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Bloomberg: The home insurance crisis could use a public assist
“To address soaring insurance premiums and coverage gaps in an age of worsening climate-fueled disasters, the Brookings Institution has proposed creating a fe…
Public natural catastrophe reinsurance: What other countries do
David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center, summarizes new work by Adam Solomon (NYU) on lessons from foreign governments’ intervention in their insurance m…
Straight Talk: Decision making, free expression, politics, & climate policy
“Hank welcomes Bob Rubin (Chairman Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations and 70th US Treasury Secretary) back to the podcast to discuss his new book The Yello…
Event recap—Powering a clean energy future
In April 2023, leaders and experts convened at Stanford University to examine the future of clean energy innovation and deployment.
Investing in the future of California’s water sector
In late March, Governor Jerry Brown signed a billion-dollar emergency drought relief legislation package. Recent Hamilton Project authors Newsha K. Ajami and B…
The true costs of alternative energy sources: Are we unfairly penalizing natural gas?
Michael Greenstone testifies before the Joint Economic Committee on America's energy choices, and how social costs mask the true costs of some of our energy ch…
Liability and financial responsibility for oil spills under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and related statutes
Michael Greenstone’s testimony before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The threat to free trade posed by climate change policy
Jason Bordoff’s remarks to the Geneva Trade and Development Forum regarding climate change policy.
