U.S. Economy

Aerial view of a massive highway in Los Angeles, CA at night

Sustainable Development Spotlight: Federal infrastructure investment can put America to work

Marcela Escobari

Thursday, March 18, 2021

MOSCOW, RUSSIA JANUARY 7, 2021: Work underway to clean up a former dumping ground at the construction site of Moscow State Universitys Vorobyovy Gory Innovative Science and Technology Center (INTTs). The site with an area of 300,000 square metres is expected to be cleaned up in one and a half months. The project is unofficially referred to as research and technology valley or science valley. In 2019, the Russian government announced plans to establish 15 specialised scientific and educational centres (referred to as valleys) based at Russias leading universities as part of the Nauka Project. Vorobyovy Gory Innovative Science and Technology Centre will be granted special legal regimes and tax breaks similar to those granted to Skolkovo. Anton Novoderezhkin/TASS.No use Russia.

Disrupting the waste management industry through technology

Sanjay Patnaik and Michael Allegretti

Thursday, January 14, 2021

People walk past a sign while wearing masks to prevent contracting and spreading novel coronavirus in San Francisco, California, United States on January 3, 2021. California has implemented shelter-in-place order to encourage people to stay home during the winter holiday to counter the surge of the coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the global pandemic. U.S. confirmed cases has surpassed 20 millions on the first day of 2021. (Photo by Yichuan Cao/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

The top economic issues in 2021

Stephanie Aaronson, Wendy Edelberg, and Fred Dews

Friday, January 8, 2021

Image: US flag, dollar bill, COVID-19 relief check

Does the latest COVID relief bill do enough?

William G. Gale and Adrianna Pita

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A "We're Hiring" sign advertising jobs is seen at the entrance of a restaurant in Miami, Florida, U.S., May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo

Proposals for U.S. economic growth and dynamism

William G. Gale, Richard V. Reeves, and Fred Dews

Friday, December 18, 2020

FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a Kentucky Career Center hoping to find assistance with their unemployment claim in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo/File Photo

Proposals for racial justice and worker mobility

Annelies Goger, Martha Ross, and Fred Dews

Friday, December 11, 2020

Mobility Pathways

Introducing the Mobility Pathways tool for workers, employers, and policymakers

Marcela Escobari and Natalie Geismar

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Severstal North America steel workers stand by the operating station for shrink wrapping steel coils in the Severstal steel mill in Dearborn, Michigan.

How have Trump’s trade wars affected Rust Belt jobs?

Sandra Polaski and David Dollar

Monday, October 19, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Shoppers are seen wearing masks while shopping at a Walmart store in Bradford, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 20, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo/File Photo

Economic issues in the 2020 election, and beyond

David Wessel and Fred Dews

Friday, October 16, 2020

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Improving antitrust law in America

Thursday, October 1, 2020