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Hong Kong/RCEP. The case for Hong Kong joining RCEP (Julien Chaisse, East Asia Forum)

Hong Kong expressed a strong interest as early as 2018 in joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and has received positive responses RCEP member states. The...

China. Explaining the globalist dimensions of Chinese nationalism (Zeying Wu, Boston University)

Some scholars have argued that China’s economic opening-up was a result of Chinese leaders’ acceptance of neoliberalism. But unlike neoliberal economists who consider economic openness as...

USA. Give IRS the tools it needs to enforce tax rules and catch cheaters (William G. Gale, Brookings)

President Biden has launched an ambitious agenda to crack down on people and corporations who aren’t paying the taxes they owe. That agenda, however,...

USA. The new Thrifty Food Plan re-evaluates a 50-plus-year-old design and low-income kids will benefit (Kristin F. Butcher, Brookings)

On August 16, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced changes to the Thrifty Food Plan which will result in increases in Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program...

USA. A hot labor market won’t eliminate racial and ethnic unemployment gaps (Stephanie Aaronson, Mitchell Barnes, and Wendy Edelberg, Brookings)

A welcome development as the labor market has continued to recover since spring 2020 has been a narrowing of the gaps in unemployment rates...

USA. Student reassignments achieve diversity without academic adversity (Thurston Domina, Deven Carlson, James Carter III, Matthew Lenard, Andrew McEachin, and Rachel Perera, Brookings)

School desegregation works. A growing body of evidence demonstrates that federal efforts to enforce Brown v. Board of Education and dismantle separate and unequal...

USA. A new federal grant should make regional leaders rethink their industry clusters (Brad McDearman, Joseph Parilla, and Ryan Donahue, Brookings)

As part of the American Rescue Plan Act, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) recently launched a $1 billion Build Back Better...

USA. Homeownership, racial segregation, and policy solutions to racial wealth equity (Brookings)

Homeownership is often viewed as the entree to the American dream and the gateway to intergenerational wealth. However, this pathway is often less achievable...

Afghanistan/USA. How to avoid another state-building failure after Afghanistan (Frank Ruggiero, Atlantic Council)

In 2009, I served as the US senior civilian representative in Kandahar, where I oversaw US civilian efforts to stabilize southern Afghanistan. These civilians,...
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