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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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September 16, 2014
Corporate Governance
Corporate Inversions: Small Fish in A Big Pond of Corporate Tax Problems
Washington policymakers can be forgiven for focusing on the low-hanging fruit when it comes to corporate tax reform. When Congress hasn’t managed any kind of major reform since 1986, we should probab…
October 19, 2015
Technology and Innovation
Keeping the Edge: U.S. Innovation
The United States leads the world in combining innovation quality and quantity, but the challenges are growing, particularly when it comes to scientific research. Addressing gaps in U.S. innovation policy could help ensure that the United States remains the leading innovation center for decades to come.
March 27, 2014
We Don’t Know If Our Patent System is Working
“Innovation” is a hot buzzword in Washington. In a city gripped by partisanship, being pro-innovation is something everyone can agree on. One of the most direct ways the federal government participat…
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…
January 24, 2014
Education
New Harvard Study: U.S. Social Mobility Is Not Decreasing
There is no question that income inequality has been increasing since the 1970s in most of the world. And it has been the general assumption that as inequality went up, class mobility between generat…
