America’s Slumping Innovation System, the New Normal for the US and China, and More

August 13, 2021

America’s innovation system is in decline and deeply imbalanced. With nearly half of federal R&D spending flowing to just six states, it is time for Congress and the Biden administration to address this uneven and exclusive system, authors from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program argue.

“The dense webs formed by trade, financial, scientific, and academic links between the United States and China will make it difficult for one side to inflict harm on the other without hurting itself in the process.” Ryan Hass discusses the state of U.S.-China relations amid growing tensions between the two countries.

As COVID-19 forced many firms to switch to telework, the relative demand for jobs that could be performed from home was expected to increase. Did this actually happen? José Morales-Arilla and Carlos Daboin Contreras present their findings and explain what they mean for America’s economic recovery.

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