Returns on early child care and education, employment and ethics issues within Congress, and Africa’s fight against climate change.
| Accelerating Africa’s green economy transition What is Africa’s role in the fight against climate change and what are the policy priorities for accelerating the continent’s green growth transition? Chuku Chuku and Victor Ajayi discuss this critical question and urge policymakers to fulfill their climate commitments through concrete financial and technological investments. Read more |
| Should Congress close the revolving door in the technology industry? The recently-introduced American Innovation and Choice Online Act illustrates rising bipartisan momentum to regulate large technology platforms—notably Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. However, it may be difficult to pass any bill to rehabilitate Big Tech without addressing some fundamental employment and ethics issues within Congress itself, argues Caitlin Chin. Read more |
| High-quality early child care and education: The gift that lasts a lifetime “The data are clear. Early childhood programs that are sustained and high quality can have long-lasting impacts on children, preparing them for formal schooling and beyond with the added factor that early education paves the way for parents to be in the workforce. This is a win-win-win for society,” write Andres Bustamante, Eric Dearing, Henrik Daae Zachrisson, Deborah Lowe Vandell, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek. Read more |
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