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GCI Atlanta: Greater Atlanta and the Next Economy

March 20, 2013, Bruce Katz

GCI Atlanta Roundtable: Atlanta’s Regional Export Plan

March 19, 2013, Amy Liu

The Fed's Trying To Get the Party Started, So Why All the Criticism?

March 18, 2013, George L. Perry

Tax Policy and U.S. Manufacturing in a Global Economy

March 15, 2013

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A Balanced Budget Should Take a Backseat to Real Reforms

March 14, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill

Growing the Economy and Stabilizing the Debt

March 14, 2013, Alice M. Rivlin

To Reduce Lawyers' Drag on Growth, How about a Law PhD?

March 14, 2013, Clifford Winston and Robert W. Crandall

The 529 College Savings Plan Needs an Update

March 13, 2013, Robert C. Pozen

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

March 12, 2013, Mark Muro and Jessica Lee

Carbon Taxes as Part of the Fiscal Solution

March 12, 2013, William G. Gale, Samuel Brown and Fernando Saltiel

The Tax Favored By Most Economists

March 12, 2013, William G. Gale

The number of unemployed continues to shrink, and job gains entirely in the private sector continue to be fast enough so that we can be whittling down the problem of both long-term unemployment and regular unemployment.

March 9, 2013, Gary Burtless, National Public Radio

Sizeable Job Gains, but a Long Way from Good Health

March 8, 2013, Gary Burtless

Payments to Elders Are Harming Our Future

March 8, 2013, Harry J. Holzer and Isabel V. Sawhill

[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

Robert Gordon, OMB Acting Deputy Director, to Join Brookings

March 7, 2013

I think Detroit faces some of the toughest challenges of any American city.

March 6, 2013, Bruce Katz, The Craig Fahle Show-WDET

Is Housing Finance Reform Coming at Last?

March 6, 2013, Michael Barr

Unemployment Projected to Decline to 7.8 Percent for February

March 5, 2013, Regis Barnichon

A Pop Quiz About Federal Spending That May Surprise You

March 5, 2013, Henry J. Aaron

Time to Call a Truce in the Currency Wars

March 1, 2013, Michael W. Klein

The Ongoing and Hugely Risky Bailout of the Housing Market

March 1, 2013, William A. Galston

Fiscal Fatigue: Tracking the Budget Outlook as Political Leaders Lurch from One Artificial Crisis to Another

February 28, 2013, William G. Gale and Alan J. Auerbach

It’s not just waiting for government to do something [for the economy]. A lot of the actions that need to be taken in [Rhode Island] really could be taken by private, civic and university leaders. The economy is co-produced. It’s not produced by government. It’s produced by networks of leaders.

February 27, 2013, Bruce Katz, Rhode Island Public Radio

The American Airlines-US Airways Merger in an Evolving Airline Industry

February 26, 2013, Clifford Winston