Laura Tyson

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Laura Tyson, a former chair of the US President’s Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama administration and a professor emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, is a senior adviser at the Rock Creek Group and a senior external adviser to the McKinsey Global Institute.

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California Capitalism
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California Capitalism

Feb 13, 2020 Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca show how the state is overcoming the US federal government's paralysis with an ambitious policy agenda.

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Making Stakeholder Capitalism a Reality
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Making Stakeholder Capitalism a Reality

Jan 6, 2020 Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca offer reasons to believe that major corporations are serious about moving to a new governance model.

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A New Approach to Protecting Gig Workers
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A New Approach to Protecting Gig Workers

Oct 24, 2019 Laura Tyson touts a California law that makes it much harder for platform companies like Uber to misclassify employees.

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Quantitative Greening
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Quantitative Greening

Oct 14, 2019 Laura Tyson & Afsaneh Beschloss highlight what central banks are doing to address the financial risks posed by climate change.

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America’s Uneven Future of Work
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America’s Uneven Future of Work

Sep 3, 2019 Laura Tyson & Susan Lund show how automation will affect workers across occupational, demographic, and geographic categories.

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Federalism 2.0

Federalism 2.0

Sep 11, 2018 Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca and PS Associate Editor Greg Bruno discuss the power of state and local politics in the US.

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A COVID-19 Emergency Response Plan

Larry Hatheway

The rapid escalation of the COVID-19 crisis may be setting the stage for a global recession. Economic policymakers have no time to waste in preparing a response – preferably one that makes full use of low and falling bond yields, below-target inflation, and the lessons of the last recession.

The West’s Final Countdown?

Joschka Fischer

With the US presidential election approaching, no one can say they didn't foresee the possibility of Donald Trump winning a second term – an event that would pose an existential threat to the very idea of "the West." So why are European leaders spending their time squabbling over agriculture subsidies?