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Fintech Beat: Dan Tarullo and Caitlin Long on capital rules for crypto
Former Federal Reserve Board Governor Dan Tarullo and Avanti founder Caitlin Long discuss the Basel Committee’s proposed guidance on capital rules for crypto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Budget deep dive: Budget reconciliation package outline set at $3.5 trillion
Senate Democrats agreed this week to work toward a $3.5 trillion reconciliation package, which would fund major programs President Joe Biden proposed in his economic plans. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman discuss the plan, Democratic unity
Equal Time with Mary C Curtis: The education gap
Slavery, Jim Crow laws and COVID-19 all have contributed to a yawning gap between white public school students and students of color. While the 1950s Supreme Court decision known as Brown v. Board of Education was supposed to correct "separate but equal,"
Political Theater: Trump, voting access defining 2022 midterm election outlook
Midterm elections have patterns, but the political calculus we use sometimes needs a little adjusting. A delayed redistricting cycle, former President Donald Trump’s influence over key Senate and House races and changes to several states’ voter access law
Fintech Beat: Regulated liabilities and the internet of value
Digital assets have very different technical features. What is regulation's role in their interoperability? Citi's Tony McLaughlin and Jai Messari join the show to discuss McLaughlin's new paper, “The Regulated Internet of Value”. Learn more about your
Budget deep dive: What awaits Congress before summer recess
Both chambers are expected to debate and vote on a fiscal 2022 budget resolution with reconciliation instructions, while the Senate is planning to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure package and the debt limit suspension set to expire at the end of the
CQ Future: Politics
It has been a little more than a year since we launched CQ Future. At the time, the pandemic was in full swing, as was the Black Lives Matter movement. It was a moment of great uncertainty and we set out to explore what the future would look like for many
Political Theater: The Supreme Court: It’s all about the politics
Supreme Court justices like to portray themselves as legal actors, not political ones, but the high court has never been able to stay out of the public arena. That was certainly the case for the term that just ended, and it is certainly the case for the t
Fintech Beat: Barry Eichengreen on CBDCs and the dominance of the US dollar
This week we celebrate our 100th episode with an encore presentation of our conversation with Barry Eichengreen on whether a foreign CBDC could displace the US dollar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis: 'The intrinsic value of whiteness'
The country’s history of redlining, racially restrictive covenants, zoning regulations and more has embedded racism in its housing policies. Simply put, Black communities have been devalued through these policies. Untangling that legacy has proven difficu