Want a quick run-down of what’s been happening in Congress since the Jan. 6 insurrection? Sarah Binder discusses major developments in her latest segment of theBrookings Cafeteria podcast.
“The right policy is to provide relief to borrowers who are struggling—without providing a windfall to those who are not. That’s why Biden’s stated approach, to base loan relief on the economic circumstances of the students and their families and how and where they accumulated their loans, is the right approach,” argues Adam Looney.
India’s information technology ministry recently finalized a set of rules that the government argues will make online service providers more accountable for their users’ bad behavior. Riana Pfefferkorn writes that the changes pose a serious threat to Indians’ data security and reflect the government’s increasingly authoritarian approach to internet governance.
Green grants, green loans, green bonds—incorporating these will help rejuvenate the U.S. economy while also catalyzing the transition to climate neutrality by 2050. In his Blueprints brief, Addisu Lashitew calls for a “Small Business Green Recovery Fund” that promotes green innovations and investments among small businesses that advance climate change mitigation, adaptation, and other sustainability solutions.
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