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Research by Tara Watson and Wendy Edelberg was featured in an article on how immigration has been the crucial factor in supporting job and consumer spending growth.
James Stock’s research on climate tax policy reform was cited in an article on the 2025 Energy Tax Debate.
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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Regulation and MarketsSanjay Patnaik’s research on clean energy infrastructure permitting was citied in an article discussing congressional action on energy permitting.
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Director - Center on Regulation and Markets, Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Development, Senior Fellow - Economic Studies @sanjay_patnaikBen Harris’s research on why Americans are so displeased with the economy was cited by The Atlantic’s Rogé Karma.
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Vice President and Director - Economic Studies, Director - Retirement Security Project @econ_harris“In my view, the BRICS so far has been more of a talking forum for some of the largest emerging economies rather than a structured entity with a complete commonality of views on the..."
These results [the skills gap] are suggesting that a significant chunk of Americans will have trouble moving up in the labor market and getting out of lower-wage jobs.
Harry J. Holzer
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center for Economic Security and Opportunity, John LaFarge Jr. SJ Professor of Public Policy - Georgetown University' McCourt School of Public Policy“This is an outstanding nomination by the President. I think Janet Yellen is a terrific macroeconomist.”
Donald Kohn
Robert V. Roosa Chair in International Economics, Senior Fellow - Economic StudiesThe Congress ought to get serious. They need to raise the debt ceiling so we don’t have this ridiculous counterproductive argument again.
We’ve been telling… students and their families for years that college is the only way to succeed in the economy these days and of course there’s a lot of truth to that. On average it..."
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Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies, Center for Economic Security and Opportunity @isawhillBrookings Papers on Economic Activity
The Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) is a semi-annual academic conference and journal that pairs rigorous research with real-time policy analysis to address the most urgent economic challenges of the day.
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