Fall 2012
The 2012 Election: Policy Advice to the President
Registration Course Schedule Readings Directions Discussions Video Recordings Past Courses
| Links to the video recordings of each session will be posted here within a few days after each course. |
| Date | Topic | Featured Lecturers |
| September |
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| 5 | Introduction – Policy Advice to the President | Joan Fitzgerald Interim Dean, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs |
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Setti Warren Mayor, City of Newton |
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| Barry Bluestone’s Presentation | Barry Bluestone Founding Dean, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs |
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| 12 | Economic Recovery – Fiscal Policy (Taxes & Spending) (Deficit/Debt) | Greg Mankiw, Economic Adviser to Republican Candidate Mitt Romney; Professor of Economics, Harvard University |
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Larry Summers, Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury; Professor, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government | |
| 19 | Economic Recovery – Industrial Policy/Labor Policy/Trade PolicyView the videos |
Thomas Kochan, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management |
| Thomas Kochan’s presentationJohn Kwoka’s presentationEmployment Policy Paper by Thomas KochanHarvard Magazine Interview with Thomas Kochan | John Kwoka, Professor of Economics, Northeastern University | |
| 26 | Economic Recovery – Monetary Policy and the FedView the videos |
Eric Rosengren, CEO & President, Boston Federal Reserve Bank |
| Eric Rosengren’s presentationMinehan’s slide | Cathy Minehan, Dean, Simmons College School of Management; former CEO & President, Boston Federal Reserve Bank | |
| October | ||
| 3 | Income Inequality and Social MobilityView the videos |
Barry Bluestone, Founding Dean, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University |
| Bluestone’s presentationBradbury’s presentation | Kathy Bradbury, Senior Economist and Policy Adviser, Boston Federal Reserve Bank | |
| 10 | Foreign Policy – Defense Spending & Defense DeploymentView the videos |
Graham Allison, Professor of Government, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government |
| Allison’s presentation | Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government; national security and foreign policy columnist, The Boston Globe | |
| 17 | Foreign Policy and Homeland Security– Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan | Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government |
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Stephen Kinzer, Professor of International Relations, Boston University | |
| 24 | Health Care – “Obamacare” and its Future/Medicare-Medicaid | Michael Dukakis, Former Governor of Massachusetts; 1988 Democratic nominee for President; Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University |
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Wendy Parmet, Associate Dean and Professor, Northeastern University School of Law | |
| 31 | Health Care – Cost Containment | Steve D’Amato, former Director of the State Rating Bureaul, MA Division of Insurance |
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Regina Herzlinger, Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School | |
| Herzlinger’s presentation | James Roosevelt, Jr., President and CEO, Tufts Health Plan | |
| Seltz’ presentation | David Seltz, Special Adviser on Health Care Cost Containment to Governor Deval Patrick | |
| November | ||
| 7 | Post-Election Analysis | Michael Dukakis, Former Governor of Massachusetts; 1988 Democratic nominee for President; Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University |
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Robert DeLeo, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| Setti Warren, Mayor of Newton | ||
| Sonia Chang-Diaz, member of the Massachusetts State Senate | ||
| Vinny deMacedo, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | ||
| Rami Khouri, Director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut | ||
| Paul Watanabe, Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Asian American Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston | ||
| 14 | Crime and Punishment – Safe Streets, Imprisonment, | Ed Davis, Boston Police Commissioner |
| Gun Policy | Ed Powell, Executive Director of Street Safe Boston | |
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Jon Feinman, Executive Director, Inner City Weightlifting | |
| 21 | Thanksgiving Break – No Class | |
| 28 | K-12 Education & Early Childhood Development | Jim Stergios, Executive Director, Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research |
| Click here for related documents provided by Jim Stergios | Paul Toner,President, Massachusetts Teachers Association | |
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Tassy Warren, Center for the Developing Child at Harvard University | |
| December | ||
| 5 | Immigration | Eva Millona, Executive Director, Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition |
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Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe columnist | |
| Millona’s presentation | Robert Hedlund, Massachusetts State Senate | |
| 12 | Wrap Up Session – Leveraging the Power of the Presidency | Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts |
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Michael Dukakis, Former Governor of Massachusetts; 1988 Democratic nominee for President; Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University | |
| Barry Bluestone, Founding Dean, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs | ||
| Setti Warren, Mayor of Newton | ||
| Jay Kaufman, Massachusetts House of Representatives | ||