RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Andrew Reamer, May 13, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Andrew Reamer points out that the Metropolitan Policy Program has long argued that current, accurate, and accessible federal socioeconomic statistics are necessary to sustain well-functioning metro regions. Read More
PAST EVENT
Monday, January 12, 2009
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
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. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Katz and Robert Puentes, January 12, 2009, The Brookings Institution
President 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. Bruce Katz and Robert Puentes present their recommendations on bolstering infrastructure and investing in other economic drivers that can enhance long-term prosperity. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Abraham F. Lowenthal, January 06, 2009, The Brookings Institution
As Barack Obama prepares to take office, Central America is falling off the radar among the many accumulated problems to address, domestic and international. Abraham Lowenthal examines four Central American countries and compares their changes and growth. He recommends modest investments in the region for the new Obama administration. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert Puentes and Adie Tomer, December 16, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Nevada, Idaho and Colorado lead the way in ending car dependence, according to a first-ever ranking, as do the metro areas around Austin, Indianapolis and Atlanta. A new Brookings report by Robert Puentes and Adie Tomer shows that other modes of transit grow in popularity, even as gas prices drop, suggesting a need for dramatic shifts in the way we fund transportation, build our communities and address greenhouse gas emissions. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Martin Neil Baily, December 11, 2008, The Brookings Institution
The economy is the number one concern in the minds of main street Americans. The $700 billion bailout package was aimed at rebuilding financial institutions, but it is now up to the new president to restore confidence in consumers and workers. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
October 10, 2008, The Brookings Institution
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. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Rebecca M. Blank, September 25, 2008, Joint Economic Committee
In this testimony, Rebecca Blank argues for the need to modernize our poverty statistics so that we may have a better understanding of who is poor and how these numbers are changing over time. She discusses anti-poverty strategies for the next decade. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Lael Brainard and David Lipton, August 31, 2008, The Brookings Institution
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. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Manasi Deshpande and Douglas W. Elmendorf, July 25, 2008, Hamilton Project Strategy Paper
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. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Rebecca M. Blank, July 17, 2008, Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support of the House Committee on Ways and Means
Rebecca Blank testified before the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support of the House Committee on Ways and Means on the need for an improved measure of poverty in the United States. She stated that our current poverty line is based on data more than 50 years old and our poverty count does not measure the actual resources that many families have available to them.
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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert Puentes, June 12, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Robert Puentes calls on the federal government to empower major metropolitan areas by giving them direct transportation funding and the flexibility to make unbiased decisions between different modes of transportation. The federal government can then maximize performance by committing itself (and the recipients of federal funds) to an evidence-based, outcome driven, and benchmarked way of doing business. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Lael Brainard, May 22, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance
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. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert Atkinson and Howard Wial, April 22, 2008, The Brookings Institution
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.” Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Katz, Christopher Geissler and Robert Puentes, January 03, 2008, The Brookings Institution
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. Read More