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Political Science 271: Gateway to American Public Policy, Professor Jacob Hacker

Spring 2012, Mondays and Wednesdays 2:30-3:20, DL 220

Syllabus
Introduction to critical thinking about current domestic policy issues, such as economic inequality, job insecurity, the federal debt, environmental protection, criminal justice, and education. Prominent invited experts lead a series of modules, each on a current policy topic in their area of expertise. This year’s lecturers include:

• Stanley Greenberg, pollster and former advisor to President Clinton (On the Budget and the Middle Class)
• Steven Brill, CEO of Press+, an online journalism site, and author of Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America’s Schools (On the Struggle to Reform Public Education)
• James Forman, Professor of Law at Yale, and co-founder of Maya Angelou Public Charter School (On the Struggle to Reform Public Education) 
• Gus Speth, Former Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Professor of Law, Vermont Law School (On energy and the environment)
• Daniel Esty, Professor of Environmental Law and Policy (Yale) and Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) (On energy and the environment)
• Douglas Kysar, Deputy Dean of Yale Law School (On energy and the environment)
• Chris Dodd, former Senator (D-CT), Chairman and CEO of Motion Picture Association of America (On Wall Street and the Regulation of Finance)
• Bob Herbert, Disguished Senior Fellow, Demos, and former New York Times columnist (On race and inequality)  

 “The Volatility Economy: Wall Street, Main Street, and the Middle Class,” a Panel Discussion

November 29, 2011

Joe Nocera, New York Times columnist and author most recently of the bestselling All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis (with Bethany McLean) will be moderating the discussion.

View a webcast of the event on the Yale YouTube channel.

The panel will feature presentations and discussion by:
• Robert J. Shiller, Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics, Yale University – Market Volatility Past and Present
• William Casey King, Executive Director, Yale Center for Analytical Sciences, Yale School of Public Health – Can Regulation Control Market Volatility?
• Frank Hatheway, Chief Economist, NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. – An Insider’s Perspective
• Jacob S. Hacker, Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science and the new Director of ISPS, Yale University – The Middle Class At Risk

Experimental Methods in the Social Sciences: A Debate

October 20, 2009

Recent innovations in the theory and practice of field experimentation have lead some scholars to suggest the primacy of experiments for making causal claims. As with all bold promulgations in academe, many other researchers reject the notion that field experiments are the new “gold standard” of social scientific research. In this debate we will explore the issue from multiple angles — papers will be presented in favor of theory-building, observational studies, as well as problem (as opposed to method) driven research. This page is designed as a resource for those interested in reading more about experimental methods in the social sciences.

Bioethics Annual Margaret Farley Lecture: LeRoy Walters, Georgetown

November 17, 2009

LeRoy Walters Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Professor of Christian Ethics, Kennedy Institute, Georgetown University: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and People with Disabilities: A German Theologian Confronts Nazi Eugenics and Euthanasia