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Supporting families supports the economy: Social nets are economic foundations

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Peg Burchinal · Monday, September 27, 2021

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Taxation

Low interest rates have implications for tax policy

Alan J. Auerbach and William G. Gale

Thursday, September 23, 2021

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New York City Police Officers (NYPD) transport Saadiq Teague, 18, from the Columbus Circle Transit Bureau Police Station, where he was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon second degree, two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in third degree; one count for the assault rifle and one for ammunition, and no one count of criminal use of drug paraphernalia after being found with an unloaded semi-automatic gun, ammunition and a gas mask outside a Times Square subway station, in New York City, U.S., April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

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Biden should end America’s longest war: The War on Drugs

Friday, September 24, 2021

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Demographics & Population

Mapping America’s diversity with the 2020 census

William H. Frey

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

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US President Joe Biden (L) and Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) meet virtually with their counterparts in the Quad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan, from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington DC, USA, 12 March 2021. No Use Germany.

Southeast Asia

ASEAN and the Quad: Strategic impasse or avenue for cooperation?

Jonathan Stromseth

Thursday, September 23, 2021

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Latest Research

Amman pinned on a map with the flag of Jordan

Essay

Playing a weak hand well: Jordan’s Hashemite kings and the United States

Monday, September 27, 2021

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Financial Regulation

Can fintech improve health?

Friday, September 24, 2021

An employee looks at the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia's South Gobi region June 23, 2012. REUTERS/David Stanway/File Photo

Transparency

Beneficial ownership in Mongolia: A way forward

Michael Barron, Tim Law, Jake Hartnett, Batsugar Tsedendamba, Amar Adiya, and Ariuntsetseg Jigmeddorj

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Essay

Changes in emergency physician service prices after Connecticut’s 2016 surprise billing law

Loren Adler, Erin Duffy, Bich Ly, Conrad Milhaupt, and Erin Trish

Thursday, September 23, 2021

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Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

Small retirement accounts: Issues and options

David C. John, J. Mark Iwry, Christopher Pulliam, and William G. Gale

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Events

Accessing the vote: A case for tax-time registration

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

The future of Afghanistan and the role of the United States

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Resilience after recession: The emerging landscape for American workers and families

2:00 PM - 3:45 PM EDT

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Blog Posts

--FILE--Chinese customers try out Apple's iPhone 6 or 6 Plus smartphones at a store in Yichang city, central China's Hubei province, 9 July 2015.The number of Chinese mobile phone users accounted for 94.5% of its total population by the end of June, latest data showed. In the first half, China saw 6.88 million new mobile phone users, bringing the country's total mobile phone users to 1.29 billion, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said in a statement. The ratio of mobile phone users to population was higher than 100% in nine provincial-level regions, including Beijing, Shanghai, as well as provinces of Guangdong and Zhejiang. The number of users choosing broadband mobile internet services (3G and 4G services) reached 674 million by the end of June, accounting for 52.1% of all mobile phone users.No Use China. No Use France.

Order from Chaos

China’s “digital natives”: How the post-’90s generation is transforming the country

Monday, September 27, 2021

People wait to receive a dose of COVAXIN coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine manufactured by Bharat Biotech, during a vaccination drive organised by SEEDS, an NGO which normally specialise in providing relief after floods and other natural disasters, at an under-construction flyover in New Delhi, India, August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Future Development

The risks of an uneven economic recovery in an unequal world

Ambar Narayan, Alexandru Cojocaru, Miriam Muller, and David Newhouse

Monday, September 27, 2021

January 6th Capitol Riot

TechTank

How tech platforms fuel U.S. political polarization and what government can do about it

Paul Barrett, Justin Hendrix, and Grant Sims

Monday, September 27, 2021

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Books

Cvr: Turning Point

Turning Point

By Darrell M. West and John R. Allen

2020

Cover: Know Your Price

Know Your Price

By Andre M. Perry

2020

Cvr: The Constitution of Knowledge

The Constitution of Knowledge

By Jonathan Rauch

2021

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MOSCOW, RUSSIA MAY 9, 2021: Russia's President Vladimir Putin makes remarks during a Victory Day military parade marking the 76th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in Moscow's Red Square. Mikhail Metzel/TASS.No use Russia.

The Kremlin’s strange victory: How Putin exploits American dysfunction and fuels American decline

Foreign Affairs November/December 2021

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Navy personel walks past the USS North Carolina (SSN-777) submarine docked at Changi Naval Base in Singapore April 28, 2014. REUTERS/Edgar Su

Don’t sink the nuclear submarine deal

Caitlin Talmadge

Foreign Affairs Monday, September 27, 2021

China’s youth: Increasing diversity amid persistent inequality

9:00 AM - 10:45 AM EDT

The debt limit: What if…

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Glass globe on top of business papers

A new proposal for the G-20 to strengthen the global financial safety net

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly and Eswar Prasad

Monday, September 27, 2021

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Aligning COVID-19 recovery efforts with the SDGs – Toolbox and principles

Anthony F. Pipa, Meagan Dooley, and Homi Kharas

Monday, September 27, 2021