corporation

☆ Fed would have been 'smarter' to cut today, says Fmr. Fed Vice Chairman Alan Blinder
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFed would have been 'smarter' to cut today, says Fmr. Fed Vice Chairman Alan BlinderAlan Blinder, Former Federal Reserve vice chairman, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to explain why he believes the Federal Reserve should have cut interest rates today.

Persons: Fmr, Alan Blinder Alan Blinder Organizations: Fed, Federal Reserve

☆ It’s not the end of the world if the Fed doesn’t cut rates tomorrow
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —The Federal Reserve is all but certain to hold interest rates steady at its meeting this week. That’s why Torsten Slok, Apollo Global’s chief economist, is maintaining his prior forecast that the Fed won’t cut rates at all this year. “There are still two more CPI releases before the September 18 [Fed] meeting, so we have to wait and see if the downtrend in inflation continues,” he told CNN. Fed officials have signaled that September will be when they finally lower interest rates. The difference between a few months for that initial cut “really doesn’t matter unless there’s some big shock that hits the economy in that time,” Fed Governor Christopher Waller said earlier this month.

Persons: Alan Blinder, Paul Krugman —, Blinder, what’s, Brandon Bell, Torsten Slok, Apollo, ”, Sean Snaith, it’s, Christopher Waller, Waller Organizations: New, New York CNN, Federal, CNN, ” University of Central, ” Locations: New York, ” University of Central Florida, Iran, Israel

☆ Firefighters Race to Contain Wildfires in California and Oregon
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Alan Blinder | John Yoon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Firefighters raced to contain scores of blazes across the American West on Friday night as California’s largest wildfire of the year prompted a new wave of evacuations. Federal officials say active fires have burned more than 1.8 million acres. Already this week, thousands of people have been told to evacuate, and haze from the fires has floated across the continent. The fire’s growth triggered a new wave of evacuation orders and warnings on Friday, when it was zero percent contained, according to Cal Fire. Gavin Newsom of California on Friday declared a state of emergency for Butte and Tehama Counties, in addition to Plumas County, where the Gold Complex fire had burned nearly 3,000 acres.

Persons: Gavin Newsom Organizations: Cal Fire, Gov Locations: Northern California, Butte, Tehama, Shasta Counties, Chico, California, Plumas County

☆ Las Vegas Heat Breaks Records and Stuns Even the Forecasters
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Alan Blinder | Isabelle Taft | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

For their anniversary road trip through the West, an escape from the humid misery of a Louisiana summer, Tyson and Adeline Maddox rented a glimmering convertible. “Reminds me of the engine room,” Mr. Maddox grumbled of the weather as he left the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign on Wednesday evening, when temperatures were still well into triple digits. “The heat, it’s just constantly coming,” Ms. Maddox added later. “It’s like being in front of an exhaust pipe.”So it has been around the Las Vegas area this week. Merely walking through a parking lot meant squinting — not at the sunlight blanketing the region, but at a heat so punishing that eyes hurt without ever actually watering.

Persons: Tyson, Adeline Maddox, Mr, Maddox grumbled, it’s, ” Ms, Maddox, “ Organizations: Vegas Locations: Louisiana, Vegas

☆ Mulling Reparations, California Sets Aside $12 Million as a Start
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Alan Blinder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Last year, a California task force issued a seminal report urging reparations for Black residents that could add up to hundreds of billions of dollars. But the state’s new $298 billion budget, signed Saturday after a woeful run for California finances, is offering a much more modest beginning: $12 million. The budget does not call for immediate cash payments for Californians whose lives were shaped by injustices. Instead, it promises some state money if lawmakers agree on proposals that supporters see as early steps to repair the consequences of California’s past. Some lawmakers, though, have nevertheless welcomed the money as a start after the state scrambled to close a $47 billion shortfall.

Persons: ” Assemblywoman Lori D, Wilson, “, ” Organizations: Legislative Black Caucus Locations: California, Northern California

☆ The Fed still has a bias to cut rates, and they'll cut twice this year: Former Fed VC Alan Blinder
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe Fed still has a bias to cut rates, and they'll cut twice this year: Former Fed VC Alan BlinderAlan Blinder, former Federal Reserve vice chairman and Princeton University professor, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss if the Federal Reserve has a bias to cut rates, how soon they'll cut rates and how many times.

Persons: they'll, Alan Blinder Alan Blinder Organizations: Federal Reserve, Princeton University

☆ For Columbia and a Powerful Donor, Months of Talks and Millions at Risk
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Alan Blinder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

On Jan. 19, Angelica Berrie sent an email to Nemat Shafik, the president of Columbia University. Ms. Berrie reported that the Russell Berrie Foundation, named for her late husband, had scheduled three grant payments to Columbia. But after months of campus protests around the Israel-Hamas war, Ms. Berrie also delivered a warning. As the foundation prepared to transfer almost $613,000, Ms. Berrie told Dr. Shafik that future giving would partly hinge on “evidence that you and leaders across the university are taking appropriate steps to create a tolerant and secure environment for Jewish members of the Columbia community.”Months passed, and the foundation, which has donated about $86 million to Columbia over the years, did not like what it saw. Frustrated and flummoxed by the sustained tumult at Columbia, the foundation suspended its giving to the university late last month.

Persons: Angelica Berrie, Nemat Shafik, Berrie, Shafik Organizations: Columbia University, Ms, Russell Berrie Foundation, Columbia Locations: Israel, Columbia

On Today’s Episode:White House Aide Warns Israel Against ‘Smashing Into Rafah’, by Erica L. GreenFormer White House Aide Returns to Stand in Trump’s Criminal Trial, by Matthew HaagFor Columbia and a Powerful Donor, Months of Talks and Millions at Risk, by Alan Blinder10 Big Biden Environmental Rules, and What They Mean, by Coral Davenport

Persons: Erica L, Matthew Haag, Alan Blinder, Coral Davenport Organizations: Former White, Columbia, Big

The House of Representatives is one of Washington’s most raucous forums, a free-for-all of personalities with profiles to raise and points to score. But it turns out that the rough-and-tumble of steering a public school district — board sessions, P.T.A. meetings, battles over textbooks and discipline — may be sound preparation for the rough-and-tumble of testifying before the House. As public school leaders showed on Wednesday, mixing it up a bit can go far toward neutralizing a Congress with a craving for the spotlight. At earlier hearings, university presidents opted for strategies of conciliatory genuflection or drab, lawyerly answers.

Persons: ” David C, Banks, ” Organizations: Education, New Locations: America, New York City

☆ What the First Amendment Means for Campus Protests
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Alan Blinder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Follow our live coverage of the college protests at U.C.L.A. But many legal scholars, along with university lawyers and administrators, believe at least some of those free-speech assertions muddle, misstate, test or even flout the amendment, which is meant to guard against state suppression. Whose interpretation and principles prevail, whether in the courts or among the administrators in charge of meting out discipline, will do much to determine whether protesters face punishments for campus turmoil. The First Amendment doesn’t automatically apply at private schools. Public universities, as arms of government, must yield to the First Amendment and how the courts interpret its decree that there shall be no law “abridging the freedom of speech” or “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.”

Persons: “, ” Organizations: Protesters, Public Locations: U.C.L.A

The sudden end to the standoff produced cheers from the protesters, and confusion for those who had been bracing for chaos. At Emory University in Atlanta, officers used pepper balls and wrestled protesters to the ground, ultimately arresting 28 people. On quads and lawns from coast to coast, colleges are grappling with a groundswell of student activism over Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza. Administrators are having to make controversial decisions over whether to call in the police, and are often criticized regardless of the route they take. “They don’t seem to have a clear strategy,” said Jennie Stephens, a professor at Northeastern who attended the protest there to support the students.

Persons: ”, Jennie Stephens, “ Organizations: Boston, University of Southern, Emerson College, Ohio State University, At Emory University, Northeastern Locations: Northeastern University’s, University of Southern California, Boston, Atlanta, Gaza

Police officers swept onto the ordinarily serene campus of Emory University in Atlanta after demonstrators erected tents on Thursday morning, leading to the latest clash in a pro-Palestinian protest movement that has cascaded across American campuses this week. As the demonstrators at Emory screamed, officers wrestled with protesters on the ground and escorted others away. From a few dozen yards away, onlookers stared and recorded the scene with their cellphones. The authorities did not immediately say how many people had been arrested in Atlanta, but across the country, more than 400 protesters have been taken into police custody since April 18, when the arrests of more than 100 protesters at Columbia University in New York set off a wave of student activism nationwide. University administrators and law enforcement officials have responded by arresting students, removing encampments and threatening academic consequences as some Jewish students have expressed concern for their safety, and some politicians have demanded a crackdown on the growing demonstrations.

Organizations: Emory University, Emory, Columbia University, University Locations: Atlanta, New York

Dr. Shafik herself was preparing to confer with the university senate, which could censure her as soon as Friday. On Monday, police were called in to make dozens of arrests at Yale and New York University. Mr. Johnson’s visit to campus will not include a meeting with Dr. Shafik. The university senate could vote on a resolution to censure Dr. Shafik as soon as Friday — not long after the 48-hour negotiation period concludes. By calling in the police anyway, the resolution said, Dr. Shafik had endangered both the welfare and the futures of the arrested students.

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Nemat Shafik, Columbia University’s besieged president, faced skeptics on Wednesday in a meeting with the university senate that could vote to censure her over her handling of protests on the Upper Manhattan campus. If Dr. Shafik ultimately remains atop Columbia, her meeting with the university senate made plain that it will likely be as a scarred figure. Dr. Shafik defended her choice to summon the New York authorities to campus, according to three people who attended the meeting at the law school. She said she believed, though, that it was necessary for the safety of protesting students. The group could vote on a censure as soon as Friday, but some senators were discussing the possibility of pursuing a more moderate course in the aftermath of Wednesday’s meeting.

Persons: Nemat Shafik, Columbia University’s, Shafik, Mike Johnson Organizations: Columbia, New Locations: Columbia, Manhattan, New York

covers the U.S. intelligence agencies and international security matters for The Times. He has written about security issues for more than two decades.

Organizations: The Times

☆ Live Updates: Yale Students Arrested as Campus Chaos Spreads
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Alan Blinder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

Some reportedly shouted at Jewish students and made antisemitic statements. Still, some Jewish students who are supporting the pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus said they felt solidarity, not a sense of danger, even as they denounced the acts of antisemitism. Image Grant Miner, a Jewish graduate student at Columbia University, says he doesn’t feel unsafe on campus. Jewish students get harassed trying to leave @Columbia’s campus tonight. Image At the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” on the Columbia campus, tents were crowded together Sunday night.

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