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PIPE* Workshop: Thad Kousser, UC San Diego

USC Sol Price School of Public Policy Dauterive Hall, #302 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626, Los Angeles, CA, US

Life, Literacy, and The Pursuit of Prosperity: Party Competition & Policy Outcomes in 50 States About the Talk: We examine whether strenuous party competition promotes economic development and improves social outcomes, drawing on evidence from the 50 American states over the last century. Our evidence includes data on party competition, state spending, and measures of Read more…

PIPE* Workshop: Steven Liao, UCRiverside

Verna and Peter Dauterive Hall 645 Exposition Boulevard, Room 302, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

Foreign Real Estate Investment and Incumbent Party Support in the U.S. Few economic issues affect people as personally and universally as housing. Yet despite the increasing globalization of housing markets, little is known about its effect on political behavior. This study explores how Chinese investments in U.S. residential property shaped Read more…

Lunch with a Leader: Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Councilmember, 8th District of Los Angeles

USC Widney Alumni House 635 Childs Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

Marqueece Harris-Dawson is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing District 8 since 2015. This 18 square-mile district geographically ranges from Baldwin Hills to Watts and all the middle-class neighborhoods in-between. From the greatest concentration of African American wealth to the least. Beautiful well-maintained homes to areas of blight.  Within 18 Read more…

Black Identity Extremism (BIE) Forum NEW DATE!

USC Taper Hall 3501 Trousdale Parkway Room 201, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

An F.B.I. Intelligence Assessment leaked in October determined, "The FBI assesses it is very likely Black Identity Extremist (BIE) perceptions of police brutality against African Americans spurred an increase in premeditated, retaliatory lethal violence against law enforcement and will very likely serve as justification for such violence." During a November Read more…

Dean Jack Knott in Conversation with Raphael Bostic

Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall 650 Childs Way, 308, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

Join Dean Jack Knott for a conversation with USC Professor and President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Raphael Bostic, as they talk about the state and direction of the economy; organizational governance, management, and leadership; and how opportunity and mobility, both economic and social, can become Read more…

PIPE* Workshop: R. Michael Alvarez, Caltech

USC Sol Price School of Public Policy 650 Childs Way, Room 103, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

Why Did Residual Votes Increase in the 2016 Election? Did you know that nearly 2% of voters who went to the polls in 2016 failed to cast a vote for president? This 2% “residual vote rate” is nearly double the rate in the presidential elections from 2004–2012. Did the increased Read more…

The Feres Doctrine, Service Members, & the Courts

Sol Price School of Public Policy Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall 650 Childs Way, Room 308, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626, Los Angeles, CA, US

Closing the Courthouse Doors to Service Members: Exploring the Public Policy Implications of the Supreme Court’s Feres Doctrine Limited seating; must register! Under the Feres doctrine, a policy stemming from a 1950 Supreme Court case states military personnel are categorically banned from filing suits for harm incurred while on duty.  Read more…

Governance Salon: Sarah Binder & Mark Spindel

USC Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall, Room 308 650 Childs Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626, Los Angeles, CA, US

The Myth of Independence: How Congress Governs the Federal Reserve Sarah and Mark will explore the Fed’s past, present, & future and challenge the myth of its independence. They will discuss their unique account of Congress’s role in steering this evolution.  Sarah Binder is professor of political science at George Read more…

Parties & Partisanship in the Age of Trump Symposium

USC Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall, Room 308 650 Childs Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626, Los Angeles, CA

Partisan polarization has steadily increased in recent years.  Democrats and Republicans in Congress have become two ideologically divided groups, with little ability to work together to solve the nation's problems.  And, citizens have increasingly used partisanship to guide their voting decisions, even as they diverge more and more on answers to Read more…

PIPE* Workshop: Brian Newman, Pepperdine University

USC Sol Price School of Public Policy Dauterive Hall, Rm. 302 645 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

Presidents and the Congressional Black Caucus: Electoral Incentives and Budget Politics Brian Newman will discuss his research paper (co-authored with John Griffin of University of Colorado, Boulder).  What are the racial consequences of presidents’ incentives to move toward the median voter as elections approach?  If presidents move toward the center, they Read more…

PIPE* Workshop: Sarah Anderson, UCSB

Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall 650 Childs Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

"Why Legislators Don’t Compromise and What to Do About It" Legislative solutions to society’s pressing problems usually require compromise, but we find that around a quarter of state legislators and many elected city officials reject proposals that move policy in their preferred direction and make them better off. The legislators Read more…

Lunch with a Leader: Joanelle Romero, Founder, RedNation Media

USC Heritage Hall, Bashor Lounge 3501 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

As an actress, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, producer and filmmaker of American Indian performing arts including programming on her Red Nation Media Network Channel, Joanelle Romero has entertained, inspired, moderated, enlightened the general public for nearly 40+ years. Using media as a primary tool, Romero has created a connection within Indian Read more…

PIPE* Workshop: Janna Rezaee, USC

Dauterive Hall Room 302, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

"Revolving Doors" co-authored by Ryan Hubert, UC Berkeley Janna Rezaee's research focuses on the "revolving door" between government and the private sector as an institutional response to policy-development monopolies. The prevailing wisdom about the revolving door is that it provides leverage to business interests to shape policy outcomes in their Read more…

The Holt Lecture: Empowering Women in the Workplace with Gretchen Carlson

Town and Gown 665 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

The Holt Lecture featuring Gretchen Carlson Empowering Women in the Workplace The 2018 Holt Lecture will feature a conversation with Gretchen Carlson, formerly of Fox News, and Professor Lisa Schweitzer. Carlson helped change the cultural conversation around sexual harassment in the workplace when she filed and won a lawsuit against the then-chairman of Fox Read more…

PIPE* Workshop: Jeff Lewis, UCLA

Verna and Peter Dauterive Hall 645 Exposition Boulevard, Room 302, Los Angeles, CA 90089, Los Angeles, CA, US

The Challenge of Measuring Political Polarization in the US over Time using Congressional Roll Call Votes Jeff Lewis is professor of Political Science, UCLA.  He is also the current president of the Society for Political Methodology. His research and teaching are in the areas of quantitative methodology and American politics. Read more…

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