Economy

Inflation, Explained with Dr. Harry Holzer

GPPR Podcast Editor Joe Lustig (MPP-EP  ’24) speaks with McCourt Professor and prominent economist Dr. Harry Holzer to talk about ...

Phantom Finance: A Review of Scholarly Literature on the Public Policy Impact of Blockchain-Based Digital Economies

As the internet continues to transform our modern world, new developments in distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) promise to revolutionize the ...
/ Banking, Economy, Finance, Technology

    ‘Buy America’: Protectionist Peril or Politically Practical?            

‘Buy America’: Protectionist Peril or Politically Practical?       The Issue of Government Procurement:             In January of 2021, President Biden signed executive ...

The Federal Deficit Still Matters, Now Arguably More than Ever

Last year was one of the worst years in modern American (and global) history. The COVID-19 pandemic has now killed ...

Tax Policy Changes Required as Part of COVID-19 Economic Recovery

As of Dec. 17, 2020, over 66 million Americans have filed unemployment claims since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic ...
/ Data, Domestic Policy, Economy, Poverty

Creating LGBT Inclusive Workplaces in India: The Push for an Anti-Discrimination Law

In the past decade, legal rulings in India have extended workplace protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees in ...
/ Economy, International Policy, LGBTQ+