The following experts from Duke University are available to comment on various potential impacts of the government's failure to reach a debt-ceiling deal.
Gridlock
David Schanzer, associate professor of the practice, Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy; director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security at Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill.http://fds.duke.edu/db/Sanford/schanzer
Schanzer is principal author of the Gridlock blog, which examines the symptoms and effects of partisan political paralysis in Washington: http://dukegridlock.blogspot.com/. He is a former Democratic staff director of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security.
Health Policy
Donald Taylor, associate professor of public policy studies at Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy.http://fds.duke.edu/db/Sanford/dtaylor
Taylor's expertise is in health policy, with a focus on policies that relate to older Americans, Medicare and long-term care. He is author of a forthcomingbook, "Balancing the Budget is a Progressive Priority," which will be available in August. He is also a regular contributor to the Incidental Economist blog, which focuses on health policy reform: http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/stephen-parentes-grand-bargain/.
Leadership/Politics
David Rohde, professor of political science at Duke.http://polisci.duke.edu/people?Gurl=%2Faas%2FPoliticalScience&Uil=rohde&... http://ondemand.duke.edu/video/23102/david-rohde-on-political-partiRohde specializes in legislative politics, and campaigns and elections. He is co-author of the books "Change and Continuity in the 2008 Elections" (CQ Press, 2010), among others.