Latest Podcasts, Videos, & Articles
NOV 30, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: The Opt-out Marriage
Globalization increases the flexibility of labor markets, but increased mobility goes hand in hand with increased economic uncertainty, especially among young professionals. Their romantic lifestyles ...
NOV 29, 2007 • Podcast
Why Cooperate? The Incentive to Supply Global Public Goods
Deflecting asteroids, eradicating polio, coordinating international time, mitigating climate change--Scott Barrett explains the different incentives and actors needed to supply these global public goods, where ...
NOV 29, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Unions Improve Jobs at the Bottom
One in three American jobs is low-wage work that often doesn't pay enough to make ends meet. Unionization substantially improves pay and benefits in these ...
NOV 29, 2007 • Podcast
Finance as a Tool of National Security: Update on the Effort to Combat Terror Financing
Levitt discusses the behind-the-scenes work that Treasury is doing to cut off funds for terrorism, with particular focus on Iran.
NOV 28, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Tapping Partnerships for Drinkable Water
About 1.2 billion people live without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation, a number that will certainly grow without continued pressure for innovative ...