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BPEA Fall 2020: COVID-19 and the Economy

Thursday, September 10, 2020

A group of people rally outside the United States Supreme Court in Washington, DC, USA on Thursday, June 18, 2020. The Court ruled on Thursday that United States President Donald J. Trump could not immediately end the DACA program. Photo by Stefani Reynolds/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Podcast Episode

Our Nation of Immigrants: Solving the immigration challenge

Friday, September 25, 2020

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Infrastructure

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America’s infrastructure solutions begin at the ground level

Thursday, September 24, 2020

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters following a meeting with members of the U.N. Security Council about Iran's alleged non-compliance with a nuclear deal and calling for the restoration of sanctions against Iran at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

Podcast Episode

What have ‘maximum pressure’ sanctions against Iran accomplished?

Suzanne Maloney and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

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Girl draws the Earth using chalk

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Education’s role in building back better for the planet

Christina Kwauk

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

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Latest Research

Woman sweets street in front of closed business.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Business credit programs in the pandemic era

Samuel G. Hanson, Jeremy C. Stein, Adi Sunderam, and Eric Zwick

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Piggy Bank with a surgical mask on.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Fiscal effects of COVID-19

Alan J. Auerbach, William G. Gale, Byron Lutz, and Louise Sheiner

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Juana's Latin Sports Bar & Grill employee seen hanging the open sign for re-opens for indoor dining on May 18, 2020 in Miramar, Florida. The six year old family own restaurant with 30 plus employee re-opened approximately two months after shutting it's doors due to the coronavirus pandemic and lost over $300,000 of revenue during that time. Juana's Latin Sports Bar & Grill just received a PPP loan approval on May 6 and looking for most of they employee to come back to work. as Broward County starts the first phase of the states coronavirus pandemic re-opening plan, which includes openings with certain restrictions of businesses like barber shops, hair salon, restaurants and retail stores. (Photo by JL/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Has the Paycheck Protection Program succeeded?

Glenn Hubbard and Michael R. Strain

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Picture of the planet Earth wearing a surgical mask.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Macroeconomic outcomes and COVID-19: A progress report

Jesús Fernández-Villaverde and Charles I. Jones

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Electronic traffic sign that reads "Statewide Order Stay Home"

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Epidemiological and economic effects of lockdown

Alexander D. Arnon, John A. Ricco, and Kent A. Smetters

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Events

POSTPONED – The Future of Defense Task Force’s final report: Reviewing the nation’s defense assets and capabilities

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

The needs of America’s post-9/11 veterans

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

Upcoming Policy 2020 Event

Do presidential debates matter?

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

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Blog Posts

Sudanese protesters march in a demonstration to mark the anniversary of a transitional power-sharing deal with demands for quicker political reforms in Khartoum, Sudan August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

Order from Chaos

Normalizing Sudan-Israel relations now is a dangerous game

Payton Knopf and Jeffrey Feltman

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Protesters walk onto Morrison Bridge while rallying against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Portland, Oregon, U.S. June 3, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Terray Sylvester

TechStream

How to regulate police use of drones

Faine Greenwood

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Cargo ship at the Port of Mombasa in Kenya

Future Development

US-Africa trade relations: Why is AGOA better than a bilateral free trade agreement?

Gracelin Baskaran

Thursday, September 24, 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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FILE PHOTO: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attends the lunch session of The Women's Conference in Long Beach, California October 26, 2010. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

President's Corner

Brookings President John R. Allen statement on the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Friday, September 18, 2020

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) speaks ahead of a vote on two articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., in a still image from video December 18, 2019. House TV via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

President's Corner

Brookings President John R. Allen statement on the passing of John R. Lewis

Saturday, July 18, 2020

A Palestinian man herds sheep near a construction site at a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem known to Israelis as Har Homa and to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim December 19, 2011. Israel began seeking tenders to build more than 1,000 homes in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, part of a settlement plan it accelerated after Palestinians won recognition by a U.N. body, but a move which complicates a return to negotiations.REUTERS/Baz Ratner (POLITICS ANIMALS)

President's Corner

Stopping Israel’s annexation is a US national security interest

The Hill

Sunday, June 14, 2020

Protesters with Sanctuary DMV march by members of the US Armed Forces and an armored vehicle in downtown Washington, D.C., on June 19, 2020 amid the Coronavirus pandemic. After weeks of anti-racist and Black Lives Matter demonstrations in America and beyond, thousands of protesters again gathered in Washington on Juneteenth, commemorating the day the final slaves were freed in 1865 and marching throughout the capital. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

President's Corner

Rebuking threats to use the US military against protestors

PBS

Thursday, June 4, 2020

Protesters from Freedom Day MarchÕs movement march from The National Museum of African American History & Culture to Martin Luther King memorial and pay honor during a rally about Juneteenth 2020 today on June 19, 2020 in Washington DC, USA. (Photo by Lenin Nolly/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

President's Corner

Protests for George Floyd, police reform, and leadership

CNN

Thursday, June 4, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump walks through Lafayette Park to visit St. John's Episcopal Church across from the White House during ongoing protests over racial inequality in the wake of the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

President's Corner

A Moment of National Shame and Peril—and Hope

Foreign Policy

Wednesday, June 3, 2020