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BLUEPRINT FOR AMERICAN PROSPERITY


Focused Images Photography/Lynn Dykstra - Bruce Katz, vice president and director of the Metropolitan Policy Program, addresses the crowd at the Summit for American Prosperity

Save to My Portfolio The Summit for American Prosperity: Washington and Metro Areas Working Together

June 11, 2008

The opening dinner of the Summit for American Prosperity featured remarks by metropolitan leaders and a keynote address by Michael Porter, author and a professor at Harvard Business School. Read More

SPOTLIGHT: Transportation


Istock Photos/Liz Leyden - The Red Line train comes out of its tunnel in Boston to go over the Longfellow Bridge

Save to My Portfolio A Bridge to Somewhere: Rethinking American Transportation for the 21st Century

Robert Puentes, June 12, 2008

Robert Puentes calls on the federal government to empower major metropolitan areas by giving them direct transportation funding and the flexibility to make unbiased decisions between different modes of transportation. The federal government can then maximize performance by committing itself (and the recipients of federal funds) to an evidence-based, outcome driven, and benchmarked way of doing business. Read More

Transportation, Federalism, Highways, Traffic, Environment

SPOTLIGHT: Earned Income Tax Credit


Istock Photos/Arpad Benedek - Kitchen worker wiping dishes

Save to My Portfolio Metro Raise: Boosting the Earned Income Tax Credit to Help Metropolitan Workers and Families

Alan Berube, David Park and Elizabeth Kneebone, June 05, 2008

Slowed economic growth and rising prices for necessities like food, transportation, and child care threaten to exacerbate the challenges already facing America's low-income workers and their families. The federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) could do more to help close the growing gap between stagnant wages and rising prices. "Metro Raise" demonstrates how an expanded and modernized EITC would benefit families and communities in the nation's major metropolitan areas. Read More

Earned Income Tax Credit, Inequality, Taxes, Working Poor, Children & Families


Total carbon emissions per capita by quintile.

Carbon Footprint Rankings

Why does an Indianapolis resident emit more carbon from transportation and residences than Honolulu or Los Angeles dwellers? According to a new report from the Metropolitan Policy Program, carbon footprint sizes vary due to development patterns, rail transit, fuels used to generate electricity, energy prices, and weather. “Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan America” quantifies for the first time the carbon footprint of the nation’s 100 largest metro areas. Read More

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Save to My Portfolio Blueprint for American Prosperity: Unleashing the Potential of a Metropolitan Nation

Tuesday, November 06, 2007
9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Washington, DC

At this forum, featuring a panel of innovative business, philanthropic, government and university leaders, Brookings launched Blueprint for American Prosperity, a multi-year initiative to promote an economic agenda for the nation that builds on the assets—and centrality—of America’s metropolitan areas. Read More

Competitiveness, Cities, U.S. Economic Growth

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio UK Urban Policy Innovations and Lessons for the U.S.

Alan Berube, Chris Webber, June 2008

The United Kingdom has moved aggressively at the national level over the past decade to strengthen the performance of its major cities and urban areas. In light of their success, Alan Berube and Chris Webber outline several lessons for American efforts to create a smarter metropolitan policy that will bolster U.S. economic growth, social inclusion and environmental sustainability. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Tackling the Mortgage Crisis: 10 Action Steps for State Government

Alan Mallach, May 29, 2008

The mortgage foreclosure crisis has become an issue of growing concern over the past two years, particularly in many older industrial communities. This paper proposes a set of 10 action steps that state leaders can take to help mitigate its impact on families and neighborhoods—and prevent a similar situation from occurring in the future. Read More

Competitiveness

Save to My Portfolio Innovation and Clusters

Brookings released two reports calling on the federal government to respond to America’s slipping leadership in commercial innovation. In the first report, Brookings and Information Technology & Innovation Foundation researchers recommend that the federal government augment its diffuse current activities by establishing a National Innovation Foundation—a lean, nimble and collaborative organization designed to work with businesses and other organizations in support of their innovation activities. In the second publication, Brookings scholars propose a federal industry cluster grant program to stimulate competitive regional cluster initiatives across the nation. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio A Blueprint for American Prosperity

Bruce Katz, May 23, 2007

Bruce Katz argues that the United States needs a national agenda to give cities and metros the rules and the tools they need to prosper. Read More

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Immigration Reform Ideas for Our Next President

"Recognizing the reality that we have workers here illegally and to accept that at face value and to move forward would be the best thing for immigrants, for the communities they live in and for the nation as a whole."

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Spotlight

ExpertWarwick J. McKibbin

An international economics expert based in Australia, Warwick McKibbin focuses his research on global climate change; the emergence of China and India into the world economy; and global economic modeling.

ExpertAlice M. Rivlin

Alice Rivlin, the first director of the Congressional Budget Office, is an expert on urban issues as well as fiscal, monetary and social policy. She directs the Greater Washington Research project. 

ExpertSarah A. Binder

Sarah Binder is an expert on Congress and legislative politics.  Her current projects focus on the politics of federal judicial selection and the consequences of partisan polarization.

Research ProjectLatin America Initiative

The Latin America Initiative provides high-quality, in-depth, and independent research across a range of economic and political issues, and offers policy recommendations aimed at U.S. and Latin American policymakers. Read More

Policy CenterWolfensohn Center for Development

The Wolfensohn Center seeks effective solutions to key development challenges in order to create a more prosperous and stable world with a focus on aid effectiveness, early childhood development and Middle East youth.

ExpertDavid B. Sandalow

A former assistant secretary of state and White House staffer, Sandalow is author of "Freedom from Oil" and an expert on energy policy and global warming.

ExpertWilliam Galston

Bill Galston, the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies, is an expert on domestic policy, political campaigns and elections. His research focuses on designing a new social contract and the implications of political polarization.

Policy CenterEngelberg Center for Health Care Reform

The Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform provides practical solutions to achieve high-quality, innovative, affordable health care with particular emphasis on identifying opportunities on the national, state and local levels.

Research ProjectManaging Global Insecurity

MGI provides recommendations to the next U.S. president, the UN and key international partners to launch a strategic effort to build global partnerships and international institutions to meet twenty-first century trans-border challenges.

ExpertHugh B. Price

Former president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League, Hugh Price is an expert on education, civil rights, equal opportunity and criminal justice. His 40-year career spans journalism, philanthropy, the law, and social advocacy.

ExpertSuzanne Maloney

Suzanne Maloney studies Iran, the political economy of the Persian Gulf and Middle East energy policy. A former U.S. State Department policy advisor, she has also counseled private companies on Middle East issues.

ExpertBenjamin Wittes

Benjamin Wittes, a New Republic online columnist, focuses on the Supreme Court; judicial nominations and confirmations; and legal issues surrounding the war on terrorism.

ExpertBruce Katz

Bruce Katz, vice president and founding director of the Metropolitan Policy Program, regularly advises national, state, regional and municipal leaders on policy reforms that advance the competitiveness of metropolitan areas.

ProgramGovernance Studies

Governance Studies explores political institutions of the United States and other democracies to assess how they govern, how their practices compare and how citizens and public servants can advance sound governance.

ExpertMartin Neil Baily

Martin Baily, a former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, focuses on issues of globalization, productivity and competitiveness, Social Security reform and U.S. economic policy.

ExpertRebecca Blank

Rebecca Blank is an expert on the interaction between the macroeconomy, government anti-poverty programs, and the behavior and well being of low-income families. She has just been named the Robert V. Kerr senior fellow at Brookings.