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We’re almost out of time: The alarming IPCC climate report and what to do next

Nathan Hultman · Tuesday, October 16, 2018

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Economic Development

State of the Heartland: Factbook 2018

Mark Muro, Jacob Whiton, Robert Maxim, and Ross DeVol

October 2018

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Saudi Arabia

Will the Khashoggi crisis create an oil war?

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

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Middle Class

The middle class needs a tax cut: Trump didn’t give it to them

Isabel V. Sawhill and Christopher Pulliam

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

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Courts & Law

What’s happening with the ethics complaints against Brett Kavanaugh?

Russell Wheeler

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Latest Research

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Housing Markets & Finance

What does economic evidence tell us about the effects of rent control?

Rebecca Diamond

Thursday, October 18, 2018

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Technology & Innovation

Harnessing the future of AI in India

Shamika Ravi and Puneeth Nagaraj

Thursday, October 18, 2018

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Workforce Development

The role of AI in education and the changing U.S. workforce

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Thursday, October 18, 2018

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Sub-Saharan Africa

Mobilization of tax revenues in Africa

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly and Dhruv Gandhi

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

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International Monetary System

Unconventional monetary policies in the euro area, Japan, and the United Kingdom

Giovanni Dell’Ariccia, Pau Rabanal, and Damiano Sandri

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Events

A conversation with CMS Administrator Seema Verma

3:00 PM - 4:40 PM EDT

Turkey in a new period: Challenges and opportunities

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM AST

Briefing by Ambassador Kenji Hiramatsu on Prime Minister Modi’s Visit to Japan

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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Blog Posts

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TechTank

Wearable device data and AI can reduce health care costs and paperwork

Jack Karsten and Darrell M. West

Thursday, October 18, 2018

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Up Front

Congress understands the urgency of fragility

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Hutchins Roundup

Up Front

Hutchins Roundup: Economic overheating, local opioid supply, and more

Finn Schuele, Sage Belz, and Louise Sheiner

Thursday, October 18, 2018

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Books

The Future of Work

By Darrell M. West

2018

Dream Hoarders

By Richard V. Reeves

2018

Diversity Explosion

By William H. Frey

2018

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An electronic patients chart is shown on the wall to a hospital room.

The essential scan: Top findings in health policy research

Abigail Durak, Stephanie Hedt, Will Palmisano, and Paul B. Ginsburg

Thursday, October 18, 2018

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Explaining the Brookings Deregulatory Tracker

Vivien Lee, Siddhi Doshi, Adam Looney, and Austin J. Drukker

Thursday, October 18, 2018

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Global financial stability risks: A conversation with Yellen, Reichlin, and Rajan

Michael Ng and David Wessel

Thursday, October 18, 2018

European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters building is seen in Frankfurt, Germany, March 7, 2018. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski - UP1EE380ZTK4X

Natural rates and ‘starred’ variables: A conversation with Yellen, Reichlin, and Rajan

Michael Ng and David Wessel

Thursday, October 18, 2018

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Yellen, Reichlin, and Rajan on the big questions facing central banks around the world

Finn Schuele and David Wessel

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Donald Trump signing executive order to roll back Dodd-Frank

Brookings Deregulatory Tracker

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Brookings Around The World

The Brookings Institution

The Brookings Institution

Washington, D.C., USA

Brookings Doha

Brookings Doha

Brookings Tsinghua

Brookings Tsinghua

Haidian, Beijing, China

Brookings India

Brookings India

New Delhi, Delhi, India