Fiscal Policies to Support Americans , Trump’s Education Record, and More

October 13, 2020

In March, Congress enacted legislation to lessen the economic damage from the COVID-19 pandemic, but that fiscal boost is wearing off. From a second round of stimulus checks to enhanced unemployment insurance benefits, Wendy Edelberg and Louise Sheiner provide an overview on five policies to provide additional support to the American people.

Like presidents before him, President Trump has turned to executive and administrative actions to carry out his agenda instead of trying to go through Congress. With election day looming and a resounding 82% of registered voters rating education as “extremely important,” Kenneth Wong outlines what the president has done on education policy.

“China has impacted the global middle class through its size and numbers, its increasing ability to set new middle-class trends, and its challenge to the values and attributes of what belonging to the middle class really means.” In the latest edition of our Global China project, Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley examine the growth of China’s middle class and what it means for the world.

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