Sep 11, 2025 · What’s the Federal Reserve and Why Is Its Independence Important? As the president tries to take control of the nation’s central bank, an economist explains the dangers for the economy

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Mar 25, 2025 · Since 1973, major central banks continued to hold gold in their international reserves even though it was no longer required to back their currency, and in fact such holdings represented a …

Nov 18, 2022 · An expert from The Fletcher School explains how a central bank digital currency works and why the U.S. is considering developing one.

Dec 5, 2025 · While America seems to be politically fracturing—and there are good historical reasons for why this might be happening—there is a central narrative that could bring the country together again.

Oct 17, 2024 · It shows that we need to recognize the complex heterogeneity among voters on all kinds of issues, but especially with respect to how they respond to immigration being made a central issue …

Nov 20, 2023 · New reforms—including changes to state ownership of enterprise, the legal system, fiscal policy, and the central bank, as well as the establishment of factor markets, a social safety net, …

Feb 11, 2025 · One of the central challenges in political polarization, Hur says, is recognizing that opposing political factions often perceive each other as existential threats.

Sep 16, 2024 · Research can reframe an argument about encryption's central role in security that changes the public discourse and puts fears about the technology's misuse in an appropriate place, …

Jan 3, 2026 · Is it any different from the past? The Monroe Doctrine, first enunciated in 1823, declared the whole of the Americas—the Northern and Southern hemispheres, the Central American isthmus …