One way to assess the $787 billion federal recovery package—which last month had its one-year anniversary—is the conventional way: as timely, short-term stimulus. And on that point—though the package ...

A new legislative and economic policy lab based on social policy will open at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, the school announced Jan. 21. Gene Sperling, a former senior ...

Afghanistan is moving closer to a humanitarian crisis, marked by economic collapse. Half of the population needs aid, and the poverty rate is expected to reach 97% by mid-2022, according to reports ...