August 7, 2019

Listen: Is China really manipulating its currency?

After the U.S. Treasury Department officially named China a currency manipulator following a sharp fall in the value of the yuan, David Dollar explains on the Dollar and Sense podcast why this designation is inaccurate, largely symbolic, and a dangerous escalation in the ongoing U.S.-China trade war.

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America urgently needs a domestic ‘war on terror’

Hady Amr, who spent the decade after 9/11 working to prevent another terror attack, outlines several lessons from that period, which he argues policymakers should apply to America’s domestic terrorism problem today.

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Welcoming US communities make for globally competitive city-regions

By providing support to foreign students, workers, and entrepreneurs, Louisville and St. Louis have taken an important step to improve their competitiveness in the global economy. Rachel Barker, Marek Gootman, and Max Bouchet highlight what other cities and regions can learn.

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