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Regulating autonomous vehicles and ridesharing. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has a hand in regulating everything from autonomous vehicles to air pollution. Learn about their work and lessons for the rest of the country in a recent fireside chat with Sanjay Patnaik and CPUC Commissioner Genevieve Shiroma.
Can the United States make enduring regulations? In recent years, the pendulum swing of administrations undoing the regulatory measures enacted by their predecessors has begun to seem like an unavoidable political reality. Philip A. Wallach says it was not always so and considers the potential for more lasting regulatory efforts in the future.
Opportunity, policy, and the future of automation. Production and efficiency gains resulting from automation will ultimately benefit society, write Marcus Casey and Ashleigh Maciolek. But there are also concerns for the workforce. In a summary of a recent Brookings event, Casey and Maciolek share steps America can take to prepare for an automated future.
Why the surge in taxable municipal bonds? Municipal bonds issued by state and local governments are usually attractive to investors because the interest is exempt from federal taxes. Lorena Hernandez Barcena and David Wessel explain why there has recently been an increase this year in taxable municipal bonds.
