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Q&A with Ben Polak: The former provost returns to teaching Monday, December 14, 2020 Ben Polak, the William C. Brainard Professor of Economics, stepped down as Provost in February 2020 after serving seven years in the position. He has rejoined his faculty peers in the department resuming his teaching. We asked Professor Polak what his time was like as Provost and how his time has been back in front of the class (albeit virtual this term).   As an economist, what strengths do you feel you brought to the provost position? Economists, me included, bring strengths but also weaknesses to adminis...

and what did she do with jennifer grandholm. to heck with it if this convention didn't get you fired up, then step aside. two months two men with a plan and two ways to park your car. >> in romney's world the cars get the elevator and the workers get the shaft. too much for you mitt? too bad. ♪ >> jennifer: good evening, i'm jennifer grandholm. and i'm exhausted. as you may have heard i gave this little speech last night at the democratic national convention. it was totally fun, exciting a wild ride. there was so much energy inside the convention hall i just had to hold on for dear...

he president wrapped up his convention. 96,000 new jobs were added last month, which dropped the unemployment rate from 8.3% to 8.1%. but it is not good enough. here is how the campaigns spun the jobs report. >> today we learned that after losing around 800,000 jobs a month when i took office, businesses added jobs for the 30th month in a row. [ cheers and applause ] >> he was going to get people back to work. you remember with his -- his stimulus plan. the stimulus said if we let him borrow $787 billion he would hold unemployment below 8%. it has been 43 strai...