Bill Finan

@billfinan

Director, Brookings Institution Press

Washington, DC
brookings.edu/bipress
Joined May 2009
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    Dec 14

    This book is part of our book giveaway! Head over to Instagram to find out how to enter for the chance to win this and the other 11 books featured in the giveaway.

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    Dec 9

    After what feels like forever but is really < 2 yrs, my book heads to the printer tomorrow! Fixer Upper: How to repair America's broken housing systems--coming to bookstores near you Feb 2022. Sneak peek at contents...chapter titles may contain spoilers.

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  3. Nov 27

    Second this ! Read and get those synapses firing.

    Your book recommendation for the month: Jonathan Rauch’s “The Constitution of Knowledge” is the perfect antidote for disinformation overload. Regardless of your politics, you’ll find a lot to like, and a lot to challenge you. But your brain will get a good workout.
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    Oct 14

    📚 🎁 💡 this holiday season with a gift from one of our local DC bookstores: ▶️ ▶️ ▶️ ▶️ ▶️ ▶️ ▶️ ▶️ ▶️

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    Sep 5

    That's me in the photo, too.

    In his new book, “The Constitution of Knowledge”, sets out the unwritten rules of knowledge-making
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    Aug 28

    In this weekend’s Paul Kennedy writes that “Partners of First Resort” by David McKean and is “a bold attempt to set out a grand strategy for the West, perhaps timed to catch the attention of President Biden and his team of advisers.”

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    Aug 18

    Joe Galloway - We Were Soldiers - one of the great war reporters of his generation and my close mate died today. He was my hero, a man who ran toward the crash of the guns so he could tell the truth, whose guidance steered me on battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. RIP Bubba.

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    Aug 18

    If we wish to learn lessons from Afghanistan, understanding why the Taliban managed to gain popular support is vital. Yes, they're brutal. They have also often provided better governance than the available alternatives, as we discuss here in :

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    Aug 16

    As the Taliban retakes Afghanistan, Brookings experts (including Bruce Riedel & more) reflect on the latest developments and offer recommendations on how the Biden administration should proceed.

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    Jul 27

    This week’s Olympics exemplify the games’ economic fallacies, says , author of “Circus Maximus”: The opening ceremony “was a year behind schedule and took place in a nearly empty stadium.” []

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    Jul 26

    🚨 TODAY: Drawing from his experiences, 's will comment on US-Russia relations and covering diplomacy in changing times, which is increasingly important as technological advances and social media outlets change the way that we deliver information.

    📌EVENT: Join us today at our virtual webcast event! Assignment Russia: Becoming a Foreign Correspondent in the Crucible of the Cold War🕒Today, 7/26. 4:00-5:30, EST
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  12. Jul 25

    Good review too of “philosopher-journalist “ ’s book The Constitution of Knowledge.

    Former ⁦⁩ managing editor ⁦⁩ reviews THE CONSTITUTION OF KNOWLEDGE by ⁦⁩, calling him a “philosopher-journalist.” Good title.
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    Jul 18

    The weird thing about this conspiracy theory is that people are spreading it to each other on their smartphones.

    One in five Americans believes the US government is using the COVID-19 vaccine to microchip the population
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    Jul 17

    🎙 explores the connections between free speech, social justice, and disinformation in this interview on :

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  15. Jul 16

    . author talks with the Washington Post's James Hohmann about his new book in "The war on truth is raging. Here's how we end it."

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    Jul 13

    Happy to prominent economists and leading experts, & ! Get your copy of their new book ⬇️

    Out today! In "Regional Integration in West Africa: Is There a Role for a Single Currency?" & provide a wide-ranging & accessible analysis of what the creation of a single currency for the 15 nations of West Africa would mean:
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    Jul 13

    . goes there. Not that MAGA is the same as 1930s-style European fascism...but that the similarities are more important and relevant than the differences. I haven't dropped the F-bomb yet in my writing, but I'm running out of alternatives.

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    Jul 12

    Don’t miss ⁩ in this ⁦⁩ interview on China’s trajectory and what the US can — and cannot — do to shape it:

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    Jul 2

    As Independence Day approaches, reflects on the integrity of America’s narrative with help from and . Read on to learn how that narrative should unite us.

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    Jun 29

    .: "Jonathan Rauch is among America’s more thoughtful and rigorously honest public intellectuals. In his new book, he addresses the rise of disinformation and its pernicious effects on democratic culture.

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