Why the Fed should treat climate change's $150B economic toll like other national crises it's helped fight
Fed Chair Jerome Powell bristles at talk of managing climate change, but the damage it is doing the US economy is hard to ignore, as the latest National Climate Assessment shows.
Martin Sokol, Associate Professor of Economic Geography, Trinity College Dublin
• conversation
Nov. 29, 2023 • ~9 min
Nov. 29, 2023 • ~9 min
The Fed's independence helped it save the US economy in 2008 – the CDC needs the same authority today
The Trump administration has revised CDC health guidelines and undermined its own experts, making it harder for science to prevail over politics in US's coronavirus strategy.
Mitchel Y. Abolafia, Professor Of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York •
conversation
July 15, 2020 • ~8 min
July 15, 2020 • ~8 min
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