Intersections
76 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 100 ratingsEconomic recovery. Elections. Terrorism. Global poverty. Trade. Policy issues are complex and multi-faceted. Want more than the 30-second soundbyte? Tune in to Intersections, a podcast from the Brookings Institution, where two experts delve into the varying angles of the complicated issues facing our nation and the world. Subscribe now and be the first to hear new episodes.
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Financing Africa’s economic growth
April 17, 2019 20:50 - 42 minutes - 34.1 MBIn this episode, Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, senior fellow and director of the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings, and Lemma Senbet, William E. Mayer chair professor of finance at the University of Maryland, explain why national debts in sub-Saharan Africa have risen in recent years, the challenges of sustainably financing economic development, and the role of multilateral development banks in solving Africa's massive infrastructure gap. Full show notes: https://brook.gs/2UozLU9 Thi...
The roots of America’s divided politics
April 03, 2019 19:38 - 39 minutes - 31.7 MBIn this episode, Brookings Vice President Darrell West and Senior Fellow Camille Busette discuss themes from West's new book, "Divided Politics, Divided Nation: Hyperconflict in the Trump era," including the economic, geographic, racial, and technological factors that have exacerbated U.S. political polarization to its current breaking point, and what's needed to build a healthier democracy. West and Busette also speculated how these pressures may affect the 2020 presidential race. Full sh...
Russia’s challenge to the West
March 20, 2019 16:43 - 36 minutes - 29 MBIn this episode, Angela Stent and Keir Giles, authors of “Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest” and “Moscow Rules: What Drives Russia to Confront the West” examine the history of Russia's national identity and how the U.S. fundamentally misunderstands Russia's view of itself in conflict with the West. Full show notes: https://brook.gs/2Jsi99B With thanks to audio producer Gaston Reboredo, Chris McKenna, Brennan Hoban, Fred Dews, Camilo Ramirez, and intern Quinn Lukas ...
Preventing violent extremism in fragile states
March 06, 2019 17:40 - 41 minutes - 33.6 MBThe Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States recently released its recommendations, calling for a new strategy to prevent violent extremism from developing in fragile states. Brookings Senior Fellow George Ingram and President of the U.S. Institute of Peace Nancy Lindborg explain why the U.S. needs to change its priorities from defeating terrorists militarily and focus on addressing the economic, social, and political weaknesses in fragile states which lead to the rise of extremist groups. ...
Realizing the value of black neighborhoods
February 28, 2019 20:16 - 33 minutes - 26.5 MBIn this episode, David M. Rubenstein Fellows Andre Perry and Jenny Schuetz examine past policies and current attitudes that have devalued homes and business in majority-black neighborhoods and the opportunities to be gained by building on the assets in majority-black places. Full show notes: https://brook.gs/2IRBHnQ With thanks to audio producer Gaston Reboredo, Chris McKenna, Brennan Hoban, Fred Dews, Camilo Ramirez, and intern Quinn Lukas for additional support. Send feedback email ...
Advancing women's leadership around the world
December 26, 2018 17:11 - 31 minutes - 25.6 MBIn this episode, former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, founder of the Global Institute for Women's Leadership and distinguished fellow with the Center for Universal Education (CUE), and CUE Fellow Christina Kwauk discuss the current state of gender equality in leadership roles, the pipeline from quality education for girls to increased opportunities for women in leadership, and the expanding the evidence on what works to challenge gender stereotypes. Full show notes available he...
Priorities for climate change action after COP 24
December 12, 2018 22:12 - 42 minutes - 34 MBIn this episode, Todd Stern, senior fellow and former special envoy for climate change in the Obama administration, and David Victor, co-chair of the Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate, discuss the key issues at stake at the COP 24 negotiations in Poland, the absence of U.S. federal leadership on climate, and the state of U.S.-China cooperation on climate and energy priorities. Show notes: https://brook.gs/2Euizt5 With thanks to audio producer Gaston Reboredo, Chris McKenn...
Recommendations for US policy toward Gaza
November 28, 2018 22:40 - 29 minutes - 23.3 MBIn between spikes of violence, the people of the Gaza Strip live in a state of perpetual crisis—a man-made humanitarian disaster of severe urban crowding, staggering unemployment, and a dire scarcity of basic services, including electricity, water, and sewage treatment. In this episode, CNAS Middle East Security Program Director Ilan Goldenberg, Brookings Center for Middle East Peace Director Natan Sachs, and Brookings Visiting Fellow Hady Amr lay out the recommendations of high-level task...
The promise of community colleges as pathways to high-quality jobs
November 14, 2018 22:21 - 44 minutes - 35.8 MBBrookings Fellows Martha Ross and Elizabeth Mann Levesque discuss the important role that community colleges play in putting young adults on a pathway to higher-quality jobs and other strategies for improving economic outcomes for youth from lower-income and disadvantaged backgrounds. Full show notes available here: https://brook.gs/2Dm3AQn With thanks to audio producer Gaston Reboredo, Chris McKenna, Brennan Hoban, Fred Dews, Camilo Ramirez, and interns Churon Bernier and Tim Madden fo...
What’s next for Israel and the Palestinians 25 years after Oslo?
October 24, 2018 21:58 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBIn a conversation with Natan Sachs, fellow and director of the Center on Middle East Policy, Distinguished Fellow Salam Fayyad, former prime minister and finance minister of the Palestinian Authority, and Visiting Fellow Jeffrey Feltman, former U.N. under-secretary-general for political affairs, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, and career foreign service officer throughout the Middle East and North Africa, reflect on their days working together in Israel and Palestine i...
Why racial inequality and regional economic inequality can’t be separated
October 10, 2018 16:55 - 40 minutes - 32.4 MBIn this episode, Bradley Hardy, associate professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University and nonresident senior fellow in Economic Studies at Brookings, and Frederick Wherry, professor of sociology at Princeton University, explain how some economic policies have disproportionate impacts on black communities, and how that has to be understood to design better policies to combat regional economic inequality. Full show notes available here: https://broo...
How India and China are reshaping their neighborhood
September 26, 2018 20:08 - 40 minutes - 32.6 MBIn this episode, Dhruva Jaishankar, fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings India, and Rush Doshi, post-doctoral fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings, discuss the balance of power across the Indo-Pacific as China's influence grows and India seeks to increase economic connectivity and strengthen security relationships. Full show notes available here: https://brook.gs/2OVQP25 With thanks to audio producer Gaston Reboredo, Chris McKenna, Brennan Hoban, Fred Dews and Camilo Ramirez for addit...
Americans stuck on the sidelines
September 12, 2018 20:48 - 49 minutes - 39.9 MBIn this episode, Isabel Sawhill, Brookings senior fellow and author of "The Forgotten Americans: An Economic Agenda for a Divided Nation," and Andrew Yarrow, senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute and author of "Man Out: Men on The Sidelines of American Life" look at two different groups of Americans forgotten by policymakers or sidelined from the U.S. economy and society. Sawhill and Yarrow examine the repercussions of growing disenfranchisement and skepticism among significant...
Is anyone winning the US-China trade war?
August 29, 2018 18:55 - 38 minutes - 31 MBIn this episode, Brookings experts David Dollar, senior fellow with the John L. Thornton China Center, and Joseph Parilla, fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program, examine what effect the trade war has had on the U.S. and Chinese economies–and workers–so far. They explain why trade wars don’t actually reduce the trade deficit, which other countries might benefit, and what the prospects are for resolution between the U.S. and China. Full show notes available here: https://brook.gs/2PgOE...
How Africa's historic free trade agreement will change the continent
August 15, 2018 13:29 - 32 minutes - 25.9 MBIn this episode, Nonresident Fellow Witney Schneidman and David M. Rubinstein Fellow Landry Signé discuss how Africa's Continental Free Trade Agreement will transform trade across the continent, accelerate industrialization and economic development, and what it means for future commercial relations with the U.S., EU, and other trading partners. Full show notes available here: https://brook.gs/2ODyaav With thanks to audio producer Gaston Reboredo, Chris McKenna, Brennan Hoban, Fred Dews ...
Trump and the crumbling of the US-led world order
August 01, 2018 17:50 - 36 minutes - 29 MBIn this episode, Robert Kagan, author of the forthcoming "The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World," and Thomas Wright, author of "All Measure Short of War: The Contest for the 21st Century and the Future of American Power," discuss with guest host Will Moreland how the success of the post-World War II international order left it vulnerable to internal complacency and external pressure from authoritarian regimes. They explain how at the same time, Trump's longstanding disdain f...
What the Supreme Court’s Janus decision means for unions and workers
July 18, 2018 19:35 - 32 minutes - 25.7 MBIn this episode of Intersections, Vanessa Williamson and Elizabeth Mann Levesque review the Supreme Court's ruling on Janus v. AFSCME, which bars public-sector unions from collecting "fair share" or "agency" fees from non-union members to offset collective bargaining costs. Levesque and Williamson put the Janus case in the context of "right-to-work" legislation, the decline of private-sector unions, and the recent wave of teachers' strikes to assess how the decision will affect public-sector...
How to make infrastructure work for people
June 27, 2018 15:25 - 37 minutes - 30.4 MBIn this episode, Brookings Fellow Adie Tomer, CityLab's Tanvi Misra, and Route Fifty's Mitch Herckis revisit the themes of Infrastructure Week with an examination of historical patterns of urban and suburban planning that separated communities and discuss infrastructure as system for stitching communities together and creating access to opportunity. Show notes: https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/how-to-make-infrastructure-work-for-people With thanks to audio producer Gaston Rebo...
The politics of reconstruction in Syria
June 06, 2018 19:01 - 42 minutes - 33.7 MBIn this episode, Tamara Cofman Wittes, senior fellow with the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings, and Steven Heydemann, nonresident senior fellow at Brookings and Janet Wright Ketcham ’53 Chair of Middle East Studies at Smith College, break down the difficult questions of how and when external actors should engage in reconstruction efforts in Syria without legitimizing the repressive regime of Bashar al-Assad. Show notes: https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/the-politics-of-re...
How should schools measure student success?
May 23, 2018 21:09 - 37 minutes - 30.2 MBIn this episode, Lauren Bauer, post-doctoral fellow in Economic Studies and the Hamilton Project at Brookings, and Anne Wicks, director of education reform at the George W. Bush Institute, explain how states are developing new measures of school quality and student success as required under the Every Student Succeeds Act. Bauer and Wicks also detail how using two specific measures - chronic absenteeism and college and career readiness - help teachers and administrators understand and impro...
What the U.S. withdrawal means for the future of the Iran deal
May 09, 2018 15:50 - 39 minutes - 54.9 MBOn May 8, President Trump announced that the United States will reimpose sanctions on Iran, withdrawing the country from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). In this episode of Intersections, Suzanne Maloney, senior fellow and deputy director of Foreign Policy, and Robert Einhorn, senior fellow in the Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative, explain what this means for the continuation of the Iran deal, how sanctions will affect Iran's economy, and domestic political curre...
Transforming public spaces with learning landscapes
April 25, 2018 20:50 - 39 minutes - 31.7 MBWhen children as young as two and three years old are already facing significant gaps in their exposure to words, numbers, and spatial understanding, urban planners and child psychologists are developing ways to transform community spaces - from bus stops to supermarkets - into opportunities to augment children's education through playful learning. In this episode, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Stanley and Debra Lefkowitz faculty fellow and co-director of the Infant & Child Lab at Temple Univ, and Je...
China, the U.S., and Africa's transforming trade environment
April 11, 2018 20:09 - 38 minutes - 30.7 MBWitney Schneidman and Yun Sun examine the shape of U.S. and Chinese trade and investment in Africa, Africa's growing regional economic power, and how both China and the U.S. weigh in on political as well as economic development in African countries. Full show notes available here: https://brook.gs/2v3TL7h With thanks to audio producer Gaston Reboredo, Chris McKenna, Brennan Hoban, and Fred Dews for additional support. Send feedback to [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter...
The U.S., China, and India balancing act in the Indo-Pacific
March 28, 2018 21:08 - 45 minutes - 61.9 MBIn this episode, Tanvi Madan, fellow and director of the India Project, guest-hosted a conversation between Distinguished Fellow Shivshankar Menon and Nonresident Fellow Joshua White on how China's deepening economic investments across South and Southeast Asia and India's own expanding presence are affecting the regional balance of economic and political cooperation and competition. Full show notes available here: https://brook.gs/2pL8IWO With thanks to audio producer Gaston Reboredo, C...
Raising wages and strengthening economic progress for American workers
March 14, 2018 18:28 - 36 minutes - 29.6 MBIn this episode, Jay Shambaugh and Jared Bernstein discuss the decades-long trend of real wage stagnation and policy solutions for increasing productivity, strengthening wage growth, and ensuring that national economic growth is reflected in the living standards of all American workers. Full show notes available here: https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/raising-wages-and-strengthening-economic-progress-for-american-workers With thanks to audio producer Gaston Reboredo, Chris McKe...
The women working to improve girls' education
March 08, 2018 18:38 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBFor International Women’s Day, we’re showcasing the work of the Echidna Global Scholars – leaders from NGOs and academia who work to improve learning opportunities and outcomes for girls in the developing world. In this episode, Dasmine Kennedy, Armene Modi, Maria Cristina Osorio, and Damaris Parsitau talk about empowering some of the most marginalized girls in Jamaica, India, Mexico, and Kenya, and engaging their communities to invest in girls for wider social and systemic change. Full sh...
The changing identity of America's middle class
February 28, 2018 19:58 - 28 minutes - 22.6 MBIn this episode, Camille Busette, senior fellow and director of the Race, Prosperity and Inclusion Initiative at Brookings, and Richard Reeves, senior fellow and co-director of the Center on Children and Families at Brookings, discuss the changing racial demographics of the U.S. middle class, political and cultural assumptions about the middle class, and what effect the increasing racial pluralism of the middle class may have on economic policy. With thanks to audio producer Gaston Rebor...
America’s “lost Einsteins”: The importance of exposing children to innovation
January 31, 2018 20:21 - 31 minutes - 25.1 MBIn this episode, Stanford Professor Raj Chetty explains his new research that examines who becomes an inventor in America and who gets left behind, and discusses with Brookings expert Richard Reeves how innovation isn't a zero-sum game, and how inequality stifles American innovation. Full show notes: https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/americas-lost-einsteins-the-importance-of-exposing-children-to-innovation With thanks to audio producer Gaston Reboredo, Chris McKenna, Brennan Ho...
Avoiding nuclear conflict on the Korean peninsula
January 17, 2018 20:49 - 31 minutes - 25.4 MBBruce Jones, Jung Pak, and Ryan Hass discuss Kim Jong-un's strategic goals and the dynamics of the U.S., China, and South Korea in trying to denuclearize North Korea. Full show notes available here: https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/avoiding-nuclear-conflict-on-the-korean-peninsula Intersections is part of the Brookings Podcast Network.
An Israeli Knesset member's perspective on activism and politics
December 27, 2017 22:04 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBFor the last Intersections episode of the year, we're releasing a short conversation with Stav Shaffir, the youngest female member of Israel's Knesset, and Brookings Senior Fellow Tamara Wittes, held between sessions at the 2017 Saban Forum. Full show notes: https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/an-israeli-knesset-members-perspective-on-activism-and-politics Send questions or feedback to [email protected], and follow us and tweet us at @policypodcasts on Twitter. Intersec...
Russia, Iran, and the Future of Syria
December 06, 2017 19:02 - 25 minutes - 20.3 MBItamar Rabinovich and Amos Harel discuss the state of the civil war in Syria, Iran's growing presence and what that means for Israel, and the changing relationship between the Assad regime and Russia. Full show notes available here: http://brook.gs/2zRPguj Intersections is part of the Brookings Podcast Network.
Africa’s expanding middle class
November 22, 2017 15:11 - 45 minutes - 36.4 MBIn this episode of Intersections, Haroon Bhorat, nonresident senior fellow with the Africa Growth Initiative, and Homi Kharas, interim vice president and director of the Global Economy and Development Program, discuss how the global trend of a rising middle class has played out in sub-Saharan Africa, whether a strong manufacturing sector is required for middle-class expansion, and the difference between reducing poverty and building economic security. Full show notes available here: http:/...
Promoting inclusive economic growth in Washington, D.C.
October 18, 2017 16:28 - 50 minutes - 40.7 MBIn this episode of Intersections, Amy Liu, vice president and director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, and Jason Miller, nonresident senior fellow at Brookings and CEO of the Greater Washington Partnership, discuss the economic dynamics of the Washington, D.C. metro area, including the importance of regional cooperation, intentionality in building a long-term growth strategy, and what Amazon's HQ2 search tells us about how cities should think about their economic development...
Madeleine Albright and Mehdi Jomaa on democracy and security
October 04, 2017 17:41 - 30 minutes - 24.5 MBIn this episode of Intersections, Brookings Senior Fellow Ted Piccone talks with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Prime Minister of Tunisia Mehdi Jomaa about the importance of liberal democracy in strengthening international security, and why states should encourage democratic participation among their people as a means to achieve greater domestic security. Full show notes available here: http://brook.gs/2xhhKve Intersections is part of the Brookings Podcast Netw...
Who’s getting left behind in broadband internet access?
September 20, 2017 18:02 - 38 minutes - 30.7 MBIn this episode, Brookings experts Adie Tomer and Elizabeth Kneebone discuss the findings from their new report, "Signs of Digital Distress: Mapping broadband availability and subscription in American neighborhoods," which examines the neighborhoods lacking in broadband infrastructure, and which ones have the infrastructure, but can't get connected. Full show notes available here: http://brook.gs/2xg6SSK
Measuring financial inclusion around the world
September 06, 2017 19:23 - 35 minutes - 28.2 MBDarrell West, vice president and director of Governance Studies, and Camille Busette, senior fellow and director of the Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative, discussed the findings of the latest Brookings Financial and Digital Inclusion Project report, which measures how well individuals and families can access quality, affordable financial services in 26 countries around the world. Full show notes available here: http://brook.gs/2j3WUhb Intersections is part of the Brookings Pod...
America’s prisoners of war: Changing U.S. norms on torture
August 23, 2017 21:05 - 48 minutes - 39.2 MB“Men who take up arms against one another in public war do not cease on this account to be moral beings, responsible to one another and to God.” - Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field, Francis Lieber, 1863 This episode of Intersections features a discussion with Elizabeth Grimm Arsenault, author of "How the Gloves Came Off: Lawyers, Policy Makers, and Norms in the Debate on Torture," and Daniel Byman, senior fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy...
Summer vacation - Fall preview
August 07, 2017 19:28 - 44 seconds - 348 KBWhile Intersections is on summer vacation, don't forget to tune into 5 on 45 and the Brookings Cafeteria, or catch up on some older episodes you might have missed. Thanks as always to Gaston Reboredo and Vanessa Sauter. Intersections will return on August 23.
Renewable energy and the path to a low-carbon energy future
July 26, 2017 21:08 - 29 minutes - 23.9 MBDavid Victor, co-chair of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative at Brookings and professor of international relations at the University of California, San Diego, and Christopher Clack, CEO of Vibrant Clean Energy, discuss the complexities of adopting sources of renewable energy, why the U.S. grid presents a unique challenge, and the political and economic challenges facing the pursuit of zero-carbon emission energy. Full show notes available here: http://brook.gs/2eO5qiz Subscribe ...
Why taxes in Kansas matter
July 12, 2017 20:52 - 36 minutes - 29.6 MBWilliam Gale and Vanessa Williamson discuss what can be learned from state-level experiments in taxation in Kansas and California, Americans’ feelings about paying their taxes, and the empirical evidence versus ideology on how tax policy affects economic growth. Full show notes available here: http://brook.gs/2vcjAx6 Take 2 minutes to tell us what you think about Intersections and the rest of the Brookings Podcast Network: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/brookingspodcasts
Professionalism in politics: The paradox of populism
June 28, 2017 17:10 - 39 minutes - 27 MBIn this episode of Intersections, Benjamin Wittes and Jonathan Rauch, senior fellows in Governance Studies, address the importance of political institutions in relation to direct democratic participation and discuss their new report, "More professionalism, less populism: How voting makes us stupid, and what to do about it." Subscribe to Intersections here or on Apple Podcasts, and send feedback email to [email protected]. Intersections is part of the Brookings Podcast Net...
The 1967 War, the rise of Saudi Arabia, and modern energy politics
June 07, 2017 17:34 - 35 minutes - 28.8 MBDuring the 50th anniversary of the 1967 war between Israel and its Arab neighbors, Brookings experts Bruce Riedel and Samantha Gross detail the consequences of that struggle for Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states and the lasting reverberations for energy and geopolitical relations in the region today. Full show notes are available here: http://brook.gs/2sTkIV2 Subscribe to Brookings podcasts here or on iTunes, send feedback email to [email protected], and follow us and tweet us @...
Cash assistance for child poverty
May 24, 2017 18:37 - 32 minutes - 26.3 MBIn this episode of Intersections, guest interviewer Ron Haskins, co-director of the Brookings Center on Children and Families, discusses changes in the social safety net and the role of cash assistance in meeting the needs of families with children with Luke Shaefer of the University of Michigan and Chris Wimer from Columbia University. Shaefer and Wimer present details from their upcoming papers on the costs and benefits of establishing a universal child allowance to provide families with a...
Macron's election and the European project
May 10, 2017 18:31 - 47 minutes - 38 MBVisiting Fellow Philippe Le Corre and Robert Bosch Senior Fellow Constanze Stelzenmüller with the Center on the U.S. and Europe at Brookings discuss Emmanuel Macron's victory in France's presidential election, upcoming elections in the UK and Germany, and the need to reboot the European project. Full show notes available here: http://brook.gs/2q3Cjvg Subscribe to Brookings podcasts here or on iTunes, send feedback email to [email protected], and follow us and tweet us at @p...
Carbon pricing: Harnessing market efficiency in pursuit of clean energy
April 26, 2017 18:38 - 39 minutes - 32 MBAdele Morris, senior fellow and policy director for Climate and Energy Economics, and David Victor, co-chair of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative, discuss how putting a price on carbon emissions is one of the most effective measures by which the United States and the international community can encourage global climate reform. Full show notes are available here: http://brook.gs/2pec8jl Subscribe to Brookings podcasts here or on iTunes, send feedback email to intersections@bro...
Teaching for the 21st century: Broader skills for global citizens
April 12, 2017 15:39 - 38 minutes - 30.6 MBGuest interviewer Esther Care, senior fellow in the Center for Universal Education, discusses with Ramya Vivekanandan, program specialist at the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, and Sean Slade, director of outreach at the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, how to transform education around the world to face the changing social, economic, and technological demands of the 21st century. Full show notes available here: http://brook.gs/2o5rYub Subscribe...
U.S.-Mexico relations: Beyond “America first” rhetoric
March 29, 2017 15:34 - 45 minutes - 36.7 MBDany Bahar, fellow in Global Economy and Development, and Vanda Felbab-Brown, senior fellow in the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, discuss how U.S.-Mexico relations have been affected by the Trump administration, misconceptions about NAFTA, immigration, and crime, and why taking an “America first” approach won’t help U.S. consumers. Full show notes available here: http://brook.gs/2o74PMa Subscribe to Brookings podcasts here or on iTunes, send feedback email to interse...
Scaling to sustainability: Meeting the challenge of the Sustainable Development Goals
March 13, 2017 16:21 - 43 minutes - 34.9 MBJenny Perlman Robinson, fellow with the Center for Universal Education, and John McArthur, senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development program, address progress toward meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals and explain how scaling up local development efforts enables the learning, data collection, and information sharing that make further progress possible. Full show notes available here: http://brook.gs/2ngmocI Subscribe to Brookings podcasts here or on iTunes, send fee...
Charter schools and federal power: What’s next for education policy?
March 01, 2017 14:22 - 40 minutes - 32.6 MBElizabeth Mann and Jon Valant, both fellows in the Brown Center on Education Policy, lay out the status of federal versus state powers in education, explain how charter schools work and how they perform, and provide insight as to what the future of education policy might look like in the new administration. Full show notes available here: http://brook.gs/2lq20Aw Subscribe to Brookings podcasts here or on iTunes, send feedback email to [email protected], and follow us and twee...
Net neutrality, the FCC, and the digital divide
February 14, 2017 20:50 - 45 minutes - 36.1 MBNicol Turner-Lee, a fellow in Governance Studies and the Center for Technology Innovation, and Evan Swarztrauber, the communications director at TechFreedom, explain the role of the FCC and Congress in protecting consumers and incentivizing internet providers for a digital ecosystem that is both accessible and competitive. Full show notes are available here: http://brook.gs/2lMr6Ku Subscribe to Brookings podcasts here or on iTunes, send feedback email to [email protected], an...