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Brookings Data Now: Half of Americans already Have Health Insurance, Growing Debt-to-GDP Ratio, and More

Fred Dews | October 3, 2013 5:17pm
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In this edition of Brookings Data Now: about half of Americans already have private health insurance; Debt-to-GDP ratio growing; lack of social mobility; and Taiwan's trade value. Read More

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What Percentage of U.S. Population Is Foreign Born?

Fred Dews | October 3, 2013 4:43pm
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In 2013, over 40 million foreign-born representing 13% of the population resided in the United States. In the midst of a government shutdown, House Democrats introduced their comprehensive immigration reform package on Wednesday. How has the size and share of the immigrant population waxed and waned over the last 150 years?

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Brookings Scholars on Affordable Care Act Implementation

Fred Dews | October 2, 2013 9:37am
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State and federal health care insurance exchanges come on line on October 1. While certain provisions of the law have already come into effect, as of this day, millions of Americans will be able to shop for insurance options. Brookings Now blog followed what Brookings scholars are saying and writing on this phase of the implementation of the health care law. Read More

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Brookings Scholars on Government Shutdown Crisis

Fred Dews | October 2, 2013 9:36am
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A partial shutdown of U.S. federal government services commenced on October 1. The Brookings Now blog highlighted in real time what Brookings experts said about the shutdown, its implications for governance and the economy, and the potential showdown over the debt limit. Read More

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Weekend Reads: Obama Is No Eisenhower, Billions in Transportation Costs, and More

Fred Dews | September 27, 2013 3:32pm
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Obama is no Eisenhower when it comes to the Middle East; U.S. transportation system inefficiencies cost economy hundreds of billions annually; while there are opportunities for FISA transparency, some things have to be secret; Clean Air Act not the best tool to regulate greenhouse gas emissions; how to finance basic education for 57 million out-of-school children; how the Middle East's monarchies survived the Arab Spring.
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Al Gore on IPCC Climate Change Report: Atmosphere Being Treated Like Open Sewer

Fred Dews | September 27, 2013 12:11pm
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In Stockholm today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its fifth assessment, stating that scientists are 95% certain that humans are the "dominant cause of global warming." Former Vice President Al Gore, at today's launch of the Center for Effective Public Management, opened his remarks with some thoughts on the climate challenge, saying that "we're still putting 90 million tons of global warming pollution into the atmosphere every 24 hours as if the atmosphere is an open sewer." Read More

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VIDEO: Al Gore Calls Government Shutdown Threat Political Terrorism

Fred Dews | September 27, 2013 10:47am
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"Political terrorism": that's what former Vice President Al Gore called threats to shut down the government and default on the U.S. debt in his keynote address at today's launch event for the Center for Effective Public Management at Brookings. During his remarks about these issues, he said that "the only phrase that describes it is 'political terrorism'. ... We have a list of demands. If you don't meet them all by our deadline, we'll blow up the global economy." He asked "Why does partisanship have anything to do with such a despicable and dishonorable threat to the integrity of the United States of America? ... How dare you!" Read More

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Brookings Data Now: Las Vegas is Last, How Much We Spend on Transportation, and More

Fred Dews | September 26, 2013 3:57pm
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In this edition of Brookings Data Now: Las Vegas ranks last in recession recovery; U.S. transportation spending; children out of school; German federal election; teen birth decline. Read More

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Debt Ceiling Debate: Deal or Default?

Fred Dews | September 25, 2013 1:48pm
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The debt limit (aka "debt ceiling"), Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew announced Wednesday, will be reached "no later than October 17." A new debt crisis may result after that date, as the federal treasury could have insufficient funds to pay the nation's bills, risking government default for the first time in history. Read what Brookings experts are saying and have said. Read More

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BPEA's Fall 2013 Conference: Health Care Spending Lull, Labor Share Decline, Jobless Recovery, and More

Fred Dews | September 24, 2013 9:50am
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The Fall 2013 conference of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity took place at Brookings September 19-20. New research findings by leading academic and government economists include: the effects of expanding preschool enrollment; the current lull in U.S. health care spending; offshoring and the declining U.S. labor share; “jobless recoveries” and the persistence of unemployment; improvements in economic forecasting; and Latvia's economic response to the global financial crisis. While conference occurs under the Chatham House Rule, participants were able to share their thoughts and links to key papers and videos via Twitter. Read More

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