Quality. Independence. Impact.

Home | Contact Us | Media Resources

Friday November 20, 2009

Welcome   |   Register   |   Log in

Productivity

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioTo Make Clean Energy Cheaper, U.S. Needs Bold Research Push

Mark Muro and Teryn Norris, April 30, 2009, Yale Environment 360

To Make Clean Energy Cheaper, U.S. Needs Bold Research PushMark Muro and Teryn Norris urge policy-makers to move innovation and commercialization to the fore of America’s outdated energy policy.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. Read More

Competitiveness, Information Technology, Energy Security, Innovation, Technology

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioSmall-Town Big Spending

Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley , April 20, 2009, The New York Times

Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley, in this letter to the editor of the New York Times, argue that the fundamental geographic unit of the 21st century is the metropolitan area and that new forms of governance must reflect this shift. Read More

U.S. Economic Growth, Regions and States, Productivity

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioMiracle Mets: How U.S. Metros Propel America's Economy and Might Drive Its Recovery

Bruce Katz, Mark Muro and Jennifer Bradley, March 11, 2009, Democracy Journal

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. Read More

Competitiveness, Cities, Federalism, U.S. Economy, U.S. Economic Growth

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioFederal Energy R&D: Do It All - But Differently

Mark Muro, March 10, 2009, The Vine, The New Republic

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. Read More

Energy Security, Technology and Development, Competitiveness, Innovation, Economic Mobility

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioWhat Happens in Vegas … Stimulates the Economy

Robert E. Lang and Mark Muro, February 25, 2009, The Las Vegas Sun

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. Read More

Cities, Competitiveness, Economic Development, Productivity

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioNew Paradigms in Energy Research

Monday, February 09, 2009
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC

ReutersWith 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. Read More

Competitiveness, Innovation, Information Technology, Technology, Productivity

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioModeling Social Behavior

Joshua M. Epstein, November 26, 2008, National Institutes of Health

Joshua Epstein gave a presentation on why model social behavior during a NIH conference, which explored the field of social behavior modeling, identifying opportunities, challenges, and gaps in our collective knowledge. Participants explored the scope and direction of the field through presentations and facilitated discussion. Read More

Agent-based Models, Productivity

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioInfrastructure: Time to Compete to Win

Lael Brainard, July 22, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Infrastructure: Time to Compete to WinThe 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. Read More

Infrastructure, Competitiveness, China, BRICs, Productivity

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioUnderstanding Strategic Learning through Game Theory and Agent-Based Modeling

H. Peyton Young, July 13, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Peyton Young addresses his recent game theory and agent-based modeling work in the Presidential Address to the World Congress of the Game Theory Society at Northwestern University. Read More

Agent-based Models, Productivity

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioMetroPolicy for a MetroNation

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

Macroeconomics, U.S. Economic Growth, Productivity, U.S. Higher Education, Quality-of-Life Issues

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioMetroPolicy: Shaping a New Federal Partnership for a Metropolitan Nation

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

U.S. Economic Growth, Productivity, U.S. Higher Education, Quality-of-Life Issues, Regions and States

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioScience: Worker Burnout and Taking Risks

Clifford Winston, June 09, 2008, washingtonpost.com

Clifford Winston joins Shankar Vedantam of the Washington Post to discuss human behavior and worker burnout on washingtonpost.com Department of Human Behavior online chat. Read More

Subjective Well-being, Productivity

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioAmerica’s Innovation Challenge: Innovation Policy and Regional Industry Clusters

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Washington, DC

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. Read More

Competitiveness, Technology, Information Technology, Productivity, Technology and Development

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioClusters and Competitiveness: A New Federal Role for Stimulating Regional Economies

Karen G. Mills, Elisabeth B. Reynolds and Andrew Reamer, April 22, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Clusters and Competitiveness: A New Federal Role for Stimulating Regional EconomiesRegional 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. Read More

Competitiveness, Technology, Information Technology, Productivity, Technology and Development

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioBoosting Productivity, Innovation, and Growth through a National Innovation Foundation

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

Boosting Productivity, Innovation, and Growth through a National Innovation FoundationTo 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.” Read More

Competitiveness, Technology, Information Technology, Productivity, Technology and Development

Featured Experts

Barry P. Bosworth

Barry P. Bosworth

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Global Economy and Development
The Robert V. Roosa Chair

A former presidential advisor, Barry Bosworth is an expert on fiscal and monetary policy, economic growth, capital formation, and Social Security. His recent projects include studies of U.S. saving behavior and economic growth in China and India.
Read More

Bruce Katz

Bruce Katz

Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program
The Adeline M. and Alfred I. Johnson Chair in Urban and Metropolitan Policy

Bruce Katz, vice president and founding director of the Metropolitan Policy Program, regularly advises national, state, regional and municipal leaders on policy reforms that advance the competitiveness of metropolitan areas.
Read More

View All Experts on Productivity »

Advanced Search | Tips

My Portfolio

My New Content

View suggested content based on items you have saved to your Portfolio.
Log in or register now

Related Topics

View All Topics »

Related Initiatives

View All Initiatives »

Spotlight

TopicEducation

The economic and political well-being of any society requires a well-educated citizenry. Brookings’s work extends beyond the K-12 bookends to include pre-school interventions, higher education and the challenges of education in developing countries.

ExpertAmy Liu

Amy Liu is deputy director of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Her policy studies include economic competitiveness, metropolitan growth and development, governance reforms, urban reinvestment, and social equity.

ExpertMark McClellan

Mark McClellan works on promoting high-quality, innovative and affordable health care. Once commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Dr. McClellan now directs the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform.

TopicHealth Care

Brookings is committed to producing innovative policy solutions to our nation’s most difficult challenges. The country may face no more important domestic policy challenge than the much-needed reform of our health care system. Through an institution-wide effort, Brookings delivers new ideas and offers policy solutions to improve health care both at home and globally.

ExpertDomenico Lombardi

As president of the Oxford Institute for Economic Policy, Domenico Lombardi’s work at Brookings focuses on the international financial crisis and the reform of the IMF and the World Bank. He is an expert on G-20 and G8 Summits.

Policy CenterCenter on Children and Families

The Center on Children and Families studies policies on the well-being of America's children and their parents and seeks a more effective means of addressing poverty, inequality and lack of opportunity in the United States.

Research ProjectBrookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement

The Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement monitors displacement problems worldwide, works with governments, regional bodies, international organizations and civil society to create more effective policies and institutional arrangements for Internally Displaed Persons.

ExpertVanda Felbab-Brown

Vanda Felbab-Brown focuses on the national security implications of illicit economies and strategies for managing them. She is an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

Policy CenterEngelberg Center for Health Care Reform

The Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform provides practical solutions to achieve high-quality, innovative, affordable health care with particular emphasis on identifying opportunities on the national, state and local levels.

ExpertSuzanne Maloney

Suzanne Maloney studies Iran, the political economy of the Persian Gulf and Middle East energy policy. A former U.S. State Department policy advisor, she has also counseled private companies on Middle East issues.

ExpertFederiga Bindi

Federiga Bindi is a leading expert on European political integration. She has a broad experience in government and held a number of posts in international organizations. Bindi currently serves as an advisor to the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Her research focuses on the EU, transatlantic relations; EU states foreign policies, global governance issues.

ProgramGovernance Studies

Governance Studies explores political institutions of the United States and other democracies to assess how they govern, how their practices compare and how citizens and public servants can advance sound governance.

ExpertMwangi S. Kimenyi

Mwangi S. Kimenyi is a senior fellow with the Africa Growth Initiative. He focuses on Africa's development, including institutions for economic growth, the political economy, and private sector development.

Research ProjectLatin America Initiative

The Latin America Initiative provides high-quality, in-depth, and independent research across a range of economic and political issues, and offers policy recommendations aimed at U.S. and Latin American policymakers.

ExpertTed Gayer

Ted Gayer is the co-director of the Economic Studies program and the Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He conducts research on a variety of economic issues, focusing particularly on public finance, environmental and energy economics, housing, and regulatory policy.

ExpertIsabel V. Sawhill

A nationally known budget expert, Isabel Sawhill focuses on domestic poverty and federal fiscal policy. She is also co-director of the Center on Children and Families at Brookings.