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(Africa) How special drawing rights could help Africa recover from COVID-19 (Brookings)

Ahunna Eziakonwa African countries have taken significant steps to counter the health, social, financial, and economic impacts of the pandemic since recording their first cases...

(USA) Advanced cognitive skill deserts in the US: Their likely causes and implications (Brookings)

Caroline Hoxby Middle schoolers in U.S. counties where fewer adults have advanced cognitive skills seem less likely to develop advanced skills themselves, according to a...

(USA) The economic costs of pretrial detention (Brookings)

Will Dobbie and Crystal S. Yang Reducing pre-trial detention by eliminating cash bail would generate significant economic returns for accused individuals and likely also their families and...

(USA) Supporting workers and families in the pandemic recession: Results in 2020 and suggestions for 2021 (Brookings)

Krista Ruffini and Abigail Wozniak Historically large aid provided during the COVID-19 pandemic prevented dire hardship for millions, but some people who needed aid were left out...

(USA) The fiscal policy response to the pandemic (Brookings)

Christina D. Romer The enormous $5.2 trillion U.S. fiscal response to the COVID-19 pandemic likely has put the economy on a path to recovery, but...

(Innovation/Technology) It is time to negotiate global treaties on artificial intelligence (Brookings)

John R. Allen and Darrell M. West The U.S. National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence recently made the news when its members warned that America faces a...

(Innovation/Technology) What the leaked FTC memos on Google really teach us (AEI)

Mark Jamison Politico did well for itself in producing five articles based on leaked internal Federal Trade Commission (FTC) documents related to the agency’s decision...

(USA) Public health experts are confusing Americans in the name of wokeness (AEI)

Marc A. Thiessen When I was a Pentagon speechwriter, I would sit down with four-star generals for a briefing on their plans to reorganize the...

(USA) Can’t we stop yammering about paradigm shifts? (AEI)

Michael R. Strain President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic relief and stimulus law has been hailed on the progressive left as the beacon of a new era...

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