Required Reading: Invest in Long-Term Prosperity

The nation’s vibrant cities hold the key to creating a strong national economy over the long run. Brookings experts have laid out investments the new president can make in people, infrastructure and innovation.

Overview

MetroPolicy for a MetroNation

Jennifer Bradley, The Brookings Institution, June 2008

MetroNation

Alan Berube, The Brookings Institution, November 06, 2007

MetroPolicy: Shaping a New Federal Partnership for a Metropolitan Nation

Mark Muro, Bruce Katz, Sarah Rahman and David Warren, The Brookings Institution, June 12, 2008

Infrastructure

Create a National Infrastructure Plan: A Unified Vision for Transportation Policy

Background and Recommendations

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

Robert Puentes, The Brookings Institution, June 12, 2008

Options for Metropolitan Transit Funding

Robert Puentes, New York State Commission on MTA Financing, September 15, 2008

An Economic Strategy for Investing in America's Infrastructure

Manasi Deshpande and Douglas W. Elmendorf, Hamilton Project Strategy Paper, July 2008

Infrastructure: Time to Compete to Win

Lael Brainard, The Brookings Institution, July 22, 2008

America’s Infrastructure: Ramping Up or Crashing Down

Bruce Katz, Christopher Geissler and Robert Puentes, The Brookings Institution, January 2008

America's Traffic Congestion Problem: Toward a Framework for National Reform

David Lewis, Hamilton Project Discussion Paper, July 2008

Pay-As-You-Drive Auto Insurance: A Simple Way to Reduce Driving-Related Harms and Increase Equity

Jason E. Bordoff and Pascal J. Noel, Hamilton Project Discussion Paper, July 2008

Human Capital

Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit: A Federal Investment in Workers

Background and Recommendations

Changing the Game: The Federal Role in Supporting 21st Century Educational Innovation

Sara Mead and Andrew J. Rotherham, The Brookings Institution, October 16, 2008

Assuring Student Achievement: Strengthen America through Education Reforms

Hugh B. Price, Opportunity 08, 2007

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

Alan Berube, David Park and Elizabeth Kneebone, The Brookings Institution, June 05, 2008

Reforming U.S. Immigration Policy: Open New Pathways to Integration

Audrey Singer, Opportunity 08, 2007

Innovation

Create a National Innovation Foundation

Background and Recommendations

Stimulate Regional Economies

Background and Recommendations

Boosting Productivity, Innovation, and Growth through a National Innovation Foundation

Robert Atkinson and Howard Wial, The Brookings Institution , April 22, 2008

Clusters and Competitiveness: A New Federal Role for Stimulating Regional Economies

Karen G. Mills, Elisabeth B. Reynolds and Andrew Reamer, The Brookings Institution, April 2008

Prizes for Technological Innovation

Thomas Kalil, A Hamilton Project Discussion Paper, December 2006

Quality of Place

Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan America

Andrea Sarzynski, Marilyn A. Brown and Frank Southworth, The Brookings Institution, May 29, 2008

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