On Tuesday, April 2, 2013, four students from the Policy Research Shop (PRS) of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center traveled to Concord, NH to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Senator Sharon Carson. Austin Goldberg '13, Adam Nasser '15, Portia Schultz '15, and Grace Hart '13 presented two PRS policy briefs—
[more]During the December break, I had the opportunity to speak to the Dartmouth Club of Utah about interesting developments both at Dartmouth and in the world of public policy. With the fiscal cliff looming, the topic of budget policy was on everyone’s mind. (See this recent Faculty Forum and
[more]Many Dartmouth alums are involved in public service. This includes not only elected officials, but innovators for the public good. One such alumnus is Michael Belinsky ’08. Belinsky was involved in a number of Rocky programs including RLF and the 2007 Democratic Presidential Debate. He has also given back to undergrads as a MLDP speaker.
[more]Vol. 18, No. 2 -- Fall 2012
[more]During the last 80 years, no incumbent President seeking re-election has been defeated in the general election unless he first faced serious opposition for his party’s nomination. Since President Obama faced no opposition in securing the Democratic Party’s nomination, it would be unprecedented in the modern era for him not to carry the election in November. Prediction markets currently assign a 59.7 percent chanceto President Obama winning re-election.
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