Tag: USA

(USA/Colombia) The US can learn a lot from Colombia about giving rights to undocumented immigrants (Brookings)

Dany Bahar Colombia is about to embark on one of the largest-ever humanitarian gestures in modern history: Providing a 10-year, renewable, regular migratory status to...
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(USA) A Superpower, Like It or Not. Why Americans Must Accept Their Global Role (Foreign Affairs, Brookings)

Robert Kagan All great powers have a deeply ingrained self-perception shaped by historical experience, geography, culture, beliefs, and myths. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-02-16/superpower-it-or-not
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(USA) How a $15 minimum wage could help restaurants and other hard-hit small businesses (Brookings)

Xavier de Souza Briggs and Russell Jackson A funny thing happened on the Senate floor in the wee hours of February 5. As senators worked through a...
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(USA) What is potential GDP, and why is it so controversial right now? (Brookings)

Tyler Powell, Louise Sheiner, and David Wessel President Biden’s proposal to spend another $1.9 trillion to shore up the COVID-ravaged U.S. economy is prompting a debate over...
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(USA) Understanding COVID-19-era enrollment drops among early-grade public school students (Brookings)

Daphna Bassok and Anna Shapiro The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly disrupted schooling nationwide, raising serious concerns about the impact of the pandemic on children’s learning, the ways online...
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(USA) Government-sponsored enterprises at the crossroads (Brookings)

Michael Calhoun and Lewis Ranieri Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the government-sponsored enterprises, or GSEs) play a foundational role in the U.S. housing market, providing financing to...
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(USA) How poor communication exacerbates health inequities – and what to do about it (Brookings)

Stuart M. Butler and Nehath Sheriff In the United States, we know that long-standing systemic health and social inequities increase the likelihood of poor outcomes or death for members...
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(USA) TechTank Podcast Episode 13: Should free speech be regulated online? (Brookings)

Nicol Turner Lee, David Johns, John B. Morris, Jr., and Tom Wheeler In the days leading up to the January 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection, social media platforms were...
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(USA) America’s Excessive Government Spending Must Stop (Project-Syndicate)

GEORGE P. SHULTZ, JOHN F. COGAN, JOHN B. TAYLOR Before his death on February 6, George P. Shultz, a former US Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary...
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(USA) The Limits to America’s Pent-Up Demand (Project-Syndicate)

STEPHEN S. ROACH Notwithstanding the predictable release of pent-up demand for consumer durables, face-to-face services show clear evidence of lasting scarring. Consequently, with the snapback...
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(USA) Texas Froze by Design (Project-Syndicate)

JAMES K. GALBRAITH In 2002, under Governor Rick Perry, Texas deregulated its electricity system and established a free market, managed by a non-profit entity, with...
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(USA/Insurance Industry) How 2020 protests changed insurance forever (WEF)

Tom Johansmeyer The recent increase in the size and frequency of insurance industry losses from riot and civil disorder is alarming and the threat hasn’t...
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(USA/Central America/Illegal Migration) Throwing money at Central America will not curb illegal migration (The Hill)

MATTHEW TRAGESSER President Biden last week introduced his administration’s major immigration bill, after issuing an executive order on Feb. 2 to address the root causes of migration from Central...
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(USA/Energy) A 21st century economy needs a 21st century grid (The Hill)

GREGORY WETSTONE As the millions of Texans who were plunged into darkness experienced, our current grid infrastructure doesn’t cut it, and the increased intensity and...
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(USA/Pandemic/Financial Stability) Going big on COVID-19 relief will help protect financial stability (The Hill)

STEVEN KAMIN President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief package has triggered a vibrant debate among economists https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/539910-going-big-on-covid-19-relief-will-help-protect-financial-stability
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(USA/Military/Extremists) Removing extremists from the military will take more than surveys (The Hill)

KELSEY BAKER It’s been reported that as many as 20 percent of the defendants charged for the insurrection were either actively enlisted or were veterans. But the...
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