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Save to My PortfolioMissing Markets: Why Markets that Can Reduce Risks are Missing and What Can be Done About It

Jason Furman, June 2008, Hamilton Project Discussion Paper

In this overview paper, Jason Furman examines reasons why markets that could reduce risks are missing and what the government can do to foster markets in these areas. He xplains that certain laws and regulations, market failures and behavioral biases of consumers act as barriers to market formation. Read More

Retirement, Taxes, Housing, Financial Markets

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Save to My PortfolioMissing Markets: Fostering Market Based Solutions to Major Risks

Thursday, June 05, 2008
9:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

Reuters/Andy KingHurricanes, retirement, home-buying and tax-base erosion all pose financial risks. Yet markets to reduce these risks are elusive. The Hamilton Project at Brookings released papers at a discussion on how sound public policy can play a critical role in helping to foster new markets or expand existing markets in ways that could provide widely shared benefits. Read More

Financial Services, Mortgage Market, Retirement, Financial Institutions, Financial Markets

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Save to My PortfolioCorporate Governance

Richard Thornburgh and Martha Raddatz, May 30, 2008

Corporate GovernanceFormer U.S. Attorney General Richard Thornburgh examines today’s corporate culture and finds that, while it is replete with good corporate citizens, we've seen a culture of greed and failure to observe basic fiduciary duties in the first part of this decade. Thornburgh says it is time for a system of corporate best practices for good governance.

Corporate Governance, Business, Financial Markets, Financial Institutions

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Save to My PortfolioHow the Great Credit Squeeze Happened and How to Prevent Another

Friday, May 16, 2008
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

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 PortfolioReducing the Likelihood of Financial Crisis

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

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Save to My PortfolioPooling Money

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

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Save to My PortfolioThe Response to Global Economy Issues

Friday, April 11, 2008
8:30 AM to 9:30 AM
Washington, DC

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

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Save to My PortfolioCapital Account Liberalization, Real Wages, and Productivity

Peter Blair Henry and Diego Sasson, March 2008, The Brookings Institution

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 PortfolioInvestors Need More Hedge Fund Transparency

H. Peyton Young, January 14, 2008, The Financial Times

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioIf, When, How: A Primer on Fiscal Stimulus

Douglas W. Elmendorf and Jason Furman, January 10, 2008, The Brookings Institution

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioIf, When, How? Prospects for Fiscal Stimulus in the U.S. Economy

Thursday, January 10, 2008
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

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Featured Experts

Robert E. Litan

Robert E. Litan

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

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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Douglas W. Elmendorf

Douglas W. Elmendorf

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

Doug Elmendorf, whose federal posts have included the Federal Reserve Board, U.S. Treasury Department, Council of Economic Advisors, and Congressional Budget Office, focuses his research on macroeconomics and fiscal policy. He is co-editor of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity and director of The Hamilton Project, an initiative that develops policy proposals to achieve shared economic growth.
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Martin Mayer

Martin Mayer left Brookings in the summer of 2008.
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