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Accounting for Slower Economic Growth

The United States in the 1970's

By Edward F. Denison December 1, 2010

Accounting for Slower Economic Growth examines labor productivity and productivity accounting during the 1970s in the United States.

People sit in the sun on a cold winter day at a camp for internally displaced people in Khamir of the northwestern province of Amran, Yemen December 16, 2019. Picture taken December 16, 2019. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Creating a political strategy for stabilizing fragile states

Patrick W. Quirk and Jeffrey W. Meiser

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump leaves after a news conference at the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

The World Economic Forum deserves criticism, but we need it now more than ever

William Burke-White

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Women walk through al-Hol displacement camp in Hasaka governorate, Syria April 1, 2019. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Minding the gap: How to provide more comprehensive support to the children of ISIS

Eric Rosand, B. Heidi Ellis, and Stevan Weine

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

The Seal of the United States of America is seen on the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in the Brooklyn borough in New York April 2, 2015. Two New York City women have been arrested in an alleged conspiracy to build a bomb and wage a "terrorist attack" in the United States, according to a federal criminal complaint made public on Thursday. Noelle Velentzas, 28, and Asia Siddiqui, 31, devised a plot to target police, government or military targets based on their "violent jihadist beliefs," according to the complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Judicial appointments in Trump’s first three years: Myths and realities

Russell Wheeler

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Demonstrators calling for action on immigration rally in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

The 2020s can end America’s generational divide in politics

William H. Frey

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Election workers start the counting of ballots during the second round of Guinea Bissau's presidential election in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau December 29, 2019. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre

Support for governance in Africa will level the playing field for US commercial engagement with the region

Witney Schneidman

Tuesday, January 28, 2020