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Can we restore civility to Washington policy debates?In many policy debates, the discussion has shifted from criticizing ideas to questioning motives. Can policymakers find their way back to civility?- Think technology is disrupting the job market like never before? Think again.A new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation analyzes the US labor market from 1850 to the present and finds that we are in an era of unprecedented calm. And that's not good.
- Commentary: Is the Endangered Species Act facing extinction?Before we overhaul the Endangered Species Act, we should better understand what it means to deliberately allow a species to go extinct.
Why we need international studentsInviting foreign students to study in the United States doesn't just create jobs, it also brings in perspectives that can help the United States solve complex global challenges.
What should Trump's manufacturing strategy look like?To improve US industries' ability to compete abroad, the Trump administration will have to do more than promote low-wage domestic manufacturing jobs.
How yesterday's industrial workplaces are becoming today's data centersFactories, mines, printing press buildings, bakeries, and other icons of 20th century industrial activity are now being adapted to the information age.- Guaranteed basic income for all: An idea whose time has come?The idea that the state should provide all of its citizens with money to sustain a basic cost of living has gained traction across the political spectrum. Will it soon break into the mainstream?
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How news sites' online comments help fuel hatredOnline news outlets and social networks share responsibility for letting hateful messages fester in their comment spaces, contributing to further degenerating our politics.
The neoliberal consensus is crumbling. What happens next?The dominant economic model of the West for the past seven decades faces challenges from both the left and the right. Will the neoliberal narrative be replaced by one that aims to create more than just market value?
Is the media contributing to global inequality?As more media outlets fall under the control of a shrinking number of private owners, opportunities for ordinary people around the globe to participate and produce media are under threat.
Opposing neoliberalism without right-wing populism: A Latin American guideMany observers see the rise in right-wing populism as a backlash against three decades of neoliberalism, but is racist, chauvinistic, nationalism, the only coherent response?- Confusion about job creation is obscuring America's productivity crisisIllogical thinking about jobs – and the misguided policies that stem from it – stand in the way of focusing on America's most pressing economic problem: our slowest-ever growth in productivity.
- Democrats would do well to focus on economic growth, not redistributionTo win back Trump voters, Democrats should jettison so-called middle-out economics, and instead embrace a philosophy of growth.
Why filling potholes won’t be enough to grow the US economyBoth Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have expressed support for more federal spending on infrastructure, but merely repairing roads and bridges won't fix America's productivity problem.
To solve our growth problem, we must first solve our productivity problemAmerica's sluggish economic growth over the last decade. To fix this, we must make productivity increases the central goal of US economic policy.- Will US productivity stagnate or flourish? Maybe neither.Stagnationists tend to underestimate the growth potential of information technology, while the techno-utopians overestimate it.
- It's time for tough talk on tradeOpinion: Washington policy elites need to get beyond thinking of the debate as one of unrestrained global trade versus stubborn protectionism.
- America can’t compete globally without trainingSigning trade agreements is not enough. Only with a robust national competitiveness agenda will America continue to lead in the global trading system.
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