Experts in the News

Vivian Ho, director of the Center for Health and Biosciences, appeared on Houston Matters to discuss the future of the Affordable Care Act, including whether it would fail without additional action from Congress and how that might affect the Houston health care industry.

Russell A. Green, Will Clayton Fellow in International Economics, comments on meetings to begin this week between the U.S., Mexico and Canada on renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Political science fellow Mark P. Jones comments in a Texas Tribune story about the ethical questions raised by a Texas legislator's connection to the utility districts he oversees as a member of the House Special Districts Committee.

For would-be subscribers to Saudi Arabia's forthcoming IPO, the national oil company’s huge subsidy burden is emerging as a major bone of contention.

Fellow Joe Barnes comments in a Houston Chronicle story about a conspiracy theory involving a “covert anti-fracking campaign to foster global dependence on Russian gas.”