Economic mobility and racial inequities: How the next president can revive the American dream

Confronting the issues: The presidential election: “We have to tackle a lot of problems to get Americans the jobs and standard of living that they want to get,” Elaine Kamarck says. In this inaugural episode of our new podcast series, “Intersections,” join scholars Elaine... by Intersections

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Keeping the U.S. Fiscal Ship afloat: “We set out to make this game because we think that the national debt is an important issue that budget experts talk about all the time but it is very hard for the general public to really understand, so we thought to do it in a way that is... by Intersections

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The rise of the right: Right-wing populism in the U.S. and Europe: “I locate the common roots of the rise of right-wing populism in globalization and technological change. You have a lot of people in Europe and the United States displaced, in the sense that they had decent standards of living and could count on... by Intersections

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Intersections: A new podcast from The Brookings Institution: Economic recovery. Elections. Terrorism. Global poverty. Trade. Policy issues are complex and multi-faceted. Want more than the 30-second sound bite? Tune in to Intersections, a new podcast from the Brookings Institution, where two experts delve into... by Intersections

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Hong Kong’s elections: Testing democratic reform in China: In this episode of "Intersections," Richard Bush, senior fellow in Foreign Policy and the John L. Thornton China Center and director of the Center for East Asia Policy Studies (CEAP), and Cheng Li, senior fellow in Foreign Policy and director of the... by Intersections

34 min listen

Venezuela in Crisis: In this episode of “Intersections,” Harold Trinkunas, senior fellow and director of the Latin America Initiative, and Dany Bahar, fellow in Global Economy and Development, discuss Venezuela’s political and economic crisis, and how it is the... by Intersections

45 min listen

Africa in 2017: Innovation, employment, and governance: Amadou Sy, senior fellow and director of the Africa Growth Initiative, and Witney Schneidman, nonresident senior fellow at Brookings and senior international advisor for Africa at Covington & Burling LLP, examine the top priorities for Africa in... by Intersections

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Economic mobility and racial inequities: How the next president can revive the American dream: As part of the Brookings Election 2016 project, the Brookings Podcast Network brings you a special edition episode in which Indira Lakshmanan, Washington columnist for the Boston Globe and contributor to Politico, moderates a... by Intersections

66 min listen

Democracy in Turkey: Before and after the coup: In this episode of “Intersections,” Kemal Kirişci, TÜSİAD senior fellow and director of the Center on the United States and Europe's Turkey Project, and Ted Piccone, senior fellow in the Project on International Order and... by Intersections

39 min listen

Ending global poverty: Education and digital technology: “If we think about the progress of getting people out of extreme poverty, it is really impressive. But it is actually a much slower trend then what we have seen in the spread of digital technology. The speed with which mobile phone ownership has... by Intersections

32 min listen

Priorities for the Trump administration: Mayors speak on trade, immigration, and economic opportunity: Amy Liu, vice president and director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, talks with the former mayors of Philadelphia and Mesa, Arizona, Michael Nutter and Scott Smith, now both nonresident senior fellows at Brookings, about what... by Intersections

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Civil wars and U.S. engagement the Middle East: "At the end of the day, we need to remember that Daesh is more a product of the civil wars than it is a cause of them. And the way that we’re behaving is we’re treating it as the cause. And the problem is that in places like Syria, in Iraq,... by Intersections

50 min listen

Inclusive cities: Transportation and accessibility: Adie Tomer, fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program, and Jeff Gutman, senior fellow in Global Economy and Development, discuss how to transform transportation policy with a focus on accessibility and how cities around the world are grappling... by Intersections

39 min listen

College education and student debt: Evaluating the investment: “…A lot of the conversation around college education is that tuition is increasing very rapidly, debt is increasing very rapidly and what does that mean for everyone? If we take a bigger step back we want to reframe the discussion around higher... by Intersections

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Introducing "5 on 45": A new podcast from the Brookings Podcast Network: Want a daily bite of analysis from Brookings experts on what’s happening with the Trump administration? Subscribe to 5 on 45 through your favorite podcast app for a quick hit of commentary on the day’s news. And don’t forget to follow... by Intersections

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Examining multidimensional poverty: “People think poverty as a measure of income, but as a lived experience for what it means to be poor, it tends to involve a lot of other things as well. We have taken some other dimensions such as low education, lack of health insurance, being in an... by Intersections

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U.S. politics and the Middle East: Polarization and regional stability: Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat chair for peace and development at the University of Maryland and nonresident senior fellow at Brookings, discusses with Sarah Yerkes the increasing polarization of American views toward Israel and Palestine and... by Intersections

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Political gridlock and the U.S. economy: Alice Rivlin, senior fellow in Economic Studies and the Center for Health Policy, and William Galston, senior fellow in Governance Studies, discuss the importance of bipartisanship in the United States and how current party divisions are detrimental... by Intersections

39 min listen

Urban governance in the 21st century: Innovating solutions: Kemal Derviş, vice president and director of the Global Economy and Development program, and Bruce Katz, inaugural Centennial Scholar, examine the multidisciplinary, adaptive approach cities take to tackling public policy challenges, and... by Intersections

39 min listen

Presence and voice: Women in foreign policy: “When I go to meetings today, I see more women, and I see many more younger women coming into the field. But what’s really struck me, as I’ve been thinking about this issue of women in foreign policy in the last couple years, is the... by Intersections

35 min listen

How should the next president counter violent extremism?: As part of the Brookings Election 2016 project, the Brookings Podcast Network brings you a special edition episode in which Indira Lakshmanan, Washington columnist for the Boston Globe and contributor to Politico, moderates a conversation with Robert... by Intersections

64 min listen

Cuba's economic future: Richard Feinberg, nonresident senior fellow with the Brookings Latin America Initiative, and Ted Piccone, senior fellow in the Latin America Initiative, discuss the passing of Fidel Castro, U.S.-Cuba relations under a Trump presidency, and how tourism... by Intersections

35 min listen

Scaling to sustainability: Meeting the challenge of the Sustainable Development Goals: Jenny 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... by Intersections

44 min listen

Noncognitive skills in education: What we know and why they matter: Diane Schanzenbach, senior fellow in Economic Studies and director of The Hamilton Project, and Grover “Russ” Whitehurst, senior fellow with the Center on Children and Families, discuss the importance of soft skills and the best policies and... by Intersections

39 min listen

Energy and climate policy under the Trump administration: Brookings experts Bruce Jones and David Victor forecast the future of U.S. energy and climate policies under the Trump administration, the role of state-level actors and energy markets, and what happens if the U.S. walks away from the Paris agreement.... by Intersections

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India on the international stage: Guest interviewer Tanvi Madan, fellow and director of the India Project in Foreign Policy, Ambassador Shivshankar Menon, distinguished fellow in Foreign Policy, and Dhruva Jaishankar, fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings India, examine India's... by Intersections

43 min listen

Charter schools and federal power: What’s next for education policy?: Elizabeth 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... by Intersections

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Net neutrality, the FCC, and the digital divide: Nicol 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... by Intersections

45 min listen

Examining President Obama’s legacy: In this episode of Intersections, Molly Reynolds, a fellow with Governance Studies, and Thomas Wright, a fellow and director of the Project on International Order and Strategy, talk about President Obama’s successes and failures in public policy,... by Intersections

38 min listen

U.S.-Mexico relations: Beyond “America first” rhetoric: Dany 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... by Intersections

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Economic mobility and racial inequities: How the next president can revive the American dream

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