The article argues that recent executive overreach and politicization have severely undermined established norms of U.S. civil-military relations. To restore professional standards, the incoming Congress must actively exercise its oversight powers, moving beyond mere criticism to demanding transparency in defense policy and personnel decisions. Key reforms include enforcing meritocratic promotion processes, requiring documented justification for senior officer removals, and preventing the partisan use of the military. These actions are crucial for bolstering public trust and ensuring the military remains a nonpartisan instrument of civilian control.
How did the post-pandemic migration surge affect labor and housing markets?
English Summary
The Brookings analysis concludes that the post-pandemic migration surge largely benefited the U.S. economy and native-born residents, demonstrating that the labor market has a significant absorptive capacity. Key evidence shows that while the influx raised rents and lowered average wages, native wages saw net gains (0.9% rise) and the overall metropolitan GDP increased by 1.5%, driven by increased consumption. The findings suggest that economic planning should account for this positive absorptive capacity, but policymakers must also address localized and time-sensitive impacts, such as temporary wage depression observed in specific metro areas due to concentrated migration events.
中文摘要
布魯金斯（Brookings）的分析結論指出，疫情後的人口遷移激增在很大程度上惠及了美國經濟和本土居民，證明了勞動力市場具有顯著的吸收能力。主要證據顯示，儘管這股潮增加了租金並拉低了平均工資，但本土工資仍實現了淨增長（上漲0.9%），且總體都會區GDP因消費增加而提高了1.5%。研究結果建議，經濟規劃應將這種正向的吸收能力納入考量，但政策制定者同時也必須處理局部化和時間敏感的影響，例如特定都會區因人口集中遷移事件而觀察到的臨時工資低迷現象。
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