Congress uses a rigorous and nonpartisan process called "budget scoring" to assess the fiscal impact of proposed legislation. In a recent op-ed, Kevin Rennert and Sanjay Patnaik argue that to effectively face the challenges of climate change Congress needs a similar process to assess proposed legislation's environmental impacts.
Generic sterile injectables are integral to a wide variety of health care scenarios, and so supply chain issues for these drugs can have substantial negative impacts. A new policy proposal from Marta E. Wosińska and Richard Frank offers ways to improve to manufacturing infrastructure and prevent shortages before they occur.
Americans' confidence in many public and private institutions, from colleges and courts to the press and religious institutions, dropped considerably between 2018 and 2021 according to the American Institutional Confidence survey. The largest drops in confidence, however, were among major technology firms. A new research paper from Sean Kates, Jonathan Ladd, and Joshua Tucker looks at the data and potential explanations.
What works in early childhood education and how are we going to pay for it?
At a recent private roundtable, education experts discussed the state of early childhood education: What works, what doesn't, short- and long-term impacts, and policy questions on universal vs. targeted programs, teacher pay, and more. Importantly, the panelists agreed that more research is needed to determine the best path forward for policymakers.
Read a summary of the roundtable discussion here, and explore the recent research paper that informed the conversation.
