Brookings - Quality. Independence. Impact.

The milk section of a grocery store is pictured in Los Angeles April 7, 2011. On the streets of America, the debate over inflation is over. Prices are too high and rising too fast, many people say. But policy-makers at the U.S. Federal Reserve largely agree that promoting economic growth is still more urgent that constraining a nascent pick-up in consumer prices. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD)

Inflation politics is clearer than inflation economics

William A. Galston and Elaine Kamarck · Friday, January 14, 2022

Foresight Africa Podcast

Podcast Episode

Introducing the Foresight Africa podcast, exploring Africa’s dynamism and strategies to benefit all people in the region

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

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Treasury’s final American Rescue Plan guidance means it’s time for local leaders to invest in an inclusive future

Alan Berube and Eli Byerly-Duke

Friday, January 14, 2022

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A gay couple and their babies walk in the San Francisco pride parade in 2013

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

Examining the economic status of same-gender relationship households

Lauren Bauer, Veronica Clevenstine, and Moriah Macklin

Thursday, January 20, 2022

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Skyler Stevens uses new night optics technology during Advanced Naval Technology Exercise 2018 (ANTX-18) at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 19, 2018. Picture taken March 19, 2018. U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Rhita Daniel/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

TechStream

Is the U.S. military’s futurism obsession hurting national security?

Amy J. Nelson and Alexander H. Montgomery

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

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Latest Research

US President Joe Biden, with Cabinet members, signs an executive order on delivering the Government services and experience the American people expect and deserve during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 13 December 2021.No Use Germany.

Executive Branch

Tracking turnover in the Biden administration

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

January 2022

Hand out photo dated September 11, 2020 of Royal Australian Navy, Republic of Korea Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and United States Navy warships sail in formation during the Pacific Vanguard 2020 exercise. Pacific Vanguard serves as an opportunity to exercise and improve multinational interoperability at all levels; to improve tactical proficiency; and to adapt to ever changing regional challenges. Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) is underway conducting operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific while assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navys largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleets principal surface force. Photo by Lieutenant Junior Grade Samuel Hardgrove/US Navy via ABACAPRESS.COM

U.S. Defense

Military innovation and technological change: Preparing for the next generation of cyber threats

Michael E. O’Hanlon

January 2022

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Report

Student loan forgiveness is regressive whether measured by income, education, or wealth

Friday, January 14, 2022

Protesting banks

Financial Institutions

The populist backlash in Chapter 11

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

on the job training

Workforce Development

Do sectoral training programs work? What the evidence on Project Quest and Year Up really shows

Harry J. Holzer

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Events

Event in Progress

Toward Xi’s third term: China’s 20th Party Congress and beyond

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST

Europe in an era of disruption: Where does the Russia-Ukraine crisis go from here?

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST

The social media war in the Middle East

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

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Blog Posts

View of the stand for Google's AI technology demonstrates real-time cancer detection before the 2018 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China, 14 September 2018.The 2018 World Artificial Intelligence Conference will be hold in West Bund, Shanghai from Sept 17 to 19. With the theme of "A new era empowered by artificial intelligence," the conference gathers AI scientists, entrepreneurs and government officials to share their views on the industry. Featuring "sophistication, globalization, specialization and marketization" prominently, the conference will have a main forum, several theme forums and will host innovation competitions as well as exhibitions to show cutting-edge AI technologies, applications and products. More than 150 companies at the forefront of AI will take part in the conference, including Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent, Google and Microsoft. No Use China. No Use France.

Up Front

Gone digital: Technology diffusion in the digital era

Flavio Calvino and Chiara Criscuolo

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Biden gets sworn in

Regulatory Policy

An overview of Biden’s first regulatory year

Bridget C. E. Dooling

Thursday, January 20, 2022

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) presides ahead of the final passage in the House of Representatives of U.S. President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus disease (COVID-19) relief bill inside the House Chamber of the Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

FixGov

Proxy voting takes on new meaning for Republicans

Emily Larson, Naomi Maehr, and Molly E. Reynolds

Thursday, January 20, 2022

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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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South Korea’s role in regional economic architecture and supply chain resilience

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM EST

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Hutchins Roundup: Stimulus checks, Paycheck protection program, and more

Manuel Alcalá Kovalski, Sophia Campbell, Nasiha Salwati, and David Wessel

Thursday, January 20, 2022

How Black Twitter influenced Black electoral opinion during the 2020 presidential election

Nia Atkins, Nicol Turner Lee, and James Seddon

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Indian teacher and students wearing protective face mask attend their class at a government girls school after the Rajasthan government allowed schools to reopen for VIth to VIIIth classes in Beawar. (Photo by Sumit Saraswat/Pacific Press/Sipa USA) (Photo by Sumit Saraswat/Pacific Press/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Reimagining teaching and learning spaces

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Elizabeth M. King, and Urvashi Sahni

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Children in India attend school during COVID.

Why Indian NGOs are developing a shared education agenda in reaction to COVID-19

Rebecca Winthrop

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Upcoming DAC peer review is an opportunity to advance US development goals

George Ingram and Anthony F. Pipa

Wednesday, January 19, 2022