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For most mayors, going to Washington is one big irrelevant photo-op. Across the country there is this disdain for how self-referential DC has become.

June 17, 2013, Bruce Katz, Financial Times

The Affordable Care Act and Designing the District of Columbia's Health Benefits Exchange

May 13, 2013, Alice M. Rivlin

Metropolitan Washington: A New Immigrant Gateway

April 2, 2013, Audrey Singer

Sequestration Shock: Smart D.C. Metro Will Figure It Out

March 12, 2013, Mark Muro and Jessica Lee

[Washington, DC's reliance on goverment is] a relatively less dangerous addiction than others. Diversification can never be sold until it’s too late. Complexity breeds resilience. It’s true in natural systems, and it’s true in economics.

March 7, 2013, Mark Muro, Washington Post

When Kerry Stormed D.C.

March/April 2013, Marvin Kalb

I think this is probably the nation's wealthiest region overall, and that wealth supports an array of public and private services that are in many ways a lot better than what poorer parts of the country can enjoy. But it also means it's an unequal region. We have a lot of landscapers and a lot of child care workers, people whose livelihood depend on the people on the high end.

December 12, 2012, Alan Berube, The Washington Examiner

Metropolitan Washington: A New Immigrant Gateway

December 5, 2012, Audrey Singer

Connecting to Opportunity: Access to Jobs via Transit in the Washington, D.C. Region

November 8, 2012, Martha Ross and Nicole Prchal Svajlenka

A big sliver of American society that generally does well tends to cluster in Washington. When people make the argument that $250,000 is middle income, that’s way higher than most of the country regards as middle income. But here in Washington, your next-door neighbor has that kind of income.

September 20, 2012, William H. Frey, Washington Post

Tax Reform, Up Close and Personal

August 10, 2012, Tracy Gordon

Washington, D.C. profile

July 18, 2012

I suggest people move to a market principle that forces us to make decisions like, ‘Gee, do we really need a second car in our household'?

July 5, 2012, Christopher B. Leinberger, Washington Post

Walk this Way:The Economic Promise of Walkable Places in Metropolitan Washington, D.C.

May 25, 2012, Christopher B. Leinberger and Mariela Alfonzo

What Would You Pay for Clean Water?

May 24, 2012, Martha Ross

Cleaner Rivers for the National Capital Region: Sharing the Cost

May 23, 2012, Carol O'Cleireacain

Transitioning DC’s Community College to Independence

April 23, 2012, John W. Hill, Joshua M. Kern, Alice M. Rivlin, Walter Smith and Carrie L. Thornhill

Remembering Air Florida Flight 90

January 13, 2012, Stephen Hess

Creating New Career Pathways for Youth Success in Washington D.C.

October 5, 2011, Martha Ross

Strengthening Educational and Career Pathways for Washington D.C. Youth

October 5, 2011, Martha Ross

Affordable Housing in the District of Columbia — Where are We Now?

July 27, 2011, Benjamin Orr and Alice M. Rivlin

Expanding Health Coverage in the District of Columbia

December 10, 2010, Randall R. Bovbjerg, Gina M. Lagomarsino, Jack A. Meyer and Barbara A. Ormond

Challenges Associated with the Suburbanization of Poverty: Prince George's County, Maryland

December 8, 2010, Martha Ross

The Social Service Challenges of Rising Suburban Poverty

October 7, 2010, Scott W. Allard and Benjamin Roth

How to Fix the Washington, D.C., Summer Jobs Program

August 15, 2010, Martha Ross