Quotes and Mentions - January 24, 2024
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“In making this information available, we are building on the historic achievements of the right-to-know movement.”
Michael Ash, economics and public policy, co-director of PERI’s Corporate Toxics Information Project, is quoted in a story about the latest PERI Toxic 100 Indexes.
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Reporting on expansion plans by an electric utility in Georgia cites the annual Greenhouse 100 Suppliers Index released by the UMass Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) last October.
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Research by Michelle Budig, sociology, is cited in a report on a new pay transparency law in Hawaii.
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In an article about how President Biden’s campaign is strategizing his policy pitch, Arindrajit Dube, economics, is listed as one of the experts that Biden’s team has reached out to for informal talks.
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“The vibes are catching up with the hard data on the economy, and the Great Vibecession is looking increasingly … transitory."
Dube is also quoted in an article about the end of the “vibesession,” where consumers don’t feel good about the economy regardless of what the data says.
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There is additional syndication of an op-ed written by Jayati Ghosh, economics, about job challenges facing India as a result of its rapid economic growth.
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“He’s got a very special relationship with a core group of Republican voters, there’s no doubt about that. People are upset for a lot of reasons, people are angry. They have grievances about political beliefs, some of them economically aren’t doing too well, they’re anxious about how the country is changing so fast. He expertly taps into all those qualms, all those concerns, and he seems like a fighter.”
Raymond La Raja, political science and co-director of the UMass Poll, comments on former President Donald Trump’s appeal to Republican voters.
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The forthcoming book by Ofer Sharone, sociology, is discussed in a Washington Post column about how unemployment stigma affects older and highly experienced job seekers. The Stigma Trap: College-Educated, Experienced, and Long-Term Unemployed will be released on January 30 and featured in an upcoming SBS newsletter.
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“Consumers were reluctant to fully adopt reformulated products. Manufacturers can be reluctant to change their products because people get used to certain tastes and flavors."
There is additional coverage of research co-authored by Christian Rojas, economics, finding that recommendations that Americans consume less salt are thwarted by consumer behavior.
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“Given the slow pace of the U.S. justice system and the likelihood of protracted appeals, I do not expect the multiple lawsuits filed against Trump to pose a practical obstacle to his presidential campaign. I also don’t think the long list of accusations against the former president significantly weakens the support he enjoys among most Republican voters.”
Alexander Theodoridis, political science and co-director of the UMass Poll, is one of 10 political experts weighing in on the expected Joe Biden-Donald Trump presidential rematch.
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“This is a form of implicit collusion. Firms do not even need to talk to one another to know that a cost shock is a great time to raise prices. But when costs fall, price setting firms do not have any incentive to decrease prices."
Isabella Weber, economics, is quoted in an article reporting that half of recent U.S. inflation is due to corporate profits. Weber says corporations maintain high prices by exploiting cost shocks caused by world events and coordinating price hikes.
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