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We bring together leading experts in government, academia, and beyond to provide nonpartisan research and analysis on the most important issues in the world.
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Michael O’Hanlon joined CNBC’s ‘The Exchange’ to discuss the U.S.-Russia prisoner swap.
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Aaron Klein writes in Politico with three other financial regulatory experts to discuss a Treasury Department proposal on mortgage services that would further entrench the cycle of private gains and public bailouts.
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How can we close the technology gap? Following the release of her new book ‘Digitally Invisible’, Nicol Turner Lee joins the Politico Tech Podcast to discuss how the emerging digital underclass is navigating the spiraling online economy.
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Adie Tomer spoke to The New York Times about how the next presidential administration will be economically well positioned, with ample transportation spending fueled by the infrastructure law.
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