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A man closes his business due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
McNair Center Survey: Impact of COVID-19 on Small Businesses in Houston and Their Experience with the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
Lebena Varghese, a research manager at the McNair Center, highlights the data trends gathered from a survey administered to small businesses owners in the Houston, Texas area. The goal of the survey was to determine the impact of COVID-19 on business operations and functioning and to gather small businesses’ perspectives on all aspects of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
Lebena Varghese January 29, 2021
U.S. Deficits, Debt and Dimensions of Analysis
As the Biden administration confronts a difficult economic environment, experts at the Center for Public Finance highlight key policy levers Congress might use to stabilize the U.S. fiscal situation and propose three main dimensions on which fiscal policy proposals should be evaluated to ensure transparency.
Jorge Barro, Joyce Beebe January 27, 2021
Texas refineries at sunset.
Expanding Carbon Capture in Texas: Working Paper from Stakeholder Discussions on “Collaborative Action to Reduce CO2 Emissions in Texas”
Texas is the source of about one-quarter of all energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the US industrial sector and about one-eighth of all CO2 emissions from the US power generation sector, with a significant proportion of emissions in both sectors located near the gulf coast. As such, Texas has the opportunity to capture significant economies of scale in carbon capture.
Kenneth B. Medlock III, Keily Miller January 27, 2021
Another Lesson From Jan. 6: Congress Must up Its Cybersecurity Game
Scenes of insurrectionists rummaging through offices and computers in the Capitol highlight the urgent need for Congress to up its IT security game. The authors recommend steps to adopt modern IT management and cybersecurity processes that are already used throughout the federal government.
Dan Wallach, Chris Bronk January 21, 2021