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Maureen Ohlhausen, an FTC commissioner, outlines a step-by-step approach for putting the principles of regulatory humility into action and identifies high and low watermarks for the FTC’s adherence to this approach.
A panel of leading experts discuss whether Big Data can replace the federal statistical system, and if not, whether the two can complement each other.
As China appears to be flirting with the middle income trap, the old development model is becoming increasingly unworkable.
Last week, Keith Hall was selected to be the new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) director. His views on poverty – namely, that jobs help people escape poverty — deserve a look.
A historic consumer spending milestone was reached in January when for the first time ever in history, Americans spent more money dining out at restaurants than they spent on food from grocery stores.
Politically, nothing is more potent or poignant than the picture of a child’s face at a hearing or protest. Which is why adults in the system must wield their influence with great care.
Rep. Todd Young from Indiana’s 9th district joins us to discuss his Social Impact Bond Act legislation that’s designed to create public-private partnerships and use the market to help people earn their way out of poverty. Later on we bring on the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (and a Member of Parliament) Iain Duncan Smith.
It is unlikely Tehran’s technological gains are as advanced as Iranian senior officials claim, but the IRGC exercises underscore Iran’s continued push to strengthen its conventional capabilities vis-à-vis the United States.
Washington has given Beijing little reason to believe that the American president will take steps to stop, or at least punish, Chinese behavior that he does not “accept” in the South China Sea.
The Supreme Court could find a way to split the difference between the conservative and liberal readings of Obamacare – and that might be the worst of all worlds.
In negotiations with Iran, continued beyond two previously proclaimed deadlines, Obama has dropped demands that Iran disassemble centrifuges needed to produce nuclear weapons material.
Some quick impressions from today’s oral argument at SCOTUS, particularly after reading the transcript
