Making essential medicines in the United States, helping low-wage workers move to better jobs, and expectations today’s Geneva meeting.
| Setting the Biden-Putin summit bar low All eyes are on Geneva today as President Joe Biden meets Russian President Vladimir Putin. Steven Pifer discusses the most important issues Biden should address in this meeting, including where the U.S. will draw lines on Russian behavior, possibilities for bilateral cooperation, and areas in which U.S. and Russian interests clash. Read more |
| The American Dream in crisis: Helping low-wage workers move up to better jobs To meet President Biden’s goal of rebuilding a new economy that works for everyone, we must first understand gaps in mobility and barriers in the pathways to success. Utilizing data on hundreds of thousands of real workers’ occupational transitions, new research from Marcela Escobari, Ian Seyal, and Carlos Daboin maps a network of the labor market, showing who is falling behind, where, and by how much. Read more |
| Time to make essential medicines within the United States Most pharmaceuticals and protective personal equipment are manufactured outside the United States, which can create domestic risk for Americans, especially in times of crisis like a pandemic. Darrell West outlines steps policymakers can take to help mitigate this risk. Read more |
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