“Facing electoral hurdles and dwindling support, Turkey’s ruling conservative-nationalist coalition seems to have picked a page from the authoritarian playbook—hoping to control the information space in the run-up to the election.” Aslı Aydıntaşbaş discusses the restrictive nature of Turkey’s recently passed “disinformation” law.
Immigrant workers in America are broadly complementary to natives, both because immigrants work in occupations that serve an unusually wide range of industries, and because immigrant-intensive occupations often complement other jobs. In their new analysis, Dany Bahar, Carlos Daboin Contreras, and Greg Wright identify specific parts of the immigrant workforce that create significant and widespread benefits for U.S. workers.
On the latest episode of Dollar & Sense, Eswar Prasad joins David Dollar to discuss the general shape of China’s economy, its housing market, renminbi strength relative to the dollar, and whether President Xi Jinping will continue with a command-led economy that limits independence and innovation among enterprises.
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