Five Myths About the Paris Climate Agreement

Five years ago this month, negotiators from nearly 200 countries agreed at a conference near Paris to hold “the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.” But President Trump withdrew the United States from the accord, despite widespread opposition from other heads of state and a sizable majority of the American people, making it the only nation to do so. President-elect Joe Biden ran on rejoining the agreement, and he says the United States will do so on his first day in office. This tortured political controversy over the Paris agreement is unique to the United States, and it can be traced in part to persistent myths surrounding it.

Podcast: How One Tax Might Make Matters Worse

Colin Mortimer, the Director of the Center for New Liberalism, is joined by two special guests. First is Adam Hartke, the co-owner of a music venue in Wichita, Kansas, and the co-chair of the advocacy committee at the National Independent Venues Association. We talk about what it has been like to be a music venue owner during this pandemic, suffering the brunt of the economic fallout. Second, PPI's Chief Economic Strategist Michael Mandel comes on to talk about how an obscure tax cut that expires in December might make the recovery for music venues, bars, restaurants, brewers, and others even more difficult than it was already expected to be.

Achieving Value in Health Care and Increased Investments in Health

Monday, December 14 at 10:45 a.m. EST

The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) is pleased to host the Colorado Business Roundtable and the Colorado Technology Association for a virtual discussion on the role that technology platforms and digital tools have played in empowering Colorado businesses and supporting the state’s economic recovery – particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.