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NEW: “Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are most ready for the next technological leap.” Here's a look at the geography of AI from @BrookingsInst @BrookingsMetro brookings.edu/articles/mappi… @SteveCase @I_Am_NickBloom @robseamans @BradSmi
🎙️ Namibia’s Foreign Minister on Trade, Foreign Policy & Africa’s Development It was a true honor to welcome Hon. Selma Ashipala-Musavyi (@MIRCO_Namibia) to the @BrookingsInst #ForesightAfrica podcast! We explored how trade, diplomacy, & continental frameworks like #AfCFTA can…
Season 3 of #ReimagineRural is on its way..! Subscribe now so you catch every story of #rural renewal happening in towns across the country… @BrookingsInst @BrookingsGlobal brookings.edu/articles/annou…
How do Chinese security experts view strategic stability issues between China and the United States? In a new paper, Li Bin explores these perspectives and argues that understanding them can help improve U.S.-China relations. Read: brook.gs/4kIZpit
This week at Brookings: @BrookingsEcon hosts the annual Municipal Finance Conference, and @BrookingsMetro holds a discussion on accelerating climate investment during federal uncertainty. Learn more: brookings.edu/events/
🎧 AI is changing work - but who decides how? UNI General Secretary @CHoffmanUNI talks with @BrookingsInst's Molly Kinder about why workers must have a say in how generative AI shapes jobs. Listen how unions can secure a fair transition for workers in the age of AI.…
In a new @BrookingsInst report, @MarkMuro1 & Shriya Methkupally map the unfolding AI revolution and assess how the nation and local economies are positioned to create, apply, and harness the technology. Read more: brookings.edu/articles/mappi…
A new analysis finds more than $24.5 billion would become temporarily or permanently inaccessible to Tribes if a funding freeze on the scale of OMB’s order were to go into effect. brookings.edu/articles/a-fed…
Honored to co-author this important piece with HE @julius_maadabio, President of Sierra Leone. HE @seyiamakinde, Governor of Oyo State Nigeria, and @HafezGhanem_Dev, Senior Fellow @BrookingsInst Africa’s agriculture sector can drive inclusive growth—but only if we invest in our…
The agriculture sector holds great promise for Africa. In light of a mass retreat of foreign aid, more private and public investment must support the sector, write @julius_maadabio, @seyiamakinde, @simeonehui, and @HafezGhanem_Dev. brookings.edu/articles/with-…
The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act overhauls Opportunity Zones (OZs)—areas providing tax incentives for investments—by establishing fewer, newer, and stricter zones. @davidmwessel explains what changed. brookings.edu/articles/how-d…
"Artificial intelligence is not destroying jobs in finance, it is rewriting them." Read the latest from @eduardoyeyati: brookings.edu/articles/hybri…
Great show this week with former Treasury official and @BrookingsInst VP @econ_harris on the fiscal challenges facing the U.S. government, including the projected primary deficits, rising interest costs on debt, the borrowing glut, fiscal rules, and more! A must listen!
New episode! Ben Harris on the Fiscal Health of the US Government Ben Harris (@econ_harris) and @DavidBeckworth discuss how the power of the bond market might be the only way we can currently discipline ourselves.
EVENT: Tomorrow, join us at 11am EDT for a webinar on the rising risk of war in the Horn of Africa. Featuring Jeffrey Feltman, @TsedaleLemma, @mutigam, @SusanStigant, & @JMeservey. Register now! brook.gs/44FNZWK
On July 16, hear from Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr on booms, busts, and changes in financial regulation in America. Learn more and register to join: brookings.edu/events/federal…
On July 17, hear from @RepMaxineWaters on the House Financial Services Committee agenda, including recent changes in financial regulation and consumer protection. Learn more and register to join: brookings.edu/events/the-hou…
Are small donors the solution to democracy’s problems? brookings.edu/articles/are-s… . @BrookingsInst @BrookingsGov. We are strong skeptics based on research with @zack_albert123 for forthcoming book @UChicagoPress on small donors.
What will be the effect of generative AI on jobs? It will likely vary dramatically across occupations and industries. A recent @BrookingsInst article by Xiang Hui and Oren Reshev studies this question in the context of freelancers. brookings.edu/articles/is-ge…
Trump's meetings with African leaders this week reflect a broader strategic ambition of reasserting U.S. power and influence in a region where rivals have surged ahead, writes @LandrySigne. brookings.edu/articles/prosp…
The reconciliation bill signed by President Trump on Friday adds as much debt as was added by the CARES Act of 2021 and the American Rescue Plan of 2021 combined. That threatens to put a persistent drag on US economic growth, @econ_harris argues in a new @BostonGlobe op-ed.…
Yesterday, Trump announced that Japan will be hit with a new 25% tariff by August 1st. What now? Earlier this year, @solis_msolis outlined a strategy Tokyo should follow to survive the trade war. Read it here: brook.gs/3Y04Scs