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USA – Unleashing international entrepreneurs to help the U.S. economy recover from the pandemic (Brookings)

Dan Berger, Steve Yale-Loehr, Doug Rand, Leon Rodriguez, Lindsay Milliken, Kelli Duehning, Megan Kludt, Jeff Goldman, and Michael Serotte In 2014, then-Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Jeh Johnson issued a memo (The...

It takes two to dance: Institutional dynamics and climate-related financial policies (LSE – Centre for Climate Change, Economics and Policy)

Moritz Baer, Emanuele Campiglio, Jérôme Deyris Financial markets not only have an important role to play in steering financial capital to support the net-zero transition but...

USA/Africa – President Biden’s Africa Policy (LSE IDEAS)

Rebecca Rattner is a fellow at the South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional Law and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre. Her work focuses on...

Europe – Sticky floors or glass ceilings? The role of human capital, working time flexibility and discrimination in the gender wage gap (VOXEU)

Gabriele Ciminelli, Cyrille Schwellnus Despite progress in recent decades, women in Europe still earn roughly 15% less per hour than similarly qualified men. This column...

UK – Brexit deterred international students from applying to UK universities (VOXEU)

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Agnese Romiti Attracting international students is critical for public universities in the UK increasingly facing funding cuts and a diminishing domestic youth population. This...

The government as an (effective) venture capitalist (VOXEU)

Jessica Bai, Shai Bernstein, Abhishek Dev, Josh Lerner Government funding to boost innovation has seen an uplift since the unfolding of the COVID crisis. Using...

UK/Europe – Free trade agreements do not always ensure free trade (VOXEU)

Jan I. Haaland, Ian Wooton The changes in the UK’s trading relationship with the EU are likely to have widespread effects, many of which are...

Coronavirus Pandemic: New Challenges of 2021 (Valdai Discussion Club)

The current situation underscores the danger of ignoring our interdependence and the critical importance of global cooperation. This shows us that all humanity is in the same boat. Since...

Israel/Palestine – Hamas Must Be Comprehensively Routed (BESA Center)

Dr. Doron Matza Israel must replace its containment policy vis-à-vis Hamas with a decisive strategy aimed at routing the Islamist terror group. https://besacenter.org/hamas-must-be-routed/

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