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Save to My PortfolioThe Great Credit Squeeze: How It Happened, How to Prevent Another

Friday, May 16, 2008
Washington, DC

Reuters/Rebecca CookHow could America's sophisticated financial system go so wrong and cause so much damage? Martin Baily, Douglas Elmendorf and Robert Litan answered that question in a new paper released at this public forum. The authors, following opening remarks by FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair, put forward a specific agenda of policy actions to reduce the chance that history repeats itself. Read More

Financial Services, Fiscal Policy, Housing, Mortgage Market, U.S. Economy

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Save to My PortfolioThe Great Credit Squeeze: How It Happened, How to Prevent Another

Martin Neil Baily, Douglas W. Elmendorf and Robert E. Litan, May 16, 2008, The Brookings Institution

With the U.S. financial system still in a perilous state, Martin Baily, Doug Elmendorf and Bob Litan diagnose what caused the crisis and offer prescriptions for policy change. The authors of this new Brookings paper address two challenges: to resolve the immediate problems and to reduce the likelihood that these problems recur. Read More

Financial Services, Fiscal Policy, Mortgage Market, Housing, Regulation

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioReducing the Likelihood of Financial Crisis

Douglas W. Elmendorf, May 14, 2008, Joint Economic Committee

Reducing the Likelihood of Financial CrisisEven though billions of dollars of mortgage-related loses have yet to be declared, Doug Elemendorf offered Joint Economic Committee members four principles to guide reform of the troubled financial system. His diagnosis and prescriptions are based on a new Brookings report to be released Friday. Read More

Macroeconomics, Financial Services, Mortgage Market, Federal Reserve, Financial Institutions

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioInflation Amidst Recession: Policy Prescriptions for Sustaining Stable Growth

Wing Thye Woo, May 14, 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Spring Meetings and the Global Economy

Colin I. Bradford, May 02, 2008, Guardian Unlimited

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Save to My PortfolioPooling Money

Yasuyuki Fuchita and Robert E. Litan, May 01, 2008

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioPay-Day Lenders, Check Cashing Outlets and Other Alternative Financial Services

Rebecca M. Blank, April 16, 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Stability of Global Financial Markets

Lex Rieffel, April 09, 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioTake Time to Get It Right: Shape Financial System Rules for the Long Haul

Jason Furman, April 06, 2008, Des Moines Register

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioTaking Back our Fiscal Future

April 2008, The Brookings Institution and the Heritage Foundation

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioEconomy: The Fed Steps In

Alice M. Rivlin, March 17, 2008, washingtonpost.com

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioWeighing Alternative Policies for Tackling the Mortgage Mess

Douglas W. Elmendorf, February 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioWestern Banks Must Take Their Own Medicine

Erik Berglöf, February 28, 2008, Financial Times

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioFinancial Access without Expertise: Consumer Implications of the Credit Crisis

Matt Fellowes, February 22, 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThree Keys to Effective Fiscal Stimulus

Douglas W. Elmendorf and Jason Furman, January 26, 2008, Washingtonpost.com

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioBanking on Wealth: America’s New Retail Banking Infrastructure and Its Wealth-Building Potential

Matt Fellowes and Mia Mabanta, January 2008, The Brookings Institution

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Robert E. Litan

Robert E. Litan

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Global Economy and Development

An economist and lawyer who has served in a variety of federal agencies and White House posts, Bob Litan is an expert on antitrust; banking; Internet policy; and other financial and regulatory issues.
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