President Biden has passed his first 100 days in office. On a new episode of The Current, John Hudak explains how the president’s vision for America is reflected in his early actions.
The COVID-19 pandemic showed how America struggles to get stimulus money to families. With Child Tax Credit payments looming, Aaron Klein and Myrto Karaflos call for the establishment of universal, low-cost bank accounts, which would expand access to the financial system and make government payments more effective by eliminating costly fees and delays.
As the Biden administration seeks to strengthen diplomatic relationships with U.S. allies, it should not overlook the country’s largest export markets: Canada and Mexico. Joshua Meltzer explains how the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) can help reignite North American competitiveness.
The recent episode on the Johnson and Johnson vaccine provides a stark reminder that though risk assessment is fundamentally mathematical, it’s complicated by psychological, economic, legal, political, ethical, and other perspectives. Michael Feuer writes about the pause and lessons learned for the future.
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