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Lisa D. Cook, et al.
describe the persistent challenges women face in the workplace, and how policymakers can accelerate progress towards gender equality.
Short CutJun 17, 2019Lisa D. Cook, et al.
describe the persistent challenges women face in the workplace, and how policymakers can accelerate progress towards gender equality.
Short CutNov 20, 2018Mira Rapp-Hooper
says that the challenges facing US foreign policy reflect forces that will long outlast the current administration.
Short CutOct 24, 2018PS editors
ask Nobel laureates Angus Deaton and Edmund Phelps, as well as Barry Eichengreen, Rana Foroohar, and Glenn Hubbard, whether what looks like a robust recovery is masking another crisis in the making.
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Economic theory does not provide a clear answer regarding the overall impact of technological progress on jobs. And even if automation has traditionally been beneficial in the long run, policymakers should never ignore its disruptive short-term effects on workers.
There is a reason that the US Federal Reserve chair often has a haunted look. Probably to his deep and never-to-be-expressed frustration, the Fed is setting monetary policy in a way that increases the likelihood that President Donald Trump will be reelected next year.
Following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament, and an appeals court ruling declaring that act unlawful, the United Kingdom finds itself in a state of political frenzy. With rational decision-making having become all but impossible, any new political agreement that emerges is likely to be both temporary and deeply flawed.
