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July 22, 2014

Infrastructure
How to Keep America’s Roads and Bridges from Crumbling

Last week, President Obama announced an initiative to ramp up investment in the United States's ailing infrastructure. The newly-established Transportation Investment Center is a one-stop shop at the…

Construction is seen under way on the Tappan Zee Bridge in Tarrytown, New York May 14, 2014 (Kevin Lamarque/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Renewing America Staff Renewing America

October 6, 2016

United States
A Muslim Travel Ban and the U.S. Economy

Comments today from Mike Pence have put the spotlight back on Donald J. Trump’s call to restrict Muslim travel to the United States. In the attached note, Heidi Crebo-Rediker, Ted Alden and I look at…

Blog Post by Robert Kahn Macro and Markets

October 7, 2016

Education
A Muslim Travel Ban and the U.S. Economy

Republican candidate Donald Trump has said that, if elected, he would use the expansive powers of the president to block foreign Muslims from traveling to the United States. As an alternative, he has…

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Blog Post by Edward Alden Renewing America

July 16, 2014

Russia
Russian Sanctions: The United States Takes the Lead

The United States has taken what, on first read, looks to be a significant step today, extending sanctions ( see also here) to block new debt and equity issuance by a number of energy, financial and …

Blog Post by Robert Kahn Macro and Markets

March 20, 2014

Infrastructure
An Easy Way to Get Smarter on Infrastructure Finance

“The United States has an infrastructure investment problem,” so starts CFR Senior Fellow Heidi Crebo-Rediker’s compelling new policy innovation memo released yesterday. As we lay out in our report o…

Vehicles drive on the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge in San Francisco, California September 2, 2013 (Stephen Lam/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Rebecca Strauss Renewing America