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As emerging economies and existing powers seek competitive advantages, how can America retain its edge? If global integration is going be an enduring benefit for Americans—and receive their broad-based political support—the United States will need a sustained national agenda for remaining the world's most vibrant economy. Brookings’s institution-wide initiative on competitiveness integrates the global debate with developments at the local, state and federal levels.
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The economic and political well-being of any democracy requires a well-educated citizenry. Brookings’s work has extended beyond the so-called K-12 bookends to include pre-school interventions and issues in higher education. Experts are tackling fundamental issues on the role of education in the national and global economy.
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Energy security is one of the most important strategic challenges facing the United States and the world. Energy security cuts across many sectors—economic, environmental and national security. With its Energy Security Initiative and other activities, Brookings is uniquely positioned to tackle energy in a comprehensive and integrated manner, guiding effective, pragmatic policies to address U.S. and global energy security issues over the next decade.
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Brookings is committed to producing innovative policy solutions to our nation’s most difficult challenges. The country may face no more important domestic policy challenge than the much-needed reform of our health care system. Through an institution-wide effort, Brookings delivers new ideas and offers policy solutions to improve health care both at home and globally.
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Migration is an issue that bridges Brookings’s expertise in domestic and foreign policy. In the United States, reforming immigration policy remains a subject of intense political debate. Globally, the unprecedented movement of people across borders raises issues in both industrialized countries and the developing world.
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Today’s most pressing challenges are also the most complex. Brookings’s five priority research areas—competitiveness, education, energy security, health care and migration—bridge the local and the global, the public and the private, the political and the economic and the hard and the soft sciences. Developing shared solutions will require not just new ideas, but an ability to get beyond traditional ways of viewing major issues.
With our unrivaled breadth and depth, Brookings has a special responsibility to tackle these issues. We bring together an interdisciplinary team of economists, political analysts, demographers and former government officials to develop new information and practical recommendations. With independent thinking that goes beyond the boundaries of domestic and foreign policy, new work on these five policy areas is urgently needed—and uniquely Brookings.
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Mauricio Cárdenas is a senior fellow and director of the Latin American Initiative. Formerly minister of Economic Development and Transportation, and director of National Planning of Colombia, his research focuses on international and development economics. He is also the president of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA).
Doug Elmendorf, whose government posts have included the Federal Reserve, Treasury, Council of Economic Advisors, and CBO, focuses his research on macroeconomics and fiscal policy. He is co-editor of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity and director of The Hamilton Project, which develops proposals for shared growth.
Sarah Binder is an expert on Congress and legislative politics. She is completing a project on the politics of advice and consent, and is at work on the politics of how Congress responds to financial crises.
Julia Isaacs focuses on public investments in children and how children are affected by national budgetary policies. A former federal budget analyst, she also researches the economic mobility of children and families across the income spectrum.
Suzanne Maloney studies Iran, the political economy of the Persian Gulf and Middle East energy policy. A former U.S. State Department policy advisor, she has also counseled private companies on Middle East issues.
Carlos Pascual is a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. As vice president and director of Foreign Policy, he focuses on post-conflict stabilization and international security policy.
During the 77 days from the election to the Inauguration, Brookings experts will offer 12 "Memos to the President" on top policy priorities across the spectrum of domestic and global challenges, plus additional advice on transitioning from campaigning to governing.
Eswar Prasad, the Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University, is a senior fellow in Global Economy and Development. He was previously head of the Financial Studies Division and the China Division at the IMF.
Former president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League, Hugh Price is an expert on education, civil rights, equal opportunity and criminal justice. His 40-year career spans journalism, philanthropy, the law, and social advocacy.
Darrell M. West is the vice president and director of Governance Studies at Brookings. His studies include campaigns and elections, political advertising, mass media, public opinion, technology policy and electronic government.
Governance Studies explores political institutions of the United States and other democracies to assess how they govern, how their practices compare and how citizens and public servants can advance sound governance.
The Latin America Initiative provides high-quality, in-depth, and independent research across a range of economic and political issues, and offers policy recommendations aimed at U.S. and Latin American policymakers.
A medical doctor and economist, Mark McClellan works on promoting high-quality, innovative and affordable health care. Once commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. McClellan now directs the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform.
The Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform provides practical solutions to achieve high-quality, innovative, affordable health care with particular emphasis on identifying opportunities on the national, state and local levels.
Rebecca Blank is an expert on the interaction between the macroeconomy, government anti-poverty programs, and the behavior and well being of low-income families. She has just been named the Robert S. Kerr senior fellow at Brookings.
The Hamilton Project produces research and policy proposals on how to create a growing economy that benefits more Americans. Their agenda also focuses on enhancing individual economic security and effective public investments.