U.S. strategy toward Taiwan, filling judicial vacancies, and how the Build Back Better Act’s subsidies could have affected inflation.
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| Can child care and pre-K help reduce inflation? President Biden recently listed a number of ways to reduce inflation; one of them was cutting the cost of child care to U.S. families. In new research, Harry Holzer and Isabel Sawhill examine how the Build Back Better Act’s child care subsidies could have affected labor force participation, GDP, and inflation. Read more |
| Can the United States defend Taiwan? “The United States should respond to any Chinese attack, yes—in that sense, there should not be strategic ambiguity—but rather than promise to respond militarily, we should seek to develop a wider range of response options that include the use of economic, diplomatic, and other tools,” argues Michael O’Hanlon. Read more |
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