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A Roundtable on Trade Policy Uncertainty
2+ hour ago (262+ words) The discussion suggested that we have moved from a world where uncertainty centered on tariff levels to one where it increasingly concerns the rules themselves'how they are set, how they change, and whether they will be enforced consistently over time....
Ending Improper Government Payments to Dead People
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (599+ words) Last week, President Donald Trump signed into law the "Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act." The new law permanently authorizes data sharing between the Social Security Administration's "Death Master File" and the Department of the Treasury's "Do Not Pay…...
2025 Trade and Investment Didn’t Yield Manufacturing Jobs
4+ hour, 35+ min ago (206+ words) Trade wins'the headlines. The'combined American goods and services deficit fell only slightly in 2025, remaining large at $900 billion. But this includes a rush of imports in the first quarter in advance of expected tariffs. After the first quarter, the goods and…...
Advancing AI Literacy in the US Workplace
8+ hour, 51+ min ago (173+ words) AI application risks come, therefore, not from the GPTs themselves but from inappropriate use. Such risks are best addressed by education, not regulation. Workers need new skills in AI literacy to make the most of GPT-based applications and avoid their…...
A Poisoned Chalice at the Federal Reserve
22+ hour, 58+ min ago (186+ words) If the experience with the bursting of the 2001 dot.com bubble is anything by which to go, the eventual bursting of the AI bubble could mean that'Warsh might have to deal with an economic recession'relatively early'in his term. Such a…...
The Political Backlash to Data Centers
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (282+ words) The single most dramatic shift in political opinion over the past six months has been the backlash against data centers. This dislike for data centers is starting to translate into political action. According to Data Center Watch, between May 2024 and…...
Rubio in Munich and the Civic Foundations Universities Can’t Ignore
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (687+ words) Speaking in Munich'this'week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered European leaders something more than diplomatic reassurance. He offered a diagnosis of what holds the democratic West together and what happens when those civic foundations weaken.' Rubio began with an unusually…...
A Class President Is Not a Political Faction
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (714+ words) I was recently handed a flyer'at Sarah Lawrence College advertising a "Community-Building Dinner Fundraiser for Gaza" and "Power Mapping 101," co-hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine'(SJP)'and the "Class of 2028 President." This was not'a'neutral'event.'It was ideological organizing, framed…...
A Civic Crisis Schools Can Fix
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (759+ words) For too many young Americans today, disagreement is treated not as a normal part of learning but as a threat'something to be avoided, silenced, or managed. This is more than a cultural mood. It is a civic vulnerability." According to…...
Housing Doesn’t Need Higher Prices—It Needs More Homes
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (472+ words) Home prices rising'isn't'automatically a sign of a healthy housing market. When appreciation runs far ahead of incomes for years, it stops looking like wealth creation and starts acting like a quiet tax on everyone who'didn't'buy early.' When it comes to…...