Cornell Expert Quotes
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"As Trump showed, even negative buzz is good, especially for front runners, because it can suck attention away from challengers (remember during GOP debate when he talked about his ‘hands’)."
Drew Margolin
Associate Professor
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“Airbnb is a household name, a clear market leader, and should already be public by now. Unlike young startup IPOs, investors don’t need to speculate about Airbnb’s future. We’re in the future, and Airbnb is a winner.”
Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
Related Tip Sheet:
Airbnb a winner for investors, IPO long overdue (12/10/20)
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“This is a welcome development, and if it becomes law, it promises to accelerate a larger national trend against solitary confinement. But the devil is in the details, and even if the bill passes, we have to make sure jails don’t continue the practice under some other name. Change in name only is no change at all.”
Media:
Lindsey Hadlock
lmh267@cornell.edu
607-269-6911
Related Tip Sheet:
‘The devil is in the details’ for NYC solitary confinement ban (12/10/20)
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“Facebook has been well aware of the potential for this antitrust challenge for some time. They have the resources to make this a formidable challenge for prosecutors and any follow-on private plaintiffs (of which there will be no shortage). The one thing that is certain is that the demand for antitrust lawyers and economists will increase. Whether the lawsuits will actually accomplish something is another story.”
Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
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"The concerns about the possibility of rationing care in a winter wave of COVID-19 are not wrong, but neither are they new."
Media:
Gillian Smith
gillian.smith@cornell.edu
607-254-6235
Related Tip Sheet:
COVID-19 healthcare issues reflect pre-existing inequalities (12/09/20)
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“In choosing Vilsack to reprise his role under President Obama, Joe Biden has turned to an old friend, with experience to hit the ground running. The fact that these two are not just familiar with one another but good friends means that the agriculture, food, and forestry interests which are at the heart of USDA’s responsibilities will have a strong voice in the inner circles of the incoming administration.”
Media:
Lindsey Hadlock
lmh267@cornell.edu
607-269-6911
Related Tip Sheet:
Vilsack to ‘hit the ground running’ on USDA pandemic priorities (12/09/20)
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“Venezuela's ongoing political, economic and humanitarian crisis will thus land on the plate of the incoming Biden administration, which will face a number of key strategic choices for dealing with the country and the broader Latin American region.”
Media:
Rachel Rhodes
rer252@cornell.edu
202-434-8036
Related Tip Sheet:
Maduro election victory a clear sign of Trump's failure (12/07/20)
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“It matters enormously that major food multinationals like Nestle and Unilever make large public commitments to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from their supply chains. The food system is presently an important contributor to the climate crisis, but could become part of the solution. ”
Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
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“Unless Facebook commits to conducting rigorous research on the impact of their new policies and openly releasing the results of those studies for independent verification, the results of these changes will be impossible to distinguish from window dressing.”
Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
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“The consensus among economists is that Friday’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics will show that around 500,000 jobs were gained during the month of November, resulting in an unemployment rate of around 6.8% – down slightly from the 6.9% rate recorded in October. This slow pace of growth continues the trend of stalled recovery that began to take shape in September. Adding 500,000 jobs last month still leaves the economy with a deficit of nearly 10 million jobs relative to the start of the pandemic, when more than 22 million jobs were lost during March and April alone. The initial shock of those March and April losses will continue to reverberate in Friday’s report, which is set to show continued growth in long-term unemployment.”
Media:
Lindsey Hadlock
lmh267@cornell.edu
607-269-6911
Related Tip Sheet:
November jobs report to continue trend of stalled recovery (12/03/20)
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“Forced delisting of companies who have accepted the heightened scrutiny of a cross-listing on U.S. exchanges may be too blunt a tool to solve a problem that should have been addressed by some adept diplomacy between government agencies.”
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
607-255-6035
Related Tip Sheet:
Blocking Chinese firms from U.S. markets is ‘too blunt a tool’ (12/03/20)
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