Experts in the News

“Absent a major technological breakthrough, coal will most likely remain a staple of the global energy diet,” wrote energy fellow Anna Mikulska.

“All it would take is a couple of raids here in Houston and [undocumented workers] will essentially go to ground,” fellow Mark Jones said about President Trump’s threats to remove illegal immigrants from the U.S.

“Corruption has affected Pemex for decades,” said postdoctoral research fellow José Iván Rodríguez-Sánchez. “ It is necessary to combat corruption in this sector, and the Financial Intelligence Unit is carrying out some of these investigations. Its success will depend on the transparency in these prosecutions and the sanctions established at the end of them.” “ ”

Jennifer Rabb, director and fellow of the McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth, joined Bob Harvey, president and CEO of the Greater Houston Partnership, for a conversation on the leading market indicators impacting Greater Houston.

The 2018 election results helped pull the Texas Republican Party back toward the center by signaling to conservative firebrands like Dan Patrick that if they didn't tone down their rhetoric, they'd run the risk of Republicans losing Texas, said fellow Mark Jones.