![CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/trainorphans/26041216/">Gitchel</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/UNIONJOBS_2023-04-10-054358_zfrn.jpg?v=1721237460)
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.
![CREDIT: <a href="http://www.waterforpeople.org" target="_blank">Water for People</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/water_drinking_2023-04-10-054401_hyqw.jpg?v=1721238069)
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 ...
![Hu Jintao visits Hanoi, Vietnam](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/feature_Hu_Jintao_2023-04-10-054403_xtgx.jpg?v=1721238070)
NOV 27, 2007 • Article
Hu's on First?
China has greatly stepped up its diplomatic, trade, and aid efforts in Southeast Asia, write Josh Kurlantzick and Devin Stewart. But it still has a ...
![Dummy soldiers in a Golan Heights redoubt. CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/mockstar/237987395/" target="_blank">David Poe</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/syria_peace_2023-04-10-054406_mvli.jpg?v=1721238072)
NOV 20, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Salvaging Peace with Syria
The geography, demographics, and environment of the Golan Heights make it suitable for environmental peace-building. Putting it on the agenda at the upcoming Middle East ...
![The new energy efficient New York Times building. <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/khaz/1464900887/" target="_blank">Nickolay</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/feature_NY_Times_Bldg_2023-04-10-054410_ydbi.jpg?v=1721246092)
NOV 19, 2007 • Article
Cap and Trade vs. Carbon Tax
What's the difference between taxing carbon emissions and a market-based system of cap and trade, asks Matthew Hennessey of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research? ...
![CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/khaz/1464900887/">Scott Beale/a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/NYT_2023-04-10-054413_jnok.jpg?v=1721246094)
NOV 19, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Cap and Trade vs. Carbon Tax
What's the difference between taxing carbon emissions and a market-based system of cap and trade? Which approach will more effectively reduce emissions? Which is fairer?
![M16A4 Service Rifle. CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/aheram/323412696/" target="_blank">Jayel Aheram</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/rifle_2023-04-10-054415_rsdf.jpg?v=1721246097)
NOV 16, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Selling Security
When the traditional tasks of national militaries are delegated to private military firms, civil authorities enter into two contracts with them: commercial and moral. If ...