The Trump administration's impoverished understanding of global affairs as a zero-sum competition for power and resources claims to reassert American leadership in the world even as it rejects that leadership’s basic foundation: that collective purpose and collective action can reduce costs and incr| Brookings
There are wide gender gaps in education in the U.S. and across the economically advanced nations, as I describe in my new book Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It (Brookings Institution Press, 2022). But how does the gender gap in educational outcomes […]| Brookings
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Because of the availability of financial aid, the average amount students actually pay has recently stabilized and even fallen in the last few years. But the average net price is only relevant for families with average finances. What about everyone else?| Brookings
The changing nature of office work and the persistent U.S. housing crisis are motivating local government officials and the owners of underutilized office buildings to convert offices into housing. However, the economics of such conversion projects are more complex than the economics of ground-up development; both asset holders and the public sector, therefore, need good baseline information and analytical frameworks to understand the costs and benefits of conversion and how sensitive these f...| Brookings
Brandi Collins-Dexter speaks with Quinta Jurecic and Evelyn Douek about the emergence and danger of COVID-related mis- and disinformation among Black social media users in the U.S.| Brookings
Elizabeth Ananat, Anna Gassman-Pines, and Olivia Howard warn that work requirements, such as those Congress is currently considering adding or expanding in means-tested programs, penalize low-income workers and families.| Brookings
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George Ingram provides explanations for popular myths surrounding U.S. foreign aid policy and its impacts.| Brookings
This analysis considers recent immigration flows and implications for the labor market, consumer spending, GDP, and inflation.| Brookings