Government & Politics
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Bonds or Bust!
George Soros: Proposal for Perpetual Bonds — A Discussion on the Future of European Fiscal Capacity
YSI
DiscussionDec 4, 2020
George Soros’ latest op-ed in the Project Syndicate reasserts his view how perpetual bonds could help the European Union overcome its deadlock on fiscal spending.
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An Effective Response to Europe’s Fiscal Paralysis
Nov 30, 2020
Individual EU member states ought to issue perpetual bonds
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How Biden Can Protect Workers on Day 1
Nov 13, 2020
By fully utilizing the power of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), President Biden could take meaningful steps to keep workers safe during the pandemic, even without Congress’s help
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YSI 2020 Plenary: New Economic Questions
Young Scholars Initiative Virtual Plenary
YSI
PlenaryNov 6–15, 2020
What are the 100 most pertinent economic questions facing our global societ?
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Affluent Authoritarianism: McGuire and Delahunt’s New Evidence on Public Opinion and Policy
Nov 2, 2020
New INET research shows once again that it’s large firms and the 1%—not the “median voter”—who drive U.S. policy
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Working Paper Series
Predicting United States Policy Outcomes with Random Forests
Nov 2020
In this paper we analyze the Gilens dataset using the complementary tools of Random Forest classifiers (RFs), from Machine Learning.
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Vera Songwe: "Let’s build forward better!"
Oct 30, 2020
In this interview, Dr. Vera Songwe, economist and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa reflects on the ways that African governments have handled COVID-19, the role of the Continental Free Trade Agreement in turbo-charging future growth, the vital role of infrastructural investment and mobilising domestic resources for building forward better and greener.
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"Shadow" Lobbyists Run Rampant in the Swamp
Oct 27, 2020
Unregistered lobbyists, including former members of Congress, are a key resource for lobbying firms
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Working Paper Series
Shadow Lobbyists
Oct 2020
Unregistered lobbyists, including former members of Congress, are a key resource for lobbying firms
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Cybersecurity Expert: What the Media Miss on America’s Election Risks
Oct 23, 2020
David Mussington, a leading expert on cybersecurity, reveals what’s worrying him, from Facebook to foreign interference.
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Edward Brown: “Growth with ‘DEPTH’ should guide economic transformation in Africa”
Oct 2, 2020
In this interview, Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin discuss with Edward K. Brown, Senior Director, Research and Advisory services at the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) based in Accra, Ghana, on the effects of COVID-19 on regional integration and economic transformation in Africa, and the role of ACET and African think tanks in advising African governments respond to the crisis.
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How Corruption is Becoming America’s Operating System
Oct 1, 2020
New book by Sarah Chayes reveals the country’s descent into a level of corruption usually associated with places like Nigeria and Afghanistan
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How NAFTA Lost Democrats the South
Sep 15, 2020
For thirty years after the Civil Rights Act, a sizable share of white Southerners still voted Democrat. That changed when the party embraced trade deals that hurt American workers.
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Working Paper Series
Voting Rights, Deindustrialization, and Republican Ascendancy in the South
Sep 2020
How NAFTA led to GOP dominance of the American South
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Debt Talks Episode 2 | Debt, Wealth, and Racial Inequalities
Webinarmoderated by Moritz Schularick with Mehrsa Baradaran, Ashley C. Harrington, Darrick Hamilton and Louise Seamster
Hosted by Private Debt
Sep 15, 2020
Racial inequalities of wealth and income are pervasive. This episode of Debt Talks will feature a conversation with four prominent experts on the persistence of racial inequalities of wealth and income and the role of financial markets in shaping them.