Technology & Innovation

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TechTank

The current landscape of central bank digital currencies

Chen Ye and Kevin C. Desouza

Friday, December 13, 2019

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Technology & Innovation

Assessing employer intent when AI hiring tools are biased

Friday, December 13, 2019

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Up Front

Class Notes: Virtual college counseling, rainy-day savings accounts, and more

Chenoah Sinclair and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

UAV drone Navy

Technology & Innovation

Public opinion lessons for AI regulation

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Reports

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Workforce Development

The role of employers in addressing the skills gap

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Friday, December 6, 2019

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Workforce Development

How a medical tech company partners with higher education to build career ladders

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Friday, December 6, 2019

Two young men in vocational school, taking a class on repairing diesel engines.

Workforce Development

Employee development through a ‘Pay for Skills’ program

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Friday, December 6, 2019

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Workforce Development

One company’s approach to workforce development: Charting unknown territory and emphasizing the fundamentals

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Friday, December 6, 2019

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Workforce Development

For one manufacturer, providing educational opportunities is key to past and future success

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Friday, December 6, 2019

Blog Posts

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TechTank

Highlights: Setting guidelines for facial recognition and law enforcement

Monday, December 9, 2019

Polling officials wait to receive Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines and Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) at a distribution centre ahead of the final phase of voting in Gujarat state assembly election in Ahmedabad, India, December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave - RC1F07DFD550

TechTank

How electronic voting machines have improved India’s democracy

Friday, December 6, 2019

Automation workers

The Avenue

AI will affect better-paid workers—but that doesn’t mean they’re the most vulnerable

Mark Muro, Robert Maxim, and Jacob Whiton

Thursday, December 5, 2019

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Events

What do the GDPR and CCPA mean for privacy in America?

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

Panel Discussion | Housing, Externalities, Technology and the Long Run for Global Real Estate

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM IST

New Delhi, India

Lessons of history, law, and public opinion for AI development

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

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Related Books

Beyond Disruption: Technology's Challenge to Governance by George P. Shultz, Jim Hoagland, James Timbie

Beyond Disruption: Technology’s Challenge to Governance

Contributions by William Drozdiak

2018

Behavioral Science & Policy, Volume 1, Number 2

Edited by Craig Fox and Sim B. Sitkin

2016

Behavioral Science & Policy, Volume 1, Number 1

Edited by Craig Fox and Sim B. Sitkin

2015

Experts

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Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Molly Kinder

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Multimedia

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Africa in focus

The future of work in Africa: Opportunities and challenges of digital technologies

Thursday, November 7, 2019

On October 1, the Foreign Policy program at Brookings will host Nathan Gardels and Nicolas Berggruen, authors of the new book “Renovating Democracy: Governing in the Age of Globalization and Digital Capitalism,” to discuss these themes and present findings from their research on how democratic systems work — and how they fail. Following opening remarks by Brookings Vice President and Director Bruce Jones, Washington Columnist for The Boston Globe Indira Lakshmanan will moderate a conversation with the authors. Questions from the audience will follow the discussion.The rise of populism in the West and the rise of China in the East have stirred a debate about the role of democracy in the international system. The impact of globalization and digital capitalism is forcing worldwide attention to the starker divide between the “haves” and the “have-nots,” challenging how we think about the social contract. At a time when democracy is being tested internally and its role in the global order questioned, we must assess its current trajectory across regions and discuss the core challenges facing democracies in the West. Can civic participation and direct democracy be integrated into the system without empowering populism? How can governing systems in the West compete against China’s innovations and global ambitions? Can different systems of government co-exist in this age of globalization and integration, or are we facing a clash of systems?

Order from Chaos

Highlights: Experts discuss how to renovate democracy in a new technological and geopolitical era

Samantha Diaz and Emilie Kimball

Monday, October 21, 2019

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Podcast Episode

Don’t be fooled by deepfakes

John Villasenor and Fred Dews

Friday, August 16, 2019

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