Plus, disinformation through memes, and where the world stands on the sustainable development goals.
| A voter’s guide to Social Security For over two decades, there have been warnings about Social Security’s financial troubles. Why haven’t elected officials dealt with the funding gap in America’s most popular government program and what strategies can address it? Henry J. Aaron answers these questions and outlines what Democrats and Republicans have said about Social Security. |
More research and commentary How the world is really doing on the SDGs. A nuanced assessment of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) can offer encouragement alongside a realistic view of the work that remains. The problem is not that everything is getting worse, but rather that many things are not getting better any faster than they were before the SDGs were adopted, write Homi Kharas and John W. McArthur in Project Syndicate. Election disinformation manifested through satire. In the current policy environment, where content moderation and AI policy are still evolving, those who develop and disseminate memes can potentially influence voter and election information without the usual guardrails, warn Nicol Turner Lee and Isabella Panico Hernández. |
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