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This album features programs sponsored by the Institute of Governmental Affairs at the University of California, Davis, focused on domestic policy issues,including the current economic crisis. The institute is drawing upon the expertise of UC Davis social scientists, and others, to provide analysis and commentary on the multiple critical issues facing the nation.
- 13 - The Financial Crisis: An Inside View
Phillip Swagel, former assistant secretary for economic policy, U.S. Treasury Department, discusses the financial crisis from an insider's point of view.
Thu, 15 Oct 2009 - 12 - Global Migration and U.S. Immigration Reform: Where Do We Stand?
During this talk sponsored by the UC Davis Institute of Governmental Affairs, global migration and immigration reform are discussed by Kevin Johnson, dean and professor at the UC Davis School of Law, and Philip Martin, UC Davis professor of agricultural and resource economics, and chair of the UC Comparative Immigration and Integration Program.
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 - 11 - The Accidental Deduction: A History and Critique of the Tax Subsidy for Mortgage Interest
Dennis Ventry, acting professor of law at UC Davis School of Law, talks about the tax subsidy for mortgage interest as part of the Institute of Governmental Affairs Policy Watch Seminar series.
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 - 10 - Constitutional Challenges to the Health Care Law
Vikram Amar, associate dean for academic affairs and professor of law at UC Davis, speaks on the constitutional challenges to the health care law as part of the Institute of Governmental Affairs Policy Watch Seminar series.
Wed, 09 Feb 2011 - 9 - Sex, Crime and Problems in School
Bill McCarthy, professor of sociology at UC Davis, explores the connections between adolescent romantic relationships and deviant behavior as part of the Institute of Governmental Affairs Policy Watch Seminar series.
Wed, 16 Feb 2011 - 8 - Physician Wages Higher in Specialties
Paul Leigh, professor of public health sciences at UC Davis, discusses the possibility that too many specialists are driving up the costs of medical care.
Wed, 16 Mar 2011 - 7 - State of the Safety Net in Post-Welfare Reform EraFri, 01 Apr 2011
- 6 - Ideology and Spacial Voting in American Elections
Stephen Jessee, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin, discusses voters' ideological preferences, and the influence of party identification on voters' decisions on presidential elections.
Fri, 13 May 2011 - 5 - Boehner's Dilemma: Candidates, Voters, and the Tea Party in the 2010 Elections
Walt Stone, professor of political science, discusses the effects of the Tea Party on the 2010 election.
Wed, 12 Oct 2011 - 4 - Immigration and Labor Markets During the Last Decade
Giovanni Peri, professor of economics at UC Davis, discusses immigration and its impact on the labor market in the United States.
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 - 3 - Privatization and Its Discontents: The Shared Fate of Public Education and the Public Lands
Louis Warren, professor of history at UC Davis, discusses how public education and the land set aside for public universities are a legacy of the homestead era.
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 - 2 - Buying National: Democracy and Discrimination in Public Procurement
Daniel Y. Kono, associate professor of political science at UC Davis, discusses "explanations of procurement discrimination, why some governments discriminate more than others and why governments use procurement discrimination as opposed to other types of protectionist instruments."
Wed, 23 May 2012 - 1 - Religious Conservatives and Safe Sex
Robert S. Taylor, associate professor of political science at UC Davis, dissects the religious conservative view on HPV vaccination. His focus is "an imminent criticism of the religious conservative position," as he believes that "the policies don't follow the religious conservative position."
Wed, 30 May 2012
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