Aaron Klein

The CMA CGM Marco Polo, an Explorer class container ship crosses the Bayonne bridge for then dock at Elizabeth port as seen from Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S., May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Why maritime infrastructure is about more than the U.S. Navy

Aaron Klein and Bruce Jones

Friday, May 21, 2021

An Uber driver looks out of his vehicle next to New York City Hall while Uber riders and driver-partners take part in a rally on steps of the City Hall against proposed legislation limiting for-hire vehicles in New York June 30, 2015. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz - GF10000144880

TechTank Podcast Episode 10: How fair is the gig economy?

Darrell M. West, Makada Henry-Nickie, and Aaron Klein

Monday, December 14, 2020

Workers put on protective clothing as they return from a break at the West Liberty Foods processing plant in West Liberty, Iowa July 7, 2011. Most of the workers in the plant are Latinos who have made the town of West Liberty the first hispanic majority town in Iowa. Voters in the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary will be the first to cast ballots in the upcoming U.S. Presidential race. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)

The COVID-19 recession hit Latino workers hard. Here’s what we need to do.

Aaron Klein and Ariel Gelrud Shiro

Thursday, October 1, 2020

A trader looks at stock prices on a screen while working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly before the closing bell in New York August 26, 2015. Wall Street was sharply higher on Wednesday while European shares and commodities prices fell as investors balanced strong U.S. economic data and interest rate comments with fears about China's slowing economy. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

What is a financial transaction tax?

Friday, March 27, 2020

Democratic presidential candidates entrepreneur Andrew Yang, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Amy Klobuchar and billionaire activist Tom Steyer on the stage for the sixth 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential candidates campaign debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 19, 2019. REUTERS/Kyle Grillot

Around the halls: What Brookings experts hope to hear in the Iowa debate

Suzanne Maloney, Natan Sachs, Aaron Klein, Molly E. Reynolds, and John Hudak

Monday, January 13, 2020

A FireEye information analyst works in front of a screen showing a near real-time map tracking cyber threats at the FireEye office in Milpitas, California, December 29, 2014. FireEye is the security firm hired by Sony to investigate last month's cyberattack against Sony Pictures. Picture taken December 29. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CRIME LAW) - RTR4JTQC

A federal backstop for insuring against cyberattacks?

Aaron Klein and Scott R. Anderson

Friday, September 27, 2019

FEBRUARY 5, 2019 - WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address, with Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, at the Capitol in Washington, DC on February 5, 2019. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS - RC111FD41E00

Brookings experts react to Trump’s second State of the Union

Scott R. Anderson, Jessica Brandt, Daniel L. Byman, Giovanna De Maio, Vanda Felbab-Brown, William G. Gale, Aaron Klein, Aaron Krupkin, Jung H. Pak, Jonathan Rauch, Richard V. Reeves, Adie Tomer, Nicol Turner Lee, Jon Valant, and Darrell M. West

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Marijuana is seen for sale at Harborside, one of California's largest and oldest dispensaries of medical marijuana, on the first day of legalized recreational marijuana sales in Oakland, California, U.S., January 1, 2018. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage - RC14812827E0

An easy fix could give the marijuana industry access to banking

Thursday, January 31, 2019

U.S. government furloughed worker Jamie holds a sign for representatives to read, as the government shutdown enters day nine, outside the U.S. Capitol House Chamber in Washington October 9, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST) - GM1E9AA02P701

Furloughed workers are facing an all-too-common problem for many Americans—living paycheck to paycheck

Thursday, January 17, 2019

Ironworkers and brothers Randy (L) and Peter Meche, stand by during a dedication ceremony for the new Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge that is to replace the current Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River in Tarrytown, New York, U.S., August 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RC1A71EE0590

Here are three ways to pay for new investments in infrastructure and end partisan gridlock

Wednesday, December 12, 2018