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Students check their lockers as they arrive for the first day of the 2021-22 school year Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, at HSE Intermediate & Junior High School.Hse Schools Begin Their First Day Of The 2021 22 School Year

Keeping schools open during COVID-19 is hard, but it can be done

Douglas N. Harris · Tuesday, January 11, 2022

An Ethiopian Airlines Cargo terminal worker looks on as he offloads a shipment of Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that arrived under the COVAX scheme, at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 19, 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

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Is the world now paying the price of not doing enough to help developing world COVID-19 vaccination efforts?

Friday, January 7, 2022

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Want to restore trust in government? Start with customer experience

Sha Hwang and Annelies Goger

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

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U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell takes questions during a news conference following the two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1E639BA290

U.S. Economy

Who has to leave the Federal Reserve next?

Thursday, January 13, 2022

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ASEAN leaders are seen on a screen as they attend the 4th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Summit as part of the 37th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam November 15, 2020. REUTERS/Kham

Podcast Episode

The state of Asian trade and trade agreements in 2022

David Dollar and Peter A. Petri

Monday, January 10, 2022

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Latest Research

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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

Miniature figurines on a calculator.

Taxation

Taxing business incomes: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances

William G. Gale, Swati Joshi, Christopher Pulliam, and John Sabelhaus

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

tax forms and a calculator.

Taxation

Simulating income tax liabilities in the Survey of Consumer Finances

William G. Gale, Swati Joshi, Christopher Pulliam, and John Sabelhaus

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Events

Japan in 2022

8:00 AM - 10:20 AM EST

Biden’s first year: Successes, failures, and what lies ahead

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

Growth and distribution in the digital era

7:45 AM - 10:00 AM EST

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Blog Posts

The Supreme Court building exterior seen in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2020. The U.S. Supreme Court let residents of Flint, Michigan pursue a civil rights lawsuit against the city and government officials that accused them of knowingly allowing the city's water supply to become contaminated with lead. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger.

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The vaccine mandate cases, polarization, and jurisprudential norms

Richard Lempert

Saturday, January 15, 2022

Snow falls in central Tokyo, Japan on January 6, 2022. (Photo by Shingo Tosha/AFLO) No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

Order from Chaos

In vying for economic preeminence in Asia, openness is essential

Friday, January 14, 2022

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)

FixGov

Inflation politics is clearer than inflation economics

William A. Galston and Elaine Kamarck

Friday, January 14, 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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A boy poses for a picture under a massive Bangladeshi flag, during a flag rally three days ahead of the country's 50th Victory Day anniversary, in front of the parliamentary building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Success despite the odds: South Sudan and Bangladesh

Shanta Devarajan

Friday, January 14, 2022

Brussels, Belgium. 8th Sep. 2018.Activists hold placards and chant slogans during a demonstration to demand immediate an action on climate change in front of European Parliament.

Could 2022 be a year of hope for climate?

Wolfgang Fengler

Friday, January 14, 2022

The Federal Reserve Building in Washington while the Fed is inside meeting, October 29, 2008. The Fed is expected to lower the prime rate today after two-days of meetings. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES)

Biden’s nominees would bring diversity to the Fed—if they’re confirmed

Sarah A. Binder and Mark Spindel

Friday, January 14, 2022

What is the future of the Sudans?

3:00 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

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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