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Remaking Federalism | Renewing the Economy

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Remaking Federalism | Renewing the Economy

November 13, 2012, Bruce Katz and Mark Muro

Unlocking the economic power of U.S. states and metropolitan areas will take support from Washington and strong federal policies that ensure fiscal efficiency and strategic investments. Bruce Katz and Mark Muro introduce a series of papers offering specific policy recommendations to strengthen federalism while ushering the shift toward a new economic model.

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SERIES OVERVIEW

The Remaking Federalism | Renewing the Economy series frames the challenges currently facing Washington and advances a select number of actionable federal policy recommendations to support the nation’s states and metropolitan areas as they move toward a more innovative and production-oriented economic model.

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General Media Information

To introduce and provide additional background on each paper in our Remaking Federalism | Renewing the Economy series papers, we have made available press release summaries in PDF format for media outreach.

Media memos for the first round of briefs, published on November 13, 2012:
  • Brookings Calls on Congress, Obama Administration to Establish a Commission to Cut Spending, Increase Investments

  • Brookings Calls on Congress Obama Administration to Institute a Carbon Tax

  • Brookings Calls on Congress to Boost Infrastructure Investment by Exempting Popular Bond Program from Alternative Minimum Tax
     
  • Brookings Calls on Obama Administration to Establish a Federal PPP Unit to Support Infrastructure Investment
     
  • Brookings Calls on Congress to Pass Legislation to Support Use of PACE for Residential Properties
     
  • Brookings, Stanford Experts Call Upon Congress to Open Up REITs and MLPs to Renewable Energy Investment

    • Media memos for the second round of briefs, published on December 6, 2012
  • Brookings Calls on the Obama Administration to Permanently Authorize and Enhance Key Tax Credit To Spur R&D Investment

  • Brookings Calls on Obama Administration to Reform the Mortgage Interest Deduction

  • Brookings Calls on the Obama Administration to Restore Market Vitality to America's Distressed Neighborhoods

    • Media memo for the third round of briefs, published on January 14, 2013:
  • Brookings Calls on Congress to Strengthen Manufacturing Sector

    • Media memo for Strengthen Federalism: Establish a Regional Export Accelerator Challenge (REACH) Grant Program to Boost U.S. Exports and Trade Capacity — published on February 11, 2013
  • Brookings Urges New Federal Action to Spur U.S. Exports from Regions