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News, events, and must-read analysis from the Progressive Policy Institute.
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** Why working families aren’t sold on Bidenomics
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By Will Marshall
President and Founder of the Progressive Policy Institute
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The U.S. economy presents a frustratingly mixed picture. Viewed from some angles — low unemployment, rising wages and bullish financial markets — it conveys strength. From others – high prices, interest rates and debt — it looks heavily burdened and susceptible to recession.
While economists debate whether the glass is half empty or full, the public’s verdict is clear. Americans are strikingly pessimistic about the nation’s economy, with only 30 percent describing it as good.
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New from the Experts
Will Insulin Pricing Change the Pharmaceutical Industry? feat. Erin Delaney, PPI's Director of Health Care Policy
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WATCH: Ed Gresser, PPI's Vice President and Director for Trade and Global Markets talking about Sec. Yellen's Visit to China
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Paul Bledsoe, PPI's Strategic Advisor: A Melting Arctic Will Bring Climate Disaster Without Urgent Action
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Lindsay Lewis, PPI's Executive Director: The fight over Reagan National Airport is bigger than Washington
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Trade Fact of the Week: The U.S. collects more tariff money on Pakistani goods than on British goods
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Ukraine’s Other Front: The War on Corruption
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By Tamar Jacoby
Director of PPI's New Ukraine Project
For Washington Monthly ([link removed])
Pavlo Novyk monitors his native Kharkiv, a city of 1.4 million near the Russian border, from an apartment 500 miles away in much safer western Ukraine. Part journalist, data geek, and civil society activist—he works for the nonprofit Kharkiv Anticorruption Centre—Novyk spends his days online, scrutinizing Kharkiv government purchases. Once one of the most corrupt cities in Ukraine, Kharkiv is now legally required to make purchases—everything from printer paper to hospital beds to food for animals in the city zoo—through an online portal available to the public.
Westerners watching the fighting in Ukraine are waiting for a breakthrough on the battlefield. But Ukraine’s struggle to free itself from centuries of Russian rule and toxic Soviet-era influences is more than a military face-off. It is also a war on corruption. This second fight is being waged in the capital, Kyiv, where the president and parliament have created a network of anticorruption courts and law enforcement agencies, but also in cities like Kharkiv, where corrupt mayors aligned with Russia have historically stolen public funds with impunity.
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** There’s Still a Deal to Be Made on Permitting Reform
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By Elan Sykes
Energy Policy Analyst at PPI
For Barron's ([link removed])
When President Biden agreed to a debt limit deal with House Republicans in June, he greenlit many of their changes to the federal approval process for energy projects, typically referred to as permitting reform. Both parties came away with a win. Job well done, right?
Not quite, especially when it comes to the growth of clean energy in this country. Permitting reform isn’t just a Republican priority. Democrats passed significant new financing for the energy transition earlier in Biden’s presidency, but without further permitting reform that addresses their key issues, it won’t achieve nearly enough. And Republicans who may have taken a victory lap on the debt-limit deal have permitting goals to accomplish, too. A better deal could still be had.
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Wednesday, July 26: PPI's Summer Recess Sendoff Happy Hour
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RAS Reports
The Future is Woman: Episode 2
PPI’s Reinventing America's Schools (RAS) Project has a new podcast series titled "The Future is Woman" recorded live at the 2023 Essence Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana. In the second episode of this five-part series, RAS co-director Curtis Valentine sits down with Steph Walters, Director of Engagement and Communications at Yellow.
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Staff Spotlight: PPI Intern
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Elaine Wei
Summer Policy Fellow
Elaine Wei is a Summer Policy Fellow for the Progressive Policy Institute. Originally from southern California, Elaine has a BA in Economics from Barnard College and a MPA in Urban and Social Policy from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. She comes to PPI with previous experience interning in both the public and private sectors. Elaine is passionate about anti-poverty policy and welfare reform, and she’s particularly interested in using data to tell stories that inform policy.
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