The economic and social cost of obesity in America is at an all-time high and continues to rise. We estimate its cost to be roughly 6.76 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 compared to 5.57 percent in 2014. The latest statistics...

Immigrants are among the hardest hit by the economic and social shutdown due to the coronavirus. If you’re an immigrant in the US, chances are you are either working on the frontlines of this pandemic or “staying at home” in an often...

Efforts to monitor and regulate BigTech companies have been fragmented, both globally and across economic sectors. We advocate for a change in the regulatory paradigm to create a framework that will accommodate the different priorities of...

This report, from authors Jose Siaba Serrate, Claude Lopez, Halit Unver, Sergey Drobyshevsky, and Pavel Trunin, analyzes general principles, rules, and basic recommendations by considering their regulatory and technological aspects. The...

In this policy brief, authors Claude Lopez and Franco Bruni clarify the goals of macroprudential policy and highlight the challenges home and host countries may run into when global financial institutions lend beyond their home countries...

This report, from Franco Bruni and Claude Lopez, proposes four steps to address the challenges of international policy coordination. The suggested steps include: monetary policy taking into account its spillovers on financial stability...

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues have become increasingly important in recent years for investors, spurring companies to be more socially responsible and open about their ESG efforts. This trend is particularly true for...

Over the past few years, the insurance industry has gradually emerged as an area of opportunity for entrepreneurs seeking to address the inefficiencies and lack of customer-centricity in the current ecosystem. It now includes a number of...

The level of bipartisanship and interest from lawmakers in FinTech-related issues has grown and there remain multiple bipartisan legislative opportunities to drive FinTech policy forward that address hurdles preventing startups and...

We must turn our minds to the long game of national renewal, even as we continue to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Long before the outbreak of the virus, our country’s future seemed in the balance. China’s ascent and the shifting balance...