PAST EVENT
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
8:30 AM to 4:45 PM
Washington, DC
As the automotive industry goes through a transitional period, the communities that were shaped by the once-thriving sector must change as well. On May 18, a summit featuring discussions among key federal, state, and local leaders addressed the decline in auto communities and the tools needed to bring them into the next economy. Read More
PAST EVENT
Friday, February 26, 2010
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Washington, DC
Today's global economy is not delivering jobs that pay living wages, ensure social protection, reduce inequality and sustain balanced economic growth, and workers and employers worldwide are calling on international policymakers to address their concerns. On February 26, the Brookings Institution hosted Juan Somavía, director-general of the International Labour Organization, for a discussion on U.S. and international perspectives on globalization and economic recovery. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Katz, December 10, 2009, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic Policy
During testimony before a subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Bruce Katz highlighted six strategies to stop additional job losses and build a lower-carbon, innovation-fueled and export-oriented economy. He emphasized that national recovery will be metropolitan-led but will vary across metropolitan areas—the building blocks of the U.S. economy. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ben Harris and William G. Gale, December 07, 2009, The Brookings Institution
In light of November's unemployment report, which showed the unemployment rate down 0.2 percent and payrolls remaining essentially flat, Ben Harris and William Gale explain that although the numbers are improving, it is important to recognize the labor outlook for what it is: possibly the worst we’ve seen in at least 60 years. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Gary Burtless, December 04, 2009, The Brookings Institution
In a very gloomy year for America’s job market, the November employment report is the best one we’ve seen in a long time. The big news is that the unemployment rate is down. Gary Burtless examines the implications of the complete report. Read More
PAST EVENT
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
9:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Washington, DC
On November 17, a day-long conference co-sponsored by Brookings and the Heritage Foundation will explore the measurement challenges associated with the recession, particularly in the financial and housing sectors; how innovation can become a standard component of our national accounting system, and how incorporating innovation metrics will aid the development of a unified picture of the sources of growth and economic disruption. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Gary Burtless, November 06, 2009, The Brookings Institution
The latest employment and unemployment statistics confirm that, at least in the job market, this is the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, says Gary Burtless. These jobs numbers followed on the heels on new stronger productivity numbers, showing truly bad news for job seekers. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Andrew Reamer, October 30, 2009, Economy.com
In a guest commentary for Economy.com’s Dismal Scientist, Andrew Reamer argues that while prospects for the federal economic statistical system are much improved compared to two years ago, the budget deficit will lead to pressures to reduce statistical agency spending. These pressures are much more likely to be alleviated if data users speak loudly about the substantial return the nation receives on relatively small investments in economic statistics. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Alan Berube, May 15, 2009, The Brookings Institution
The detailed FY 2010 federal budget reveals many elements of the administration’s strategy to achieve needed reforms in schooling and worker skills. Alan Berube analyzes the significant steps in the departments of Education and Labor budgets toward a national economic strategy that invests strategically in human capital to improve our collective 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
Alan Berube, December 28, 2008, Cleveland Plain Dealer
Alan Berube urges policy-makers to evaluate short-term opportunities and set long-term strategies in order to help Cleveland’s next generation of residents overcome the challenges of concentrated poverty. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Rebecca M. Blank, November 24, 2008, The Brookings Institution
A major economic slowdown adds to the problems of lower-income Americans, who have not shared in the economic growth of the last decade. Greater investments in economic mobility and opportunity are needed. Rebecca Blank offers policy solutions and priorities for the president-elect to make greater investments in economic mobility and opportunity. 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
Ron Haskins, September 2008, First Focus
Ron Haskins offers ways policymakers could create an entitlement to housing assistance that would more fairly distribute housing benefits and convert housing into a more effective element in the nation’s work support system. The goal of reform would be to get the most out of the resources now devoted to housing by providing at least some benefit to all eligible families that want a housing subsidy. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Rebecca M. Blank, August 2008, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Project
The poor in American cut across all groups, but are disproportionately represented by single mothers and their children, by persons of color, by immigrants, by less-skilled individuals, or by those with physical or mental disabilities. Many working poor and near-poor families face problems with low wages or unstable jobs. This paper by Rebecca Blank outlines three strategic areas where policy and research attention should focus over the next decade. Read More