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A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on December 1, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. As Congress returns from Thanksgiving recess for the lame duck session, the 7-day average for confirmed COVID-19 cases in America is holding above 150,000. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

America needs a COVID-19 Commission

Elaine Kamarck · Tuesday, December 1, 2020

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What are inflation expectations? Why do they matter?

Tyler Powell and David Wessel

Monday, November 30, 2020

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The heath care workforce needs higher wages and better opportunities

Janie McDermott and Annelies Goger

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

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The People's Republic of China flag and the U.S. Stars and Stripes fly on a lamp post along Pennsylvania Avenue near the U.S. Capitol in Washington during Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit, January 18, 2011. Hu arrived in the United States on Tuesday for a state visit with U.S. President Barack Obama that is aimed at strengthening ties between the world's two biggest economies. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CITYSCAPE) - GM1E71J0K0R01

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The future of US policy toward China

Ryan Hass, Ryan McElveen, and Robert D. Williams

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

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Global Economy

Reimagining the global economy for a post-COVID-19 world

David Dollar, Eswar Prasad, Marcela Escobari, and Zia Qureshi

Monday, November 23, 2020

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Latest Research

Antananarivo / Madagascar - October 21, 2011: Laundry hangs on clothes lines on balconies of a run down high-rise apart.ment building

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Poverty hotspots and the correlates of subnational development

Raj M. Desai, Homi Kharas, and Selen Özdoğan

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

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Financial Regulation

Fixing financial data to assess systemic risk

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Personnel work at the Air Force Space Command Network Operations & Security Center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado July 20, 2010. U.S. national security planners are proposing that the 21st century's critical infrastructure -- power grids, communications, water utilities, financial networks -- be similarly shielded from cyber marauders and other foes. The ramparts would be virtual, their perimeters policed by the Pentagon and backed by digital weapons capable of circling the globe in milliseconds to knock out targets. To match Special Report USA-CYBERWAR/ REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY SCI TECH POLITICS) - GM1E6A51SA301

Technology & Innovation

Artificial intelligence in war: Human judgment as an organizational strength and a strategic liability

Avi Goldfarb and Jon Lindsay

November 2020

Artificial Intelligence

Technology & Innovation

Uncomfortable ground truths: Predictive analytics and national security

Heather M. Roff

November 2020

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Technology & Innovation

The rise of the futurists: The perils of predicting with futurethink

Alexander H. Montgomery and Amy J. Nelson

November 2020

Events

Human work in the age of smart machines: A conversation with Jamie Merisotis

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EST

The future of US alliances in the Indo-Pacific: A conversation with Senator Tammy Duckworth

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

CANCELED – Pakistan’s internal dynamics and changing role in the world

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

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Blog Posts

The Federal Reserve Building is reflected on a car in Washington

Up Front

Introducing the series: Reimagining Modern-day Markets and Regulation

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Students run toward their school busses after dismissal at Yonkers Middle High School, Oct. 27, 2020.Yonkers School Dismissal

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How is COVID-19 affecting student learning?

Megan Kuhfeld, Jim Soland, Beth Tarasawa, Angela Johnson, Erik Ruzek, and Karyn Lewis

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Antananarivo, Madagascar, Africa -January 11 2020: An aerial view of a group of poor children in a slum of the madagascan city. Malagasy kids play with tires in the dirt, surrounded by hanging laundry

Future Development

Over 1 billion people live in poverty hotspots

Raj M. Desai, Homi Kharas, and Selen Özdoğan

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

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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: China 2049

China 2049

Edited by David Dollar, Yiping Huang, and Yang Yao

2020

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President's Corner

On the Passing of Former Brookings Institution Trustee James D. Wolfensohn

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

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President's Corner

Ending the Yemen war is both a strategic and humanitarian imperative

The Brookings Institution

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Trachelle Bivins and her 5-year-old son, Ondrae Florence, complete his school work together at the Central Library of Rochester on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Ondrae would have attended school at School 23, part of the Rochester City School District, if the district had not moved to online learning. Ondrae and his mom have internet at home, but choose to come to the library because it creates a better learning environment for him.urban internet

President's Corner

How to address inequality exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic

John R. Allen and Darrell M. West

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

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President's Corner

On the Passing of Brookings Institution Chairman Emeritus James A. Johnson

Sunday, October 18, 2020

President's Corner

Why denouncing white supremacy creates safety, security, and racial equity

The Brookings Institution

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in their first 2020 presidential campaign debate held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

President's Corner

America’s democracy on the edge

Wednesday, September 30, 2020