Tuesday Policy Forum

A weekly brown bag gathering for the discussion of various policy issues, coordinated by Professors Christopher H. Foreman and Robert Nelson. The Forum is held on Tuesday, 12:15-1:30 p.m., in the MSPP Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall.

Fall 2009

September 15
Christopher H. Foreman
"Environmental Justice: Reflections of a Sympathetic Skeptic”

September 22
Presentations will be made by Chinese executive masters students Bo Chen, Jinhua Tao, and Jian San; Senior Government Officials in Suzhou
"China's New Focus on the Environment”

September 29
Donald Kettl
"Accountability and the Rule of Law"

October 6
Robert W. Hahn
“Has Economic Analysis Improved Regulatory Decisions”

October 13
Tracy Gordon, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy; Jack Meyer, professor of the practice, School of Public Policy and School of Public Health; and Karoline Mortensen, assistant professor, School of Public Health
"National Health Reform: Prospects and Long Run Challenges"

October 20
Stacy Kosko
“The "Gypsies"| Europe's Largest, Poorest, and Fastest Growing Minority" 

October 27
Melissa Carrier
“The Business of Social Impact”

November 3
Susan Schwab
"The Role of the USTR"

November 10
Ken Strong
“A Window on the Stimulus: Weatherization Assistance in Baltimore”

November 17
Paul C. Light
“The Search for Social Entrepreneurship” 

November 24 – no Forum

December 1

Spring 2009

February 3
Andy Smarick
"Education Policymaking in the Bush White House”

February 17
John W. Frece
"Smart Growth in Maryland: An Insider's Perspective" 

March 3
Tracy Gordon
"Student and Faculty Roundtable on the U.S. Fiscal Future"

March 31
Kay Muir-Leresche
"What Happened in Zimbabwe? A Zimbabwean's Perspective"

April 7
Charles Weiss, distinguished professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; and
William Bonvillian, director of the MIT Washington Office
"Stimulating Technological Innovation in Energy"

April 14
Philip J. Cook
"The Drinking Age: Should It Be Reduced to 18?"

Tuesday, April 28
Dallas Burtraw
"A Carbon Cap and Trade System: Winners and Losers in the United States" 

Fall 2008

September 16
Frederick M. Hess
“The Future of Educational Entrepreneurship”

September 23
Mann H. Hur
“The Role and Conduct of Policy Analysis in Korea : Promoting Economic Growth and the New Problem of Income Inequality”

September 30
Wallace Oates
"Ideas in the Policy Arena: The Case of Cap-and-Trade Systems"

October 7
Jack Meyer
"The Obama and McCain Health Reform Plans: Comparative Assessment and Prospects for Moving Toward Universal Coverage"

October 14
Kenneth Apfel
"The Future of Social Security"

October 21
Douglas J. Besharov
"From Great Society to Continuous Improvement Government: A Preview of his Forthcoming APPAM Presidential Address"

October 28
James Gattuso
“The Regulatory Record of the Bush Administration: A Free Market Assessment"

November 4
School of Public Policy Presidential Election Day Seminar

November 11
Barry Zigas
“The Rise and Fall of Fannie Mae, and Its Future in Mortgage Finance”

November 18
Evan Kwerel, Office of Plans and Policy, Federal Communications Commission
"FCC Spectrum Auctions: An Economic Success Story"

November 25
No Forum

December 2
Allen Schick, Professor, Maryland School of Public Policy
"What's Happening: Will Bankrupt Corporations Bankrupt the Federal Government?"

December 9
David Luban, University Professor, Georgetown Law Center
"Unwinding the Torture Culture"

Spring 2008

February 5
James Gimpel
“Patchwork Nation: Researching the U.S. Electorate”

February 12
Laura Moore
"Graduate Student Employees and Adjunct Professors: The Case for Collective Bargaining" 

February 26
John Walker
"Proliferation Pointers from the Past:  Lessons from the UK Nuclear Weapons Programme 1952-1969"

March 4
Douglas M. Duncan
"Trends in Maryland Politics"

March 11
Rebecca M. Blank
"What's Happening in the Labor Market?" 

March 25
Roundtable Free-for-all led by MSPP Faculty
"Election 2008 and Beyond: Where Are We Heading?"

April 1
Alan Ehrenhalt
“Myths and Realities of the Downtown Comeback”

April 8
William A. Galston
"The Politics of Polarization"

April 15
John Rauh
"The Case for Public Financing of Federal Elections"

April 22
Sarah Staszak
"The Politics of Judicial Retrenchment"

April 29
Carmen Reinhart
"Is the 2007 U.S. Sub-Prime Financial Crisis So Different? An International Historical Comparison"

2007 Speakers

September 11
Steve Teles
“The Campaign for Social Security Privatization: The Limits of Long-Term Conservative Strategy”

September 18
Suzanne M. Bianchi, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland
"Changing Rhythms of American Family Life"

September 25
Michael S. Greve, The John G. Searle Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
"Competition as a Constitutional Value: Controlling Regulation and Litigation in an Era of Big Government"

October 2
Zachary M. Schrag, Assistant Professor of History, George Mason University
"Thinking Big: Lessons from the Washington Metro"

October 9
Cory Alexander, Vice President for Government Relations, Fannie Mae
"A Window on Fannie Mae: New Challenges in U.S. Housing Policy"

October 16
Robert H. Nelson, Professor, Maryland School of Public Policy
"The Philippine Economic Mystery”

October 23
Stephen J. Rose, Principal, Rose Economic Consulting
"Number Games: The Declining Middle Class and Other Economic Myths"

October 30
NO Forum (Ambassador Dennis Ross will deliver the Saul Stern Lecture on
"Statecraft: And How to Restore America's Standing in the World")

November 6
Annette Lareau, Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park
"Managing Children's Activities: Implications for the Gender Division of Labor"

November 13
Liliokanaio Peaslee, PhD Candidate, Politics and Social Policy, Brandeis University
"Agents of Social Change: Police Engagement in Social Policy in Four New England Cities"

November 20
Gabriel Murillo, Professor of Political Science, University of Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
"Deliberation for Civic Engagement in Latin America"

November 27
Mark Schmitt, Senior Fellow, New America Foundation; Columnist, The American Prospect
“Policy Analysis Across Sectors: Think Tanks, Philanthropy, Government"