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From rural digital divides to local solutions

Nicol Turner Lee

Thursday, April 2, 2020

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A guide to healthy skepticism of artificial intelligence and coronavirus

Alex Engler

Thursday, April 2, 2020

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AI needs more regulation, not less

Mark MacCarthy

Monday, March 9, 2020

Technology & Innovation

No matter which way you look at it, tech jobs are still concentrating in just a few cities

Mark Muro

March 3, 2020

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Telecommunications & Internet

Bridging digital divides between schools and communities

Nicol Turner Lee

Monday, March 2, 2020

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The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement: Developing trade policy for digital trade

Joshua P. Meltzer

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

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5 questions policymakers should ask about facial recognition, law enforcement, and algorithmic bias

Rashawn Ray

Thursday, February 20, 2020

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TechTank

With a new 6(b) study, the FTC reassesses antitrust enforcement

Caitlin Chin

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

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The Avenue

The robots are ready as the COVID-19 recession spreads

Mark Muro, Robert Maxim, and Jacob Whiton

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

The Avenue

The crucial role ‘innovation districts’ will play in the fight against COVID-19

Julie Wagner

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

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Podcast Episode

AI will affect better-paid workers, but will it displace them?

Mark Muro and Fred Dews

Friday, December 20, 2019

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Africa in focus

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

Dhruv Gandhi

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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AI, predictive analytics, and criminal justice

Boosting growth across more of America

The ethical algorithm

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