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Joe White, Ph.D. – Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Friday January 14, 2022
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.
\nOnline Zoom Meeting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Colleagues:<\/p>\n

Greetings and Happy New Year! I hope that your holidays have been happy and safe, and filled with comfort and joy. I also hope that only health and good things come your way in 2022.<\/p>\n

As part of being careful to stay healthy, the \u201cFriday Lunch,\u201d a CWRU tradition since 1989, continues on Zoom.<\/strong>\u00a0I would like to think we\u2019ll be able to have some in-person meetings sometime during the term, but with classes mostly on Zoom for the first two weeks of the semester, we certainly can\u2019t hold a non-class meeting.<\/p>\n

The Public Affairs Discussion Group (the formal name) presents experts from campus and sometimes beyond to discuss important issues for the university, local community, nation or the international stage. We hope to encourage discussion or at least vigorous Q&A.<\/span><\/p>\n

This Week\u2019s Program<\/h3>\n

We begin 2022, and the second year of the Biden presidency, with a look at the central policy battle in national politics: the attempt by Biden and the congressional leadership to reorient the U.S.A.\u2019s political economy with new policies enacted through the federal budget process.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2021 ended with a major setback, as Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced he would not support the reconciliation bill Democrats have been calling the \u201cBuild Back Better Act.\u201d But we should remember that the Democrats did pass an earlier reconciliation, the<\/span>\u00a0American Rescue Plan Act<\/span><\/a>, as well as the<\/span>\u00a0Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act<\/span><\/a>. Federal budgeting is frequently on the brink not simply of policy disappointments but of disasters: a \u201cgovernment shutdown\u201d because money is not appropriated to operate many agencies, or even the risk of default because the ceiling on the national debt is not lifted. In another sort-of-success, on December 16, the day after the Treasury said it would run out of money,<\/span>\u00a0the debt ceiling was fixed until after the 2022 election<\/span><\/a>. But a shutdown is still quite possible. Republicans chose not to filibuster a \u201ccontinuing resolution\u201d that will keep the government operating<\/span>\u00a0through February 18<\/span><\/a>, but there is a huge difference between what the Democrats want to appropriate and what Republicans will accept.<\/p>\n

I spent most of December writing a book chapter about this mess, so I figure I ought to try to explain it to the Friday Lunch.<\/strong>\u00a0Especially since it would be a large part of any retrospective on President Biden\u2019s first year. Any discussion of federal budgeting faces an analogue to the \u201c<\/span>Antonioni Problem<\/span><\/a>\u201d (does a movie about<\/span>\u00a0boredom<\/span><\/a>\u00a0have to be boring?). Namely, does a talk about total confusion have to be totally confusing? We\u2019ll see!<\/span><\/p>\n

Signing In<\/h3>\n

This semester’s discussions will begin at 12:30 p.m., the usual time. The meeting will be set up as from Noon to 2:00 p.m., so people are not all signing in at the same time and to allow for the discussion to run a bit long.\u00a0Each week we will send out this newsletter with information about the topic. It will also include a link to register (for free) for the discussion.<\/strong>\u00a0Every Monday the same information will be posted on our website:<\/span>\u00a0fridaylunch.case.edu<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you register, you will automatically receive from the Zoom system the link to join the meeting. This week’s link for registration is:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/cwru.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJIrfu6sqj8iGtNLY_lj3VA80-dlAlAkeBVw<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.<\/p>\n

Please e-mail<\/span>\u00a0padg@case.edu<\/span><\/a>\u00a0if you have questions about how the Zoom version of the Friday Lunch will work or any other suggestions. Or call at 216 368-2426 and we’ll try to get back to you. We are very pleased to be partnering this semester with the<\/span>\u00a0Siegal Lifelong Learning Program<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to share information about the discussions.<\/p>\n

Best wishes for safety and security for you and yours,<\/p>\n

Joe White
\nLuxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy and Director, Center for Policy Studies<\/span><\/p>\n

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About Our Guest<\/span><\/h3>\n

Joe White<\/strong>\u00a0joined the CWRU faculty in 2000, serving as Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy in the Department of Political Science. As director of the Center for Policy Studies, he also organizes the Public Affairs Discussion Group. He previously was Associate Professor in the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and before that Research Associate and then Senior Fellow in Governmental Studies at the Brookings Institution. He teaches a series of courses on public policy and U.S. politics, and his research involves both health care policy and federal budgeting. As a scholar of budgeting, Professor White in 2014 received the Aaron Wildavsky Award for lifetime achievement from the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management. He testified to the congressional Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

Schedule of Friday Lunch Upcoming Topics and Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

January 21: Multilateralism in an Era of Rising Nationalism.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Kathryn C. Lavelle, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Ellen and Dixon Long Professor of World Affairs.<\/p>\n

January 28: In Defense of Judgment.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Michael W. Clune, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Samuel B. and Virginia C. Knight Professor of Humanities.<\/p>\n

February 4: Cognitive Decline and the Workplace.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Sharona Hoffman, J.D.<\/strong>, Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law.<\/p>\n

February 11: What, if Anything, Have We Learned From Cybersecurity Regulation So Far?<\/strong>\u00a0Wtih\u00a0Tom Alrich<\/strong>, consultant on cybersecurity regulation especially for the electric power industry.<\/p>\n

February 18: TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n

February 25: TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n

March 4: The Present and Future of Cryptocurrency.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Peter Zimmerman, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Research Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.<\/p>\n

March 11: Spring Break<\/strong><\/p>\n

March 18: Inflation.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Mark Sniderman, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Executive in Residence and Adjunct Professor of Economics, Weatherhead School of Management; former Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.<\/p>\n

March 25: Covid-19 Through Covid-22: The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same?<\/strong>\u00a0Wtih\u00a0Mark Cameron, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Associate Professor of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences.<\/p>\n

April 1: The French Presidential Election.<\/strong>\u00a0Wtih\u00a0Patrick Chamorel, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Senior Resident Scholar and Lecturer, Stanford in Washington, Stanford University.<\/p>\n

April 8: TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 15: TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 22: TBA<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Center for Policy Studies
\nPublic Affairs Discussion Group<\/strong><\/p>\n

Biden and the Budget: Building Back Better, or Not<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joe White, Ph.D. – Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday January 14, 2022
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.
\nOnline Zoom Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Colleagues:<\/p>\n

Greetings and Happy New Year! I hope that your holidays have been happy and safe, and filled with comfort and joy. I also hope that only health and good things come your way in 2022.<\/p>\n

As part of being careful to stay healthy,<\/p>\n

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