In Tuesday’s Chicago mayoral primary, the incumbent, Lori Lightfoot received only 17% of the vote, failed to finish in the top two, and is ineligible to participate in the April runoff that will choose Chicago’s next mayor. Why did this happen, and what …
What’s the latest thinking in fiscal and monetary policy? The Hutchins Roundup keeps you informed of the latest research, charts, and speeches. Want to receive the Hutchins Roundup as an email? Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Thursday. …
On February 28th, the Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases about the Biden administration’s proposed student loan forgiveness program — Biden v. Nebraska and U.S. Department of Education v. Brown. The cases focused on two key questions – do the …
The USMCA plays a national security role Bradley Martin Director, RAND National Security Supply Chain Institute Senior Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation Looking at the political backdrop in which it was ratified in 1994, the North American Free Trade …
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) provides the regulatory certainty and market access guarantees that underpin North American trade and investment. This report addresses the importance of USMCA for North America in supporting the goal of …
Expanding the Child Tax Credit would meaningfully reduce child poverty and improve the long-term outcomes of children. At the same time, policymakers have posed concerns that these additional resources would be negatively offset: by reduced labor supply, …
Child food insecurity and child poverty in the U.S. are solvable problems. Yet, gaps in child nutrition program coverage and implementation continue to pose challenges for solving childhood hunger. This essay makes the case that in-kind nutrition benefits— …
Child poverty is a persistent national issue with lifetime and intergenerational consequences, but the distribution of its incidence and its impacts vary. One dimension that deserves attention is the variation in child poverty by state and the …
In a deal that secured Kevin McCarthy the speakership, House Republicans plan to vote on the FairTax Act of 2023 (H.R. 25), which would replace almost all federal taxes with a 23% national retail sales tax, create a “Family Consumption Allowance,” a type …
By Gracelin Baskaran, Aloysius Uche OrduIn this episode of Foresight Africa podcast, Gracelin Baskaran, a World Bank consultant and Bye-Fellow at Cambridge, discusses Africa’s rich natural resources, especially rare earth elements, and offers …
This decade presents an opportunity to make a breakthrough on both development and climate goals. The past decade’s slowdown in poverty reduction has been accentuated by the recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and the war in Ukraine. This …
Sub-Saharan African countries (SSA) face twin challenges that are slowing growth and eroding decades of developmental gains: Rising debt levels and an increasing frequency and severity of climate shocks. The compounding nature of these challenges has left …
Technology can address supply chain visibility to bolster human rights, resilience, and sustainability Alan Bersin Chairman, Altana AI Advisory Board Senior Fellow, Harvard Belfer Center Inaugural North America Fellow, Wilson Center Former Commissioner, U. …
Labor chapters improve supply chain resilience: The case of the USMCA Kevin Kolben Associate Professor and Department Vice Chair, Department of Supply Chain Management, Rutgers Business School Labor provisions are increasingly becoming standard features of …
Optimizing North American supply chains in critical technologies: The USMCA digital advantage Dan Ciuriak Director and Principal, Ciuriak Consulting Inc. (Ottawa) Fellow in Residence, C.D. Howe Institute (Toronto) Senior Fellow, Centre for International …
Non-tariff measures as barriers to deepening and strengthening North American supply chains Since the beginning of this century, due to NAFTA and the USMCA, practically all of trade in North America is free of tariffs. However, one of the most important …
The importance and potential role of services in North American supply chains J. Bradford Jensen McCrane/Shaker Chair in International Business and Director of the Izmirlian Program in Business and Global Affairs, Georgetown University Imagine you are a …
Joshua P. Meltzer Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Brahima S. Coulibaly Vice President and Director, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings We are very pleased to launch …
Inflation affects the price of everything we buy these days, and a college education is no different. But everyone pays the same price for eggs. Not everyone pays the same price for college. The availability of need-based financial aid means that those who …
Manufacturers of all sizes, from small, family-owned and -operated businesses, to multinational enterprises, are counting on the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) to strengthen their supply chains and help them grow. The USMCA can be a model …
