“Tech policy and internet freedom advocates who want to restore the traditional U.S. posture of openness, innovation, and the free flow of ideas toward China must challenge the underlying foreign policy and national security posture that justifies the TikTok ban,” argues Mark MacCarthy.
What global factors could make inflation less stable? Ona new episode of the Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity, Donald Kohn and Pierre Yared discuss how emerging trends may present headwinds to central banks trying to keep inflation steady.
Addressing utility wildfire risk. Because utility-ignited fires are a unique and outsized contributor to wildfires, electric companies in high-risk areas should develop and implement plans to mitigate wildfire ignition risks from their infrastructure. Michael Wara, Michael Mastrandrea, and Eric Macomber propose a voluntary safety program modeled after California’s.
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