Brookings - Quality. Independence. Impact.

Tax incentives

How tax incentives can power more equitable, inclusive growth

Lourdes Germán and Joseph Parilla · Wednesday, May 5, 2021

The Long Museum West Bund was founded in 2014 by Shanghainese entrepreneur couple Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei. The museum site was previously the terminal for coal shipping on the Huangpu River. Visitors to the museum can still see the view of a coal hopper unloading bridge from atop a retainer column built in the 1950s.

Essay

Shanghai’s dynamic art scene: China’s cosmopolitan middle class and the value of international cultural exchanges

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

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Report

What lies beneath: Evidence from leaked account data on how elites use offshore banking

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

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A demonstrator holds a flag during a protest against the death of 18-year-old Andres Guardado and racial injustice, in Compton, California, U.S., June 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Post

Is the United States a racist country?

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

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Essay

Designing a public option that would reduce health care provider prices

Matthew Fiedler

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

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Latest Research

2020 Elections

Demographics & Population

Turnout in 2020 election spiked among both Democratic and Republican voting groups, new census data shows

William H. Frey

May 5, 2021

Government building city hall Vietnam with flag flying

Regulatory Policy

“Notice-and-comment” and business regulation in the developing world

Markus Taussig and Edmund Malesky

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Baltimore police

Report

A better path forward for criminal justice: Conclusion

Rashawn Ray and Brent Orrell

April 2021

Offenders research and work on their papers inside the Southwestern Baptist Theological computer lab located in the Darrington Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice men's prison in Rosharon, Texas August 12, 2014. The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, a private college based in Fort Worth, Texas, began its bachelor of science in biblical studies program at Darrington, south of Houston, about three years ago. To be accepted, an offender has to be at least 10 years from the possibility of parole, have a good behavior record and the appropriate academic credentials to enroll in a college course. The program, which is largely paid for by charitable contributions from the Heart of Texas Foundation, has more than 150 prisoners enrolled and plans to send its graduates as field ministers to other units who want the bible college alumni for peer counseling and spiritual guidance. The first degrees are expected to be conferred next year. Picture taken August 12, 2014. To match Feature USA-TEXAS/PRISON REUTERS/Adrees Latif (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW EDUCATION SOCIETY RELIGION)

Report

A better path forward for criminal justice: Prisoner reentry

Annelies Goger, David J. Harding, and Howard Henderson

April 2021

A prison guard keeps watch during class at the Taconic Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills, New York April 8, 2016. Inmates at Taconic Correctional Facility, a medium security women's prison in suburban Bedford Hills near New York City, are reading the classic works of Homer, Euripides and Virgil. The Columbia University course, organised by the non-profit Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison, aims to boost employment for convicts after release and reduce rates of reoffending. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri SEARCH "TACONIC ALLEGRI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Report

A better path forward for criminal justice: Training and employment for correctional populations

Grant Duwe and Makada Henry-Nickie

April 2021

Events

Re-emerging from COVID-19: Why children and cities need play now more than ever

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

A conversation with Rep. Rosa DeLauro on priorities for congressional appropriations

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT

Income volatility and health care decisionmaking

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

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Blog Posts

Mostly empty hospital nursery

Up Front

The coming COVID-19 baby bust is here

Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip B. Levine

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Melanie Bolanos, 9, holds a sign to protest hate crimes committed against Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities ahead of a car caravan in Koreatown on March 19, 2021 in Los Angeles.

Up Front

Assessing the social and emotional costs of mass shootings with Twitter data

Mary Blankenship and Carol Graham

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

FixGov

What will Facebook’s ban mean for Donald Trump’s future?

Wednesday, May 5, 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

Upcoming

The Constitution of Knowledge

By Jonathan Rauch

2021

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A woman wearing a face mask poses through a plastic sheet in front of her shop along the railway line.Bangkok city urban dwellers living along the railway line. The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) train travels from Bangkok's central station at Hua Lamphong to east of the capital and connects to Chachoengsao, 82 km from Bangkok along this line. (Photo by Paul Lakatos / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Pandemic divergence: A short note on COVID-19 and global income inequality

Eduardo Levy Yeyati and Federico Filippini

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

People rest in front of a Huawei store at a shopping complex in Beijing, China April 15, 2021. Picture taken April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

China’s economic future

David Dollar and James Pethokoukis

Political Economy

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Middle-class Shanghai: Reshaping US-China engagement

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

State of the Capital Region 2021: Examining the pandemic’s impact on the geography of jobs

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Bank vault

The hacker, the tax haven, and what $200 million in offshore deposits can tell us about the fight against illicit wealth

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

A engineer walks past the solar panels at the Benadir Electricity Company (BECO) solar project in Mogadishu, Somalia May 21, 2020. Picture taken May 21, 2020. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Figures of the week: Africa’s renewable energy potential

Leo Holtz and Christina Golubski

Wednesday, May 5, 2021