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The Need for Speed

A New Framework for Telecommunications Policy for the 21st Century

2013, Robert E. Litan and Hal J. Singer

Rocky Times: New Perspectives on Financial Stability

2012, Yasuyuki Fuchita, Richard J. Herring and Robert E. Litan, eds.

The cost to our economy of highly restricted credit from banks and other debt providers is that young businesses are prevented from adequately investing in their companies to fund growth and create jobs.

May 9, 2012, Robert E. Litan, Washington Post

A Guide To An Eventual Budget Deal

April 5, 2012, Robert E. Litan

Give the JOBS Act the Benefit of Any Doubts

March 29, 2012, Martin Neil Baily and Robert E. Litan

@ Brookings Podcast: Startup Businesses Key to Job Growth

November 18, 2011, Robert E. Litan

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Can America Get Its Entrepreneurial Groove Back?

November 15, 2011

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Small Business Is Not New, Big Business Is Not Always Better

November 8, 2011, Robert E. Litan

To Fix the Economy, the President Should Help Small Businesses Form and Grow

September 7, 2011, Robert E. Litan

Growing Old

Paying for Retirement and Institutional Money Management after the Financial Crisis

2011, Richard J. Herring, Robert E. Litan and Yasuyuki Fuchita, eds.

Identifying and Regulating Systemically Important Financial Institutions: The Risks of Under and Over Identification and Regulation

January 16, 2011, Douglas J. Elliott and Robert E. Litan

Why Business Should Oppose Net Neutrality

August 13, 2010, Robert E. Litan and Hal J. Singer

After the Crash

The Future of Finance

2010, Richard J. Herring, Robert E. Litan and Yasuyuki Fuchita, eds.

Entrepreneurial Stimulus Package Can Help U.S. Jobs Shortfall

June 30, 2010, Robert E. Litan

Fueling Local Economies: Research, Innovation and Jobs

June 29, 2010, Robert E. Litan

Proposed Limits on ATM Fees and Credit Card Interest Rates: Counter-Productive Punishment That Goes Too Far

May 13, 2010, Robert E. Litan

The Derivatives Dealers’ Club and Derivatives Markets Reform

April 7, 2010, Robert E. Litan

In Defense of Much, But Not All, Financial Innovation

February 17, 2010, Robert E. Litan

"This is not going to be the bill that finally passes. Not all of it will survive."

December 12, 2009, Robert E. Litan, House votes to reform financial regulations

The Future of Financial Reform

December 2, 2009, Robert E. Litan

Evaluating the Economy and the Possibility of a "Double Dip" Recession

November 19, 2009, Robert E. Litan

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Measuring Innovation and Change During Turbulent Economic Times

November 17, 2009

Prudent Lending Restored

Securitization After the Mortgage Meltdown

2009, Richard J. Herring, Robert E. Litan and Yasuyuki Fuchita, eds.

Regulating and Resolving Institutions Considered “Too Big to Fail”

May 6, 2009, Martin Neil Baily and Robert E. Litan

Moving Money

The Future of Consumer Payments

2009, Martin Neil Baily and Robert E. Litan, eds.