Joe Biden

President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

President Joe Biden has issued an executive order to regulate AI. The directives could help avoid AI doom – but they miss some key points.

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Brainard has been pushing the US Federal Reserve to consider exposure to climate change in its regulation and analysis of banks. That’s sparked fury from Republican senators – and even a Nobel Prize winner.

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The two sides need the international community to help them end the fighting, but the Biden administration has so far been reluctant to get involved.

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The election of Joe Biden raised hopes of a new dawn in US environmental protections. But left-right views will continue to stymie progress, just as they do in Australia.

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For once, centre-left economists are divided.

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If history is any guide, the new US president’s forward-thinking approach toward refugee resettlement could help drive Australia’s commitments to refugee protection, too.

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Joe Biden's middling economic policies are a chance to cut through the bitter polarisation of US politics.

Janet Yellen

Janet Yellen is the perfect choice to tackle the worst economic crisis in a century, and the problems that lie beyond.

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Australia faces a carbon tax being imposed on it by its trading partners. It's time to get ahead of the curve.

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A Biden presidency grappling with domestic discord could leave Australia out in the Indo-Pacific cold, says UNSW’s William Clapton.

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