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Urban Innovation

Regulation for Bricks, Clicks, and the Sharing Economy

As the digital commerce and physical commerce merge, compete and transform each other, it's important to think about how to regulate this new sharing economy.

BY Steven Strauss

Blog Post

11.21.2014
Workforce Development

Irregular Work for the 21st Century: a Model from Britain?

A British pilot program that creates a fluid marketplace for work — where people with irregular schedules can take advantage of available labor — could be replicated here to help get long term unemployed back into the job market.

BY Wingham Rowan

Blog Post

11.17.2014
National Service

Beyond the Commitment and Sacrifice of our Military: National Civilian Service

On Veterans Day, former National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley highlights service in the military and in government leadership and reflects on the importance of national service at every level of our society.

BY Stephen J. Hadley

Blog Post

11.12.2014
National Service

Recognizing the sacrifice of Veterans, celebrating the work of civilian service members

It’s no surprise that America’s newest generation of Veterans and our national civilian service participants share a sense of belonging so vital to restoring the trust, opportunity, and wonder of the American idea.

BY Robert L. Gordon III

Blog Post

11.10.2014
Law and Public Policy

To Compete in 2016, the Republican Majority Must Govern Now

Midterm elections have come and gone and now we can all enjoy a brief respite from the campaign. As most predicted, Republicans grew their majority in the House of Representatives and secured a majority in the Senate.

Blog Post

11.05.2014
Urban Innovation

Your Data or Your Life

Every time we add a new device, we give away a little piece of ourselves. We often do this with very little knowledge about who is getting it, much less whether we share their ethics and values.

BY Lucy P. Marcus

Blog Post

11.03.2014
Workforce Development

Transit Efficiency, Transit Equity and the Unglamorous Bus

As demand for transit grows while municipal resources shrink, cities search for ways to get workers to work quickly and cheaply, but transit advocates and agencies sometimes favor high-dollar rail projects at the expense of flexible, cost-effective solution: the city bus.

BY Joan Byron

Blog Post

11.03.2014
International Development

Rethinking Hunger

Though great strides have been made toward the Millennium Development Goal of halving the proportion of undernourished people in developing countries, the problem remains pervasive. Beyond providing more food, how do we ensure that people get the nutrients they need to live healthy, productive lives?

BY Jomo Kwame Sundaram

Blog Post

11.03.2014
Law and Public Policy

Constitutional Scholars Take on the Roberts Court

Two of our nation’s most pre-eminent constitutional scholars have recently written excellent books about the Supreme Court.

BY Elliot Mincberg

Blog Post

11.03.2014
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