BOOK
David de Ferranti, Anthony J. Ody and with Justin Jacinto and Graeme Ramshaw, March 01, 2009
This perceptive book emphasizes the need for an overall analytical framework that can be applied to different countries to help analyze the current situation, identify potential areas for improvement, and assess their relative feasibility and the steps needed to promote them. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Thomas E. Mann, June 17, 2008, NewTalk
Thomas Mann joined a distinguished panel, including Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York and Congressman Jim Cooper of Tennessee, to address the problems within U.S. government and possible solutions. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Jennifer Bradley, June 13, 2008, The Brookings Institution
To unleash greater local and national prosperity, U.S. metropolitan leaders need to be better equipped to deal with today’s increasingly dynamic economic, social and environmental realities. This summary outlines a new federal-state-metro partnership that provides metropolitan actors the support, capacity, tools and discretion they need to resolve key challenges; grow in more productive, inclusive, and sustainable ways; and, ultimately, to maximize America’s overall prosperity. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark Muro, Bruce Katz, Sarah Rahman and David Warren, June 12, 2008, The Brookings Institution
To unleash greater local and national prosperity U.S. metropolitan leaders need to be better equipped to deal with today’s increasingly dynamic economic, social and environmental realities. This report calls for a new federal-state-metro partnership that provides metropolitan actors the support, capacity, tools and discretion they need to resolve key challenges; grow in more productive, inclusive, and sustainable ways; and, ultimately, to maximize America’s overall prosperity. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William A. Galston, June 09, 2008, The American Prospect
Today's economy requires an expanded role for government, writes William Galston. In this article, he argues that the United States needs a new social contract that reorganizes responsibilities among government, individuals and the private sector. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Charles O. Jones and Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, August 01, 2007, The Brookings Institution
Kathryn Tenpas and Charles O. Jones examine what the 44th president will inherit, a diminished presidency, in a system that appears now to be pitted against itself. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Gregg Easterbrook, May 30, 2007, NPR "Morning Edition"
Interview with Gregg Easterbrook, NPR "Morning Edition" (5/30/07) Read More
PAST EVENT
Monday, April 30, 2007
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Washington, DC
In a new book, What Democracy is For: On Freedom and Moral Government (Princeton University Press, 2007), Stein Ringen points out the failure of the world's democracies, most specifically the United States and Britain, to live up to their own founding ideological values and expectations. Ringen, professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Oxford, argues that citizens are increasingly distrustful of their government and apathetic to participating in public affairs. On Monday, April 30, Stein Ringen joined Brookings Senior Fellows William Galston and Kent Weaver to discuss the policy solutions he proposes in his book that aim to restore faith in global democracy. Panelists also discussed Ringen's view that a global economy must be grounded in shared values of freedom and democracy. Read More
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Washington, DC
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PAST EVENT
Friday, April 20, 2007
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
Brookings continued its Judicial Issues Forum series with a discussion on lessons learned from the attorney general firings and other legal controversies. Panelists discussed the trial and conviction of Scooter Libby, former White House chief of staff; the enforcement of the Voting Rights Act; prosecution of voter fraud; and the replacement of all U.S. attorneys by the Clinton Administration in 1993. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert Hahn and Robert E. Litan, April 01, 2007, House Investigation and Oversight Subcommittee Science and Technology Committee
Testimony by Robert W. Hahn and Robert E. Litan (April 2007) Read More
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC
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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, July 01, 2006, The Brookings Institution
In this Issues in Governance Studies paper, Kathryn Tenpas examines the veto record of President George W. Bush. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, April 02, 2006, The Washington Post
Opinion by Kathryn Dunn Tenpas; The Washington Post (4/2/06) Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Andrew L. Yarrow and Diane Lim Rogers, April 02, 2006, The Baltimore Sun
Opinion by Diane Lim Rogers and Andrew L. Yarrow, The Baltimore Sun (4/2/06) Read More