Under New Management: A Day of Deliverance and Hope in America

by Will Marshall, PPI President

It's a new era for America. President Biden and Vice President Harris have made a convincing case to the American people for denying Trump a second term. We’re confident that they will restore experience, reason, honesty and decency to the White House after a ruinous four-year detour into delusional populism.

And we’re hopeful that the ambitious agenda our new president has outlined – at once progressive and pragmatic – will make our democratic government work again. That’s the best recipe for bringing Americans together.

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Forward

☑Biden's To-Do List

He said it himself, now is the time to be bold. Biden has lofty policy goals for his first 100 days in office, and PPI has ideas for progress on climate, infrastructure, and job creation. In these memos to President Biden, PPI presents paths forward on clean energy transitions, broadband access expansion, and utilizing technology to create good jobs.

→ Wind, Solar, and Gas: Managing the Risks of America's Clean Energy Transition by Clayton Munnings
→ Connecting America: A Radically Pragmatic Broadband Agenda for Joe Biden's First 100 Days by Lindsay Mark Lewis
→ New Jobs with a Future: Six Ideas for Harnessing Technology to Create Good Work for Americans by Michael Mandel

Trump is Banned from Twitter –– What Now?
Here to answer your questions about the Big Tech crackdown on Trump, free speech policing and the implications of deplatforming is PPI Technology Policy Director Alec Stapp. It turns out, Stapp says, "Twitter is not real life."
→ "10 Big Questions About Trump, Big Tech, and Free Speech" by Alec Stapp

That Time TikTok was Almost Deleted
A new article from Adweek featuring PPI's Alec Stapp analyzes Trump's failed war on the social media app TikTok. Let's just say Gen Z is relieved this overthrow didn't work out, either.
→ "How Donald Trump Lost the War on TikTok" by Scott Nover, Adweek

Another Type of New Deal
You know the Green New Deal, now meet the Tech New Deal –– a policy recommendation from Brookings that cites this report from PPI's economic experts Michael Mandel and Elliott Long on the new wave of 5G technology and the 4.6 million jobs it will create.
→ "Why America Needs a 'Tech New Deal' to Build Back Better" by Nicol Turner Lee, Brookings

Photo: CNN

Biden Tackles Climate

In a piece from WION, PPI's Paul Bledsoe provides insight on the hurdles Biden will face as he moves to wean Americans off GHG-emitting energy sources. Spoiler: it involves getting Republicans on board with big spending.

→ "From trillion package to Paris agreement, here's how Joe Biden plans to tackle climate change"

New Ways to Make Change

PPI's new Director of Social Policy Veronica Goodman presents new takes on how to address the issues of housing, inequality, and wealth building from an economic policy perspective.

→ "The Latest in Social Science Research" by Veronica Goodman

Defining "Unity"

A new article from the New York Times features insight from PPI Senior Adviser Paul Bledsoe, discussing what unity looks like in Biden's administration with a 50-50 Senate.

→ "What Does Biden Mean by 'Unity'? Republicans Want More Than Words" by Peter Baker, The New York Times

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