Jessica Brandt, associate fellow in Foreign Policy and special assistant to the president in the Executive Office, examines the state of the global refugee crisis today and addresses what steps the United States and international community should take to provide relief.
Also in this episode, David Wessel, senior fellow and director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, provides his regular economic update. This week, he introduces the center’s new Fiscal Impact Measure, which interprets the impact of fiscal policy on GDP growth in real time.
Finally, Lynn Kuok, nonresident fellow in the Center for East Asia Policy Studies, discusses tensions in the South China Sea in our “Ask an Expert” segment.
Show Notes:
The refugee crisis needs concrete solutions—here are three
Addressing the Syrian refugee crisis
What the Ninth Circuit ruling doesn’t do
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PodcastUnderstanding the global refugee crisis
March 3, 2017