July 24 to 26, 2023, in Rome, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres will convene a U.N. Food Systems Stocktaking Moment, the first global follow-up to the 2021 Food Systems Summit. The event will provide opportunities for nations to review commitments …
Among its many provisions, the Inflation Reduction Act is the largest single piece of climate legislation ever passed in the United States. The incentives in the bill will affect the entire energy sector, from producers of raw materials to end-use …
What’s the latest thinking in fiscal and monetary policy? The Hutchins Roundup keeps you informed of the latest research, charts, and speeches. Want to receive the Hutchins Roundup as an email? Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Thursday. The …
In a deal that secured Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the speakership, Republicans plan to vote on a bill (H.R. 25) to enact the “Fair Tax.”1 Introduced by Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter, R-Ga., the Fair Tax would replace federal personal income, corporate …
As the country increasingly faces devastating floods, historic blizzards, and extreme droughts, there is an urgent need to take climate action. Adapting to these events is becoming a daily reality for many people and places, but avoiding the worst impacts …
The same week President Biden announced he would run for re-election, polls showed Trump establishing a solid lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the Republican nomination. So the country is geared up, amidst a fair amount of complaining, for a Biden- …
The Fox News story, should it ever make its way into a courtroom, has the makings of history.[1] It could help define the acceptable limits of journalistic expression at a time when many newsrooms are losing their way and social media is expanding its …
In 2021 and 2022, the authors published a series of articles on how different countries are implementing their national artificial intelligence (AI) strategies. In these articles, we examined how different countries view AI and looked at their plans for …
The unprecedented and sustained Israeli protests against the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial overhaul that threatened to substantially weaken the judiciary have captured news headlines worldwide. They have also coincided …
At COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the United Nations’ High-Level Expert Group on the Net Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities (the Group) delivered their report, “Integrity Matters: Net Zero Commitments by Businesses, Financial Institutions, …
The skyrocketing housing prices of the pandemic era have cooled since their peak in June 2022, but still remain far too high for many. Last year, the median American home price topped $400,000 for the first time, and the burden on renters is increasing too …
Individuals who suffer from mental illness are more likely to be injured or killed during police encounters, a problem that is exacerbated by significant racial disparities. To address these problems, the state of New Jersey created the ARRIVE Together ( …
“If Republicans don’t understand the generational gap that we have right now, ‘28, ‘30, ‘32 and 2036 are going to be disastrous for the Republican party … the younger Republican priority is very different than the [priorities] of my generation and above.” …
According to official U.N. estimates, April 2023 is the month during which, in all likelihood, India will overtake China in population. That is a fascinating story in and of itself, since China has been the world’s most populous country for centuries. But …
The Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Treasury Department recently took extraordinary actions to help prevent the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank from spilling over and igniting a potential …
President Biden’s 22 judicial confirmations from January to the April recess are more than any of his predecessors in the comparable period (President Trump had 12). Still, as I speculated in late January, President Biden is unlikely to top Trump’s 231 …
What’s the latest thinking in fiscal and monetary policy? The Hutchins Roundup keeps you informed of the latest research, charts, and speeches. Want to receive the Hutchins Roundup as an email? Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Thursday. Using …
Since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, 40 million Afghans have been dealing with both a repressive regime and unprecedented economic hardship. Afghan citizens’ everyday lives have been upended by the country’s two concurrent crises: a human …
Productivity is a key driver of long-term economic growth. The past couple of decades have seen a broad-based slowdown in productivity growth across economies. Technological advances are a major source of improvements in productivity, so a big puzzle is …
The past few years have shaken the world economy—COVID-19, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the resulting sanctions, the global spike in prices of food, energy, and other things, the rise in interest rates around the world, a slowdown in economic growth …
