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Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:00:00 GMT
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- December 10, 2009, 11:00 AM to 12:45 PM
On December 10, the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings hosts the fourth Bernard L. Schwartz Forum on U.S. Competitiveness to address the connection between infrastructure investments and economic growth, including the release of a paper discussing the merits and intersections of the capital budget and National Infrastructure Bank concepts. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will outline current federal reform efforts.
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Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:00:00 GMT
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- December 02, 2009, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
The American educational system is fundamental to promoting social and economic mobility, civic engagement and global competiveness, but the subject of receives less media coverage than other major public policy issues. On December 2, Grover "Russ" Whitehurst and E.J. Dionne, authors of The Disappearance of Education News, will present their solutions for improving education reporting and promoting quality discourse.
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Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Senators Kerry and Boxer recently unveiled their climate bill calling for the creation and funding of a string of energy innovation hubs that are dedicated to clean energy technology development and deployment. Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman reviewed the bill—especially as it impacts metro and regional areas—and noted its similarities and differences with the House of Representative's climate bill, Waxman-Markey.
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Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT
In speeches delivered at the Las Vegas roll-out of the Brookings Mountain West Initiative Mark Muro and nonresident senior fellow Robert Lang argue that Las Vegas presents an exaggerated version of America’s economic quandary. Muro declares that Las Vegas presents, in extreme form, some of the fundamental questions facing the whole country as it faces a major economic “reset” while Lang contends it can still emerge as America’s next true world city.
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Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT
At the biennial International Statistics Institute conference in Durban, South Africa, Andrew Reamer said that the federal economic statistical system has been too narrowly focused on meeting the data needs of macroeconomic policymakers, to the detriment of other data users, particularly those at the regional level.
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Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT
Brookings Trade Forum provides comprehensive analysis on current and emerging issues of international trade and macroeconomics. Practitioners and academics contribute to
each volume, with papers that provide an in-depth look at a particular topic. The 2008/2009 edition focuses on climate policy and its impact on trade.
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Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Following a narrow House vote on Friday to pass climate change legislation, President Obama called on the Senate this weekend to follow suit. Mark Muro urges an even greater investment in energy innovation to catalyze a radically cleaner future.
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Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:30:00 GMT
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- June 03, 2009, 12:30 PM to 01:30 PM
In the June 3 edition of the Scouting Report live web chat, Brookings policy expert Mark Muro and Politico senior editor Fred Barbash discussed how "The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009" is more than just a cap-and-trade bill. The bill has significant components dedicated to energy innovation and clean energy technology development and deployment.
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Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT
The climate change bill now winding its way through the House of Representatives has significant components dedicated to energy innovation and clean energy technology development and deployment. However, Mark Muro argues, funding the Department of Energy’s budget request for innovation would more immediately establish American alternative energy leadership.
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Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Mark Muro and Teryn Norris urge policy-makers to move innovation and commercialization to the fore of America’s outdated energy policy. They advocate creating regional energy partnerships—or e-DIIs—to accelerate the development of reasonably priced alternative energy technologies and bring them to the marketplace.
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Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT
This year's State of the Rockies Symposium at Colorado College focuses on megapolitan areas—combinations of two or more regions into a single economic, social, and urban system. Amy Liu and Mark Muro of the Metro Program, and Robert Lang of Virginia Tech, delivered keynote addresses on how the Pike’s Peak region can leverage the federal role to help it better connect to Denver and the rest of the Front Range “mega" and boost its prosperity.
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Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Chris Leinberger argues that Sacramento, the capital of one of the most hard-pressed states in the country, is an evolving model of development for metropolitan America.
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Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
U.S. metropolitan areas are the under-recognized engines of America’s economy, and the nation must adjust its federal system—and American federalism—to support them so they can lead us back to prosperity, write Bruce Katz, Mark Muro, and Jennifer Bradley in a major framing essay for Democracy: A Journal of Ideas.
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Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Some say America needs to deploy existing green technology quickly while others say the nation needs to stress new scientific breakthroughs. Mark Muro says both camps are right, and that MPP’s proposal for the federal government to create a series of energy discovery-innovation institutes (e-DIIs) suggests a way to make progress on both counts.
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Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Current, accurate economic statistics are crucial to monitoring the fragile condition of the U.S. economy and guiding it out of recession. However, Andrew Reamer indicates, the nation’s statistical system has been deteriorating before our eyes. He outlines steps the White House should take to repair the system.
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT
President Obama might not have intended to knock Las Vegas when he admonished travel on the taxpayer’s dime, but Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman sure took it that way when he branded the comment “outrageous.” Mark Muro and Robert Lang write that we shouldn’t push austerity so hard that it is ultimately self-defeating. Sometimes junkets provide the truest form of economic stimulus.
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Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT
As U.S. policy-makers focus on how to strengthen the U.S. economy in the midst of the financial crisis, Brookings competitiveness experts stress the need for a longer-term view with policy priorities focused on how to rebuild American competitiveness through investments in people, infrastructure, ideas and green transformation.
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Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:00:00 GMT
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- February 09, 2009, 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
With new national leadership committed to investing in clean energy technology, now is the time to explore new research paradigms in America. At this event, the Blueprint for American Prosperity released a new report that examines the role of expanded energy research in reinvigorating America’s metropolitan economies, tackling security challenges and responding to global climate change.
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Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT
The final version of the fiscal stimulus plan weakened the "Buy American" provision requiring the use of only U.S. iron and steel in construction work funded by the bill. Nevertheless, business groups continue to criticize the provision. In a new Q&A, Eswar Prasad discusses global concerns.
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Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:53:06 GMT
Describing a proposed national network of regionally based Energy Discovery-Innovation Institutes, Mark Muro highlights how these institutes would be aimed at creating jobs of the future and at transforming our metropolitan economies.
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Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT
America’s economic revitalization and future energy security compel the transformation of U.S. energy policy. To push innovation to the center of national reform, this Blueprint for American Prosperity report argues that the federal government should establish a national network of regionally-based energy discovery-innovation institutes (e-DIIs) to serve as the hubs of a decentralized, commercialization-oriented research network.
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Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
American suburbs today more resemble cities than a treasured retreat from life’s tumult. Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley argue that unless we grabble with the problems and opportunities of the new suburbs, America can’t ensure its leading place in the global economy.
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Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Barack Obama has promised to make urban issues a central part of his presidential agenda. In this broadcast, Amy Liu talks to Kojo Nnamdi and others about strategies for reinvesting in our nation’s urban areas.
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Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Bruce Katz and Rob Puentes argue that President-elect Obama must connect infrastructure spending to broad national goals such as creating new jobs, training a new work force and connecting people to work.
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Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT
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- January 12, 2009, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
President-elect Obama is preparing plans for an immediate economic stimulus package. At the same time, his new administration must consider how to make investments that will stabilize and strengthen our economy over the long term. After opening remarks by Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell, Bruce Katz and Robert Puentes presented their recommendations on bolstering infrastructure and investing in other economic drivers that can enhance long-term prosperity.
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:30:00 GMT
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- January 07, 2009, 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
To secure long-term prosperity, the United States should build on the assets of its metropolitan areas. Federal policy reforms to enhance innovation, human capital, infrastructure and quality places will ultimately help our economy to grow in more productive, inclusive and sustainable ways. On January 7, Robert Puentes answered questions in a web chat with Politico's Fred Barbash about the challenges and opportunities President-elect Barack Obama faces.
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Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Amy Liu and her colleagues argue that President-elect Obama must connect infrastructure spending to broad national goals such as creating new jobs, training a new work force and connecting people to work.
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Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Harry Holzer examines the likely effects of “living wage” ordinances on employment outcomes, according to economic theory; as well as evidence on their actual effects.
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Mark Muro and Robert Lang in a recent Arizona Republic column discuss the major change of management in Washington, and urge “megapolitan” areas of the Intermountain West to better organize their energies and consider how to amplify their voice in national affairs as federal policy responses are renegotiated.
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Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT
In this opinion piece published in the New Republic, Robert Puentes argues that President-elect Obama has a tremendous opportunity to connect infrastructure spending to broad national goals (such as economic competitiveness and environmental sustaianability). In this way the federal stimulus dollars can accelerate the right kind of projects in the right places, creating jobs and waking up related areas of the economy.
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Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Bruce Katz and Metro partner Lavea Brachman co-authored an op-ed appearing in the Cleveland Plain-Dealer stemming from the success of the “Ohio Summit” this past September. In it, the two explain the need for a change in the discourse about the national economy.
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Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Mark Muro and Robert Lang in a recent Headwaters News column bring to attention the “New American Heartland” — the Intermountain West, noting that the region's signature issues increasingly reflect the nation's, whether it be road and rail infrastructure, job quality, immigration, or energy.
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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT
As President-Elect Obama prepares to lead the United States, what are the top global economic challenges facing the new president and his advisors and how should the new administration address them? A new report by Brookings global economic and development experts ranks the top 10 issues and details specific ideas for how to tackle the toughest challenges.
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Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Jennifer Bradley and Bruce Katz examine the notion that America is still nation of small towns. Taking cues from Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin about her hometown of Wasilla, Bradley and Katz's metro area analysis shows that even so-called “small towns” like Wasilla are in fact part of larger metro areas, like Anchorage that contribute greatly to their state’s economy.
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Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:30:19 GMT
Brookings and the University of Nevada, Reno hosted two Opportunity 08-Nevada forums on issues facing the next president: a Republican issue forum was held August 20 and a Democratic issue forum two days later.
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Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
The need for U.S. economic leadership continues despite a global financial crisis, and new and emerging economic powers. But while the need for U.S. leadership in the global economy is clear, the capacity is less so. In a paper prepared for the Aspen Strategy Group in August 2008, Lael Brainard and David Lipton explore the changing context for US international economic leadership, review economic goals, and discuss the adequacy of the instruments available for pursuing those goals.
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Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT
The replacement for the I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis that collapsed one year ago is nearing completion. But, argue Bruce Katz and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, the calls for reinvestment in transportation infrastructure have not been heeded. As outlined by the Metropolitan Policy Program, the federal government needs to systematically identify, map and prioritize the nation-shaping projects that require federal investment, breaking radically from our current practices. It shouldn’t take another bridge collapse to teach us.
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Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:16:50 GMT
The Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution recently launched an ambitious, multi-year initiative to promote the health and vitality of America's urban clusters. In these presentations, Bruce Katz and Rob Puentes present policy ideas for improving the federal partnership with states and cities.
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Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:45:00 GMT
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- July 25, 2008, 8:45 AM to 12:30 PM
The state of the nation’s infrastructure is generating rising public attention, prompted by daily travel frustrations, high-profile catastrophes, urgent calls to address climate change and energy security, and concerns about productivity and economic growth. The Hamilton Project released six new policy papers and hosted a public forum on the need for a national strategy that promotes infrastructure as a central component of long-term, broadly shared growth.
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Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT
The public "airwaves," or the radio spectrum, are a tremendously valuable asset that remains partially untapped by entrepreneurs and users. In a discussion paper for the Hamilton Project, Philip J. Weiser discusses how to expand access to wireless spectrum to bring more households internet access.
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Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Roughly one-third of households in rural America cannot subscribe to broadband Internet services at any price. In a discussion paper for The Hamilton Project, John M. Peha discusses expanding broadband service to rural communities to expend technological infrastructure and promote economic growth.
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Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Infrastructure investment has received more attention in recent years because of increased delays from road and air congestion, high-profile infrastructure failures, and rising concerns about energy security and climate change. Manasi Deshpande and Doug Elmendorf discuss a strategy for America to increase investment in physical and telecommunications infrastructure to spur a more prosperous economy.
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Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:30:00 GMT
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- July 22, 2008, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
On July 22, Global Economy and Development at Brookings hosted John Lipsky, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, for a conversation on the evolving global economic landscape.
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Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT
The Olympic development boom in China showcases the results of years of rapid growth in China’s economy and mirrors that of many other emerging markets. One of the Olympic lessons for the U.S. should be to reverse its ailing infrastructure trend and begin investing for the long-term to stay competitive, according to Lael Brainard.
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Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:42:26 GMT
A new Metropolitan Policy Program report states that parts of Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado are becoming new urban centers with bright futures. But, they also face many challenges. Mark Muro, policy director for the Metropolitan Policy Program, says presidential contenders should take note of the issue.
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Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT
In this report, the authors describe and assess the new supersized reality of the Intermountain West and proposes a more helpful role for the federal government in empowering regional leaders’ efforts to build a uniquely Western brand of prosperity that is at once more sustainable, productive, and inclusive than past eras of boom and bust.
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Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:33:19 GMT
The rise of China has created a number of geopolitical and diplomatic challenges. CSIS senior advisor Michael Green tells Martha Raddatz of ABC News that it's likely that our next president will work diligently to maintain good relations with China.
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Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT
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.
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Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:20:57 GMT
This panel discussed proposed federal policy reforms designed to: foster greater innovation and entrepreneurship in the provision of elementary and secondary education; stimulate and support community compacts that provide high school graduates with financial guarantees for higher education; and build a stronger platform for post-secondary student success, especially in the urban community colleges that serve much of the nation’s diverse future workforce.
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Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:20:37 GMT
This session explored two federal policy proposals that address America’s innovation challenge. Each proposal harnesses the power of the private sector, state and local governments, and metropolitan level institutions. Both are designed to address the innovation needs of all U.S. metropolitan areas, including those with economies based on manufacturing and “low tech” services as well as high technology regions.
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Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:00:00 GMT
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- June 11, 2008, 7:00 PM to 9:30:00 PM
- June 12, 2008, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Brookings's Metropolitan Policy Program hosted a national Summit for American Prosperity, which launched the next phase of the Blueprint for American Prosperity: Unleashing the Potential of a Metropolitan Nation, an ambitious, multi-year initiative to build long-term U.S. prosperity by reinvigorating the federal role in promoting the health and vitality of America's metropolitan areas.
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Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:20:23 GMT
This session explored a new plan to overhaul U.S. transportation policy to meet the needs of the 21st century economy. This included a discussion of the key economic, environmental challenges facing metro areas, the flaws in the current federal policy response and recommendations for a new, unified, and competitive vision for federal transportation policy.
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Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:15:00 GMT
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- June 09, 2008, 8:15 AM to 6:00 PM
On June 9, 2008, Brookings convened more than 70 stakeholders for a conference on “Climate Change, Trade and Competitiveness.” The conference was led by Lael Brainard and focused on how climate change presents a new set of challenges for the world trading system and potential strategies to mitigate future conflicts.
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Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT
In testimony to the Senate Finance Committee, Lael Brainard discussed America’s response to globalization through the lens of trade policies and examines how provisions of the Trade Enforcement Act of 2007 can help America compete more fairly in the growing global marketplace that requires clearly enforced rules.
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Thu, 15 May 2008 16:00:00 GMT
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- May 15, 2008, 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Brookings President Strobe Talbott, author of The Great Experiment, and CUSE Director Daniel Benjamin joined journalist Fareed Zakaria for a conversation about his new book, The Post-American World. This far-reaching discussion reviewed the choices the United States will face as world political and economic power shifts to emerging global powerhouses, such as China and India.
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Tue, 13 May 2008 11:56:47 GMT
Bruce Katz, vice president and director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, unveiled a new framework for improving the federal partnership with states and metropolitan areas—a true Blueprint for American Prosperity—to better leverage the great assets of our metropolitan areas.
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Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT
To respond to America’s slipping leadership in commercial innovation the federal government should establish a National Innovation Foundation (NIF)—a nimble, lean, and collaborative entity devoted to supporting firms and other organizations in their innovative activities. By realigning and augmenting the nation’s diffuse present efforts the new entity would help create better jobs in America, not just for highly educated “knowledge workers” but for high school graduates in manufacturing and “low-tech services.”
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Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:00:00 GMT
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- April 22, 2008, 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
The authors of a new report, “Boosting Productivity, Innovation, and Growth through a National Innovation Foundation" held a forum at the National Press Club in Washington DC to respond to America's slipping leadership in commercial innovation and urge the federal government to establish a National Innovation Foundation (NIF)—a nimble, lean and collaborative entity devoted to supporting firms and other organizations in their innovative activities.
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Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Regional industry clusters—geographic concentrations of interconnected firms and supporting organizations—represent a potent source of productivity at a moment of national vulnerability to global economic competition. For that reason, Karen Mills, Elisabeth Reynolds and Andrew Reamer say the federal government should establish an industry clusters program to stimulate the collaborative interactions of firms and supporting organizations in regional economies to produce more commercial innovation and higherwage employment.
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Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Bruce Katz and his colleagues in a recent opinion piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer urge the federal government to organize their current fragmented investments in transportation and innovation and targeting them where they will provide the greatest return, metropolitan America.
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Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT
In Pennsylvania, the next major presidential primary state, concerns about the economy loom large. A true federal economic agenda for the Commonwealth must empower state and local innovators to leverage the core assets of the nation's economy--innovation, infrastructure, human capital and quality places--where those assets are located: Pennsylvania’s many small and large metropolitan areas.
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Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Alan Berube and David Jackson urge the federal government to think long term about global competitive advantage by focusing efforts towards the three I’s—Innovation, Infrastructure and Intellect.
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Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Despite profound economic changes over recent years, America’s job-transition, or worker adjustment, program remains one of the weakest among advanced economies. Lael Brainard proposes fundamental changes in the nation’s programs in order to provide enhanced training and financial support to help American workers compete.
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Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT
In a piece for the Buffalo News, Rob Puentes illustrates how the federal transportation policies have ignored industrial metropolitan areas like Buffalo or have undermined them directly.
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Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Bruce Katz and Don Williams argue that the federal government needs to refresh its perspective on the way it supports metropolitan areas across America, such as the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, by harnessing new ideas on innovation, infrastructure, human capital and education that will help fuel prosperity.
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Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Bruce Katz outlines the reasons why America's presidential nominees need to pay attention to country's 'metros.'
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Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT
On the cusp of Ohio's crucial primary, Bruce Katz and Alan Berube posit some key questions on the candidates’ long-term plans for the Ohio economy, which has lost 200,000 manufacturing jobs since 2000 and contains four of the nation’s top 20 metropolitan areas in home foreclosure rates.
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Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Bruce Katz examines the dynamic of the presidential election, urging candidates to engage on the big-picture issue of economic change overarching this campaign.
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Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT
As part of this session at the National Association of Regional Councils annual meeting in Washington, DC, Robert Puentes discusses urgency of transportation accessibility, connectivity, and mobility issues that affecting the prosperity and vitality of the nation and its metropolitan areas. He highlights several critical flaws in current U.S. transportation policy today and offers a broad three-part framework for a new transportation agenda.
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Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Though Washington is abuzz with talk of a short-term stimulus for the economy, very little is being said about the long-term challenges to American prosperity. Bruce Katz and David Jackson discuss how metropolitan areas are key to addressing those challenges.
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Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT
In a new Global working paper, Raj Desai and co-author Anders Olofsgård examines cronyism, specifically focusing on the competitiveness of politically favored firms, and finding that influential firms do innovate and invest less.
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Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT
With a weakening economy, most agree that any well-designed stimulus should be timely, temporary and targeted. Douglas W. Elmendorf and Jason Furman advocate that the "three T" principles are critical to ensure that any benefits do not come at the expense of serious long-run harm.
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Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Bruce Katz and his colleague MarySue Barrett argue that presidential candidates can score big with metropolitan voters in places such as Phoenix, New York, Santa Fe and Chicago if they rethink the compact between metro areas and the federal government.
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Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT
As the presidential candidates turn to the South Carolina primaries, differences have emerged between the parties about how to maintain America's economic competitive advantage, particularly given the rise of countries like China and India. John L. Thornton notes that candidates should be required to discuss specific policies in a serious debate about American competitiveness that eschews sound bites and populist pandering.
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Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT
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- January 11, 2008, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM
The morning after the South Carolina GOP debate, and just a week before the state’s Republican presidential primary, Brookings, The Post and Courier, South Carolina ETV and the College of Charleston hosted an Opportunity 08 forum featuring national economic policy experts and leading political analysts.
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Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Congressional leaders are now discussing the shape of an economic stimulus bill, while President Bush prepares to unveil his own plan. In a new Hamilton Project paper, Jason Furman and Doug Elmendorf explain why tax or spending changes that are timely, targeted and temporary may be a useful complement to further monetary stimulus because they can boost economic activity more quickly.
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Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT
America’s bridges, roads, rails and web of channel communications form the connective tissue that we call infrastructure. When these underpinnings start to crumble, so does the economic competitiveness of the nation. The third Bernard L. Schwartz Forum on Competitiveness explored the challenges and opportunities for new infrastructure investment.
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Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT
As presidential candidates continue to campaign in Florida and across the country, they are forsaking a real opportunity to speak directly to the prosperity challenges facing America's states and metropolitan areas.
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Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT
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- December 06, 2007, 12:00 PM to 12:00
Brookings recently hosted leading economists for a discussion on the breadth and depth of sovereign wealth funds and potential regulation.
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Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Clifford Winston and Kenneth E. Train develop a consumer-level model of vehicle choice to shed light on the erosion of the U.S. automobile manufacturers’ market share during the past decade. They examine the influence of vehicle attributes, brand loyalty, product line characteristics, and dealerships.
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Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Deregulation, new technologies and expanded international trade and investment have intensified global competition. Martin Neil Baily explained at a recent symposium that this trend may be a cause for concern, but—given the current U.S. trade surplus in services—it may be a positive thing for employment.
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Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:00:00 GMT
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- November 06, 2007, 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
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.
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Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT
The system for taxing business is broken; Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel is proposing a fix. Senior Fellow Jason Furman argues that the Rangel plan opens an important discussion that others—including the Bush Administration—should join.
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Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:00:00 GMT
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- October 10, 2007, 9:00 AM to 12:10 PM
The fiscal deficit, tight budgets and an absence of clear priorities appear to be constraining this country from sufficient investment in its bridges, roads, airports, ports and broadband systems. But, given the benefits of a solid foundation, can we afford not to invest more in this infrastructure? On October 10, 2007, Brookings hosted the third in a series of forums on U.S. competitiveness, a public symposium that explored the challenges and opportunities for new infrastructure investment.
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Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:00:00 GMT
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- August 22, 2007, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Brookings and the University of Nevada, Reno hosted two Opportunity 08-Nevada forums to help citizens seek more information about the pressing issues facing our next president: a Republican issue forum on August 20 and this Democratic issue forum two days later.
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Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Bruce Katz argues that the national capital region is an avatar of the metropolitan trends reshaping the nation, trends which require a federal response if the nation is to grow in economically robust, sustainable, and inclusive ways.
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Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Testimony by Kenneth Rogoff before the House Committee on the Budget (6/26/07)
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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Thirty years ago, some futurists predicted that the restructuring of the American economy and our technological advances would free and un-anchor us from place, precipitating a mass de-urbanization throughout the nation.
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Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Lael Brainard says the biggest takeaway from the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2007 introduced by Sens. Baucus, Graham, Grassley and Schumer is that Congress has run out of patience with China.
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Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Testimony by Lael Brainard before the U.S. House Committee on Small Business (6/13/07)
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Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT
In testimony before the Senate Finance Committee, Lael Brainard discussed trade and globalization. She argued that trade adjustment assistance is the core program for addressing dislocation associated with globalization.
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Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT
To understand how the new global economy is affecting American workers, look no further than Dave Bevard from Galesburg, Ill. Bevard recently testified to a congressional committee about the devastating effects of losing his job: "[We] believed that if you worked hard, played by the rules and made a quality product, you would be rewarded for your efforts. Instead . . . we were given a pink slip and told that our plant would close and move to Mexico . . . "
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Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Paper by Jason Bordoff (Summer 2007)
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Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT
For countries to engage successfully in the international trading system, their industries, firms, and workers must respond continually to new conditions of competition.
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Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT
The current system of taxing multinational firms relies on separate accounting: firms account for earnings and costs in each location in which they operate. This system generates a large tax incentive to earn income in low-tax countries, and multinational firms respond by earning disproportionate profits in low-tax locations.
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Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT
The progressive tax system, and the nation's fiscal system more broadly, have historically played an important role in expanding opportunities for all Americans while reducing inequality. But the same dynamic forces of technological change, financial innovation, and globalization that have contributed to rising income inequality also present new challenges for progressive taxation.
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Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT
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.
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Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Like many Midwestern states, Pennsylvania is transitioning slowly from an industrial past to a knowledge economy. As it does so, the state's development patterns—slow growth, fast sprawl, struggling cities and older suburbs—undermines the state's competitive future.
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Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT
In an address to a gathering of the Urban Age in New York City, Bruce Katz argues that contrary to popular opinion, the United States exemplifies the world?s drive towards urbanization, and that to remain prosperous, the U.S. must recognize the centr
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Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Leonardo Martinez-Diaz The Press-Enterprise (04/28/07)