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July 11, 2023
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…
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July 5, 2023
Bloomberg Government: Banning ‘junk foods’ from nutrition aid provokes partisan fight
“Most SNAP recipients use multiple forms of payment, like cash or debit cards, with their benefits. That means if recipients can’t buy sugary beverages or proc…
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July 3, 2023
Financial Times: Millions of US borrowers brace for the return of student debt payments
“Wendy Edelberg, director of the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution, said some degree of economic cooling should be welcome, with consumer spending …
Commentary
July 3, 2023
Dollar & Sense Podcast : Why immigrants are America’s superpower
“Wendy Edelberg, senior fellow and director of The Hamilton Project at Brookings, discusses the positive impact of immigration on the dynamism and fiscal susta…
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June 29, 2023
Axios: America may need to start caring about the deficit again
“‘The pandemic created enormous economic losses, and we used borrowing not so much to make the losses vanish into thin air but to spread them out over time,’ W…
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June 28, 2023
Barron's: Patients can’t get some lifesaving drugs. What’s causing the shortages
“The Brookings report, from the think tank’s Hamilton Project, suggests creating incentives to nudge hospitals to buy from more-reliable generic drug manufactu…
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June 27, 2023
PBS NewsHour: How an aging population poses challenges for U.S. economy, workforce and social programs
“New numbers from the Census Bureau show the U.S. population is older than it’s ever been, with the nation’s median age over 38. William Brangham spoke with Ph…
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June 27, 2023
Washington Post: How troubles at a factory in India led to a U.S. cancer-drug shortage
“A report published Wednesday by the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project argues that the U.S. government must intervene, with legislation and funding, to …