Professor

Rebecca M. Blank

(
1955
2023
)
University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy
;
Ann Arbor, MI
Economist; Public policy scholar; Educator; Academic administrator
Area
Leadership, Policy, and Communications
Specialty
Public Affairs and Public Policy
Elected
2005

Blank was Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focused on how macroeconomic factors interact with labor markets and government policy to affect economic wellbeing, particularly among lower-income households. She served as Acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Deputy U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Undersecretary for Economic Affairs, member of the Council of Economic Advisors and on National Academy of Science panels. She also analyzed policies for promoting social welfare, especially for anti-poverty programs. Her books include Changing Inequality, Measuring Racial Discrimination (with Marilyn Dabady and Connie Citro), Is the Market Moral? A Dialogue on Religion, Economics, and Justice (with William McGurn), It Takes A Nation: A New Agenda for Fighting Poverty, and Do Justice: Linking Christian Faith and Modern Economic Life.

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