“In the end, what Pakistan’s soaring political tension amounts to is an opportunistic struggle for power. It has left the country a political tinderbox. And in all of it, little regard is displayed on either side for the ongoing suffering of ordinary Pakistanis, who continue to pay the price for the country’s long history of political instability,” writes Madiha Afzal.

On the first episode of the Recession Remedies podcast, Wendy Edelberg, Jason Furman, and David Wessel discuss the complex nature of the pandemic-induced recession, the economic policies enacted to combat it, and the lessons we can take away for future recessions. 

The Online Safety Bill under consideration in the U.K. is a sweeping proposal to throw a regulatory net around social media companies and search engines while still preserving their role as public platforms for robust discussions of issues of public importance. Mark MacCarthy explains aspects of the bill that may be politically feasible in the United States and the bill’s limitations.