Start: January 23, 2025 5 p.m.
End: January 23, 2025 6 p.m.
Location: Whitinger Business Building, Room 144
Contact Details
Institute for the Study of Political Economy
765-285-5376
**Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been rescheduled to April 1st.**
Economics provides a powerful toolset of skills that are in high demand in a wide variety of settings. Being sought for these skills can be a double-edged sword, inviting passionate criticism alongside praise and inviting you to other parties’ squabbles. This talk describes some of the unique challenges of economics as rhetoric in the public policy space. Special emphasis will be placed on the forms of communication used by new graduates and the delivery of economic analysis through public presentations and “one-page memos.”
Justin M. Ross is an Economics and Public Finance Professor at Indiana University’s Paul H. O’Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs. His research investigates the implications of various tax system designs on effective governance. He has been featured in the top journals of the field, including the Journal of Public Economics, National Tax Journal, Public Budgeting & Finance, Public Administration Review, and many others. He is co-editor-in-chief of Public Budgeting & Finance, the scholarly journal of record for the Association of Public Budgeting & Finance, and co-author of the widely adopted textbook Fiscal Administration: Analysis and Applications for the Public Sector (11th edition, 2024, Cengage). He teaches graduate coursework in Benefit-Cost Analysis, Public Financial Administration, and Economics. He has served on various task forces for state tax reform.