Ballot Initiative Results
November 13, 2009
On November 3, voters decided on a range
of issues in various states, delivering defeats and victories
for gay rights, and rejecting tax limits.
Stories in U.S. Economy
New Poll: Californians Short on Hope
November 13, 2009
Eighty percent of voters think this state is heading in the wrong direction, finds the new USC College/Los Angeles Times Poll. While 60 percent approve of the job President Obama is doing, 62 percent are disillusioned with Gov. Schwarzenegger. USC’s Dan Schnur wonders whether the shine is off the Golden State.
Look Ahead: The Next Supreme Court Session
September 18, 2009
At an October event, law scholars from USC and elsewhere will assess the court’s dynamics and the role of new Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Reviving the Republicans: What the GOP Must Do To Take Back the Presidency
July 17, 2009
Conventional wisdom has the Grand Old Party on life support, its image dominated not by ideas but by infidelity distractions and the prospect of a conservative revival tour by the soon-to-be-former governor
of Alaska. USC’s Dan Schnur, who led communications for McCain 2000, points the way out of the wilderness.
Executive Pay
June 19, 2009
As the government seeks control over compensation, USC’s Kevin Murphy testifies to Congress that salary caps could cripple our economic health.
Giving Up Foreign Oil
May 15, 2009
With a combination of funding and willpower, Obama has the ability to steer America away from dependence on oil imports and toward green energy, a new-fuels expert says.
Bridging the Transportation Gap
April 17, 2009
As officials battle over stimulus funds and “shovel-ready” projects, they may be missing a golden opportunity to reform America’s transit system.
Scant Stimulus Money for the Arts
April 17, 2009
Why has the Obama administration given so much to the money-losing financial
and auto industries, and so little to the profitable business of creating art? Elizabeth Currid of the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development breaks down the stimulus plan’s $50 million allotment to the NEA.
100 Days of Obama
March 13, 2009
It’s report card time.
At an upcoming event, USC professors will grade the new administration’s first hundred days in the White House.
In Dark Times, Enterprise Zones Shine
March 13, 2009
A weak economy and hotly contested state budgets may prompt lawmakers to put enterprise zone programs on the chopping block, but that’s the last thing they should do, USC professors say. New research shows that, in California and other states, enterprise zones are bright spots of economic development and employment.
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