Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs

Join us Wednesday, March 26, as Dr. Alex Bentley discusses Dilution of Expertise, Disinformation, and Social Division at 1:00 p.m. in the Toyota Auditorium for this month's Foreign Affairs Forum.

Cue Rocky Top ?? We can't wait to meet our newest #BakerVols! It's time to confirm your admission and join us for ?? New Vol Admit Day on March 29. #NewVols

Economics, Tigers, and Panthers, oh my! Students from Pigeon Forge and Powell High Schools were treated to a day in the life of Baker School students with lessons in economics and civics.

The new season of the #YouMightBeRight podcast is here. The timely first episode ponders "Is This the End of Free Trade?" Over the past 10 years, America's economic growth has dramatically outpaced the rest of the developed world. Voters, however, have shifted away from favoring the sort of free market policies that characterized American trade in the post-World War II era and towards more restrictive policies that economists suggest with lower economic growth. Govs. Phil Bredesen and Bill Haslam discuss trade policy and the impact of tariffs with Heather Long, an opinion columnist at the Washington Post, and James Lake, associate professor of economics at the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Lake urged an emphasis on developing a better understanding of how trade policy can have adverse impacts that are concentrated on certain groups of people, noting, “Lots of people are upset with trade policy, lots of people have lost. The free market doesn't say that everyone in the US is going to be a winner. The free market says that there's always winners and losers from price changes. We need to understand that and better identify where are those losers going to be?” When asked what potential trade policy changes they would prioritize to balance national security, economic, and labor concerns, Long noted that in addition to tariffs, another way to offer support and protection to certain industries is through investments: “Some of this is also about countering China and other nations by strategically investing some money from our federal government into these key industries of tomorrow.” Listen now wherever you get your podcasts or at https://bit.ly/4i4hN4U.

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Meet Dr. Tiffany Barron, assistant professor for the Institute of American Civics. Tiffany received her Ph.D. in politics at Princeton University. Her research interests are at the intersection of international relations, comparative politics, and political theory. #FacultyFriday #BePartoftheSolution

Bravo! This month, thanks to the Institute of American Civics' K-12 outreach, over 1,600 area high school students saw the Clarence Brown Theatre's production of "Inherit the Wind." The play, which is a fictionalized adaptation of John Scopes' 1925 Trial, highlights the importance of freedom of speech and thought. The performances were followed by a brief history lesson comparing the play to the actual events of the trial. #ScopesTrial100

#ICYMI Land Grant Films' Baker for America can be viewed on our website. The documentary honors Senator Howard H. Baker Jr.'s legacy and uses touchpoints from Baker’s career to illustrate his brand of solutions-oriented politics. You won’t want to miss it! https://lnkd.in/epraKnqt