Experts in the News

"To simply assume that if we close our doors, employers will be forced to hire workers at whatever wage they want ... that's just not the case. What will happen is that things will simply slow down," Mexico Center director Tony Payan says.

The Center for Energy Studies, led by fellow Ken Medlock, co-curated a World Economic Forum map that helps you make sense of the forces driving change in the energy sector by exploring the latest strategic trends, research and analysis: https://bit.ly/2HqPr6H  (free registration required)

“They know there’s going to be policy change directed toward lowering drug prices, so they’re doing whatever they can to sort of counter that,” Vivian Ho, Center for Health and Biosciences director, told NPR’s Marketplace of Eli Lilly's plan to sell a generic insulin: https://bit.ly/2TtxwTb

“It’s very reasonable to think that if these people are fighting on the land, they’re going to fight in cyberspace,” nonresident scholar Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera says of cartels using social media for stalking, extortion and violence: https://bit.ly/2VyHj7Z

Drug policy fellow Katharine Neill Harris testifies at a hearing for HB 63, which would reduce penalties for low0level marijuana possession.