Calculate Policy Costs
Figure out how much policies will cost taxpayers. Financial analysis for budgeting and planning.
Practice Topics
Quiz topics where you can practice and develop this skill.
Trump Reverses Biden AI Safety Rules: "Removing Barriers"
President Trump's January 2025 executive order "Removing Barriers to American Leadership in AI" revoked most Biden-era AI safety requirements.
Trump's war on government statistics threatens your access to economic reality
Economics professors and former federal statisticians warned August 20, 2025, that Trump's threats to manipulate unemployment numbers, inflation data, and census results will destroy America's credibility in global markets. Project 2025 architect E.J. Antoni, nominated to oversee Bureau of Labor Statistics, previously claimed real unemployment was 25% when Trump said it was 4%—now he'll control the official numbers.
Related Skills
Other skills in Policy Analysis that complement this one.
Break Down Complex Policies
Simplify complicated policies to understand what they really do. Analysis for any complex system.
Identify Policy Winners and Losers
Figure out who benefits and who gets hurt by policy changes. Stakeholder analysis for major decisions.
Compare Policy Options
Evaluate different approaches to solving the same problem. Decision-making for choosing between alternatives.
Predict Policy Outcomes
Estimate what will happen if policies are implemented. Forecasting for planning any major change.
Track Implementation Problems
Monitor what goes wrong when policies are put into practice. Quality control thinking for any project.
Evaluate Policy Evidence
Judge whether research supports policy claims. Critical thinking for evaluating evidence-based arguments.