The Strong Job Market and Sliding College Enrollment
A hot job market is spurring a decline in college enrollment — with possible downsides for would-be students once the labor market cools.
Joyce Beebe July 13, 2022
77 Results
Engineers and Economists Prize Efficiency, but Nature Favors Resilience — Lessons From Texas, COVID-19 and the 737 Max
Baker Institute Rice Faculty Scholar and University Professor Moshe Vardi analyzes three recent crises — the 2021 winter storm in Texas, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Boeing 737 Max software failure — that highlight the cost of valuing efficiency over resilience and provide lessons for bringing society into balance.
Moshe Vardi May 19, 2021
The United States and Mexico: A New Chapter in the Binational Relationship?
Is Mexico's President López Obrador, a Trump fan, capable of making the changes needed for a new and different relationship with the U.S.? The authors examine López Obrador's early moves, which portend a difficult four years.
Tony Payan, Rodrigo Montes de Oca February 2, 2021
Lessons From 2020: To Avoid Future Disasters, Improve Science Communication
2020 will go down in history as a year of unprecedented natural disasters. Wildfires in California and Colorado were the…
Scott Solomon December 15, 2020
COVID-19 and the Texas Rainy Day Fund
In late July, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar delivered a bleak economic outlook for the state’s economy: the amount of general revenue funds available for the current biennium is expected to be $11.5 billion less than originally estimated. Should the state tap into its rainy day fund to offset the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and facilitate a stable recovery?
Joyce Beebe November 4, 2020
Where Have All the Domestic Graduate Students Gone?
University Professor Moshe Vardi condemns the actions taken by the U.S. government to restrict the immigration of technical workers into the country but also questions why the U.S. has become so dependent on international students as the major workforce for its academic science and engineering research enterprise. Baker Institute Blog: https://bit.ly/3llmHg2
Moshe Vardi October 6, 2020
After the PPP: What Is There for Mid-sized Entities?
Public finance fellow Joyce Beebe reviews loan programs and proposals that aim to fund mid- to large-sized entities and nonprofit organizations after the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) stops accepting applications on June 30, 2020. Baker Institute Blog: https://bit.ly/3dh14sT
Joyce Beebe June 19, 2020
Why Black Americans Are Dying at Higher Rates From Covid-19
Racial disparities in the U.S. have created vulnerabilities in certain populations and put their health at increased risk. Over time, this created a perfect storm for the pandemic to have unequal effects.
Quianta Moore May 7, 2020
In a Post-pandemic Global Economy, Expect Only the Fittest to Survive — And Emerge Stronger Than Ever
The Covid-19 pandemic may spur a period of "economic Darwinism," finishing off weak businesses and favoring wealthy nations, write the authors.
David A. Gantz, Bashar H. Malkawi April 27, 2020
How Does the CARES Act Help Recent College Graduates (And the Class of 2020)?
Public finance fellow Joyce Beebe explores provisions of the CARES act, Congress' third Covid-19 relief package, that benefit newly minted college graduates. https://bit.ly/3aan8DX
Joyce Beebe April 16, 2020