#Brookings

Geoff Kabaservice

RuleandRuin

1. It was recently announced that US debt would exceed 100% of GDP and that the 25 ppt surge in debt was the largest annual leap since the 1790s. This

Pam Herd

pamela_herd

Understand that most of the folks featured in this article would be counted as *not poor* in those rosy poverty estimates we've seen. Our weird US poverty measure is not

wsbgnl

wsbgnl

Thread. Many are discussing student debt forgiveness. (e.g.@MattBruenig) One question is if forgiveness primarily benefits higher income households.tldr; Survey of Consumer Finances is a key data source for determining who

Shannon

Avery1776

Siddiq is leaving his job as the head of the Central Bank of Libya. He has strong ties to , Qatar + MB. This is meeting 1 of 3 in

Tarun Chhabra

ChhabraT

With colleagues @RushDoshi, @ryanl_hass & Emilie Kimball, delighted to release new @BrookingsFP papers on China’s technological reach—the latest installment of our #GlobalChina projectincluding a special collaboration with @CSETGeorgetown. (1/15)

Shadi Hamid

shadihamid

As #Sweden continues to refuse lockdown, its deaths per million is skyrocketing, far exceeding the US as well as its neighbors. Compare to Finland and Norway, for example Be careful

Abraham Newman

ANewman_forward

Threat/ Threat of TikTok ban shows cracks in global internet governance.https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/tech/us-tiktok-ban/index.html 2/Since the 1990s, the US has pursued an open door policy for global internet governance -- pushing self-re

Joseph Silverzweig

JSilverzweig

I feel like there are a lot of people seeing everyone roll their eyes about this whole flack with @SpencerJCox’ response to the ‘minority scholarships are reverse racism’ thing and

Marcel Dirsus

marceldirsus

Merkel is on her way out and many people worry that one of the few remaining anchors of sanity in our crazy world will break away once she's out of

🌽🍞SurplusCornbread🌽🍞

SurplusCornbre1

The 99% vs the 1% was a nice phrase but at some point you've gotta ask where the hell that 99% is. And when you do that, what becomes clear

Jack Goldsmith

jacklgoldsmith

One premise of this hypothetical analysis has now come true.https://www.lawfareblog.com/presidential-succession-nightmare If you want to get up to speed quickly on the constitutional debate, I would start with this article by

Beth

bethbaff

For those who are paying attention to the stimulus package just passed and are wondering, “what the heck is a Community Development Financial Institution (#CDFI)?” Short answer: they are the

Jennifer Doleac

jenniferdoleac

As a researcher, I now take as given that unnecessary escalation of incidents (e.g. to arrests/violence), as well as racial bias, are both (related) problems in policing. The question is

Axios

axios

DEEP DIVE — With rare, if not unprecedented, agreement, President Trump, Joe Biden, intelligence officials and Big Tech CEOs are all warning of threats to accurate and trusted vote counts before,

Alejandro J. Ganimian

aganimian

NEW @BrookingsGlobal report w/@EmiVegasV + @rickhess99 (@AEI) that offers some guidance for developing countries on how to integrate technology into their school systems.You can read the full report at: https://brook.gs/3hps63n .But

Very 0wn

Very_0wn

“DARPA’s Man in Wuhan” by @hijodelcuervo (July 2020):https://siliconicarus.org/2020/07/31/darpas-man-in-wuhan/ https://twitter.com/RealGeorgeWebb1/status/1472739730232160259 How would international agreements on genetically engineered