Every think tank, aside from the few that maintain an allegiance to the current Administration, now faces a test: How do they ...

In the fall of 2018, University of California, Berkeley economist Emmanuel Saez said, to an audience of economists, policymakers, and the press, “If the data don’t fit the theory, change the theory.” ...

American democracy is under direct threat today, and that threat must be vanquished. But in the longer term, we also need to think about ways to make democracy in the United States more representative ...

China’s authoritarian model presents a new and challenging set of risks to the United States and the current international system. Over the past decade, the Chinese leadership has shifted from simply ...

Once upon a time in southwest Virginia, coal barons took the region’s wealth. Now, opioids sap its will.

The United States is witnessing another vigorous debate over its immigration and border security policies. Many aspects of this debate are now familiar, even tired. Who should be a priority for ...

Symposium | Democracy and Technology: Allies or Enemies? Tech’s Risks on Non-English Platforms By Samuel Woolley from Spring 2023, No. 68 – 12 MIN READ Tagged Internet Social Media ...

Two of the House of Representatives’ leading fighters for democracy—one scorched by personal tragedy—explain what’s at stake.

After 1,460 days, the news finally came. When you have waited four interminable years to experience a wished-for verdict, conjured in fantasy over many a sleepless night, the moment of its stark ...

Repairing the Algorithmic Lens Suresh Venkatasubramanian from Spring 2023, No. 68 – 11 MIN READ Tagged Democracy Internet technology ...

How three decades of technological change, globalization, and government policy made workers more at the mercy of concentrated capital.

The essays that follow, on the current state of macroeconomic analysis, were motivated by at least two developments. First, consider the question posed by Queen Elizabeth, who, on visiting the London ...