Tunisian Democracy, Expanding Digital Infrastructure, and More

November 11, 2021

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Western countries have been relatively timid in their response to Tunisian President Kais Saied’s power grab, bringing only rhetorical pressure to bear on the country. Sharan Grewal argues that the West should not just continue this pressure on Saied to restore democracy but also escalate it through other avenues.

Though the infrastructure bill recently passed by Congress focuses mostly on broadband for digital investments, open technologies are playing an increasingly important role in the modern economy and the innovation capacity of companies and countries. Frank Nagle discusses what the United States can learn from the European Union on open source technology policy.

“We believe that Black unemployment remains far too high to justify a shift in monetary policy that would create slackness in the labor market—a move that would also undercut a burgeoning labor movement that has led to increased wages and leverage for workers demanding better benefits and working conditions,” write Kristen Broady and Anthony Barr.

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