In this timely, special edition of EJB Talks, Stuart Shapiro speaks with two members of the Bloustein community who are personally touched by the war– undergraduate public health major Solomiya Mykolyk, and public policy professor Andrea Hetling.
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The Voorhees Transportation Center: A Leader in Transportation Research, Education and Training
VTC’s core strengths relate to transportation in the built environment and its work in transit-oriented development, pedestrian and bicycle mobility and safety, healthy community design, smart growth, and transportation and social equity.
The Heldrich Center: A National Center of Workforce Development, Policy, and Scholarship
The Heldrich Center is one of the nation’s foremost research and policy organizations dedicated to strengthening the American workplace during an era of rapid global economic change.
New Jersey Policy Lab: The Challenges Associated with Making “Good” Public Policy
Policy analysis can illuminate the choices but, like science, it cannot answer questions definitively. The goal of policy analysis, and the New Jersey Policy Lab, is to provide decision-makers with the best information possible available to make better decisions.
Wrapping it up: 2021 politics with Stuart Shapiro
Wrapping up the year with a discussion about the Biden Administration, the Build Back Better bill, and the administration’s improved COVID response.
Senate vaccine mandate vote shows Congressional weakness on regulations
Last week, the Senate voted 52-48 to use the Congressional Review Act to repeal the regulations issued by OSHA to mandate vaccines or COVID-19 testing in workplaces with more than 100 employees. The vote generated headlines but the impact of the vote...
Research: Reviving more than rationalitiy–using cost-benefit analysis to evaluate regulations
Cost-benefit analysis became particularly contentious during the Trump administration. The administration ignored cost-benefit analysis in favor of “cost analysis” of regulation.
Elizabeth Cooner appointed Executive Director of New Jersey Policy Lab
With more than twenty years of professional experience, Dr. Cooner has worked in higher education, survey research, and management consulting.
Democrats’ use of Congressional Review Act puts filibuster debate in new light
Last week, the window closed on the ability of the Democrats in the Senate to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to repeal regulations issued late in the Trump administration. The Democrats in the Senate passed three CRA resolutions in the past four months. One...
NJDOL Commissioner speaks on policy, politics, and positive change post-pandemic
Career paths, New Jersey Department of Labor’s pandemic response, and how the crisis has the potential to make a positive change, increasing faith in a more competent government