AI rules for the metaverse, how partisan and policy dynamics shape oversight, and the financial trade-offs that Americans are making.
| Deteriorating household finances will not support strong spending The extraordinary wealth that U.S. households accumulated in 2020 and 2021 dissipated by the first quarter of 2023, largely due to stock market losses and low saving rates coupled with weak income growth. Now, many Americans face a choice between slowing down their spending or becoming more indebted, Wendy Edelberg and Sofoklis Goulas explain. |
| How partisan and policy dynamics shape congressional oversight in the post-Trump era “Oversight is but one piece of Congress’s duties, but understanding it is vital to a full picture of the health of the legislative branch in our separation of powers system.” In a new report, Molly E. Reynolds and Naomi Maehr shed light on recent oversight trends and highlight key takeaways on party politics, power concentration, the January 6 investigation, and more. |
| Listen: AI rules for the metaverse On a new episode of the TechTank podcast, Nicol Turner Lee and Tom Wheeler examine the potential pitfalls of a virtual landscape like the metaverse and the need for guardrails. They discuss how virtual realities can revolutionize the ways we engage with each other, while also exacerbating existing concerns and introducing new risks. |
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