At a recent Brookings event to discuss the government’s role in the U.S. residential mortgage market, Alice Rivlin said that at this moment in our economic history, we should shift the emphasis away from housing and instead be focused on increasing productivity growth and broader sharing of the fruits of that growth across income groups.
Federal Fiscal Policy
The Congressional Budget Act of 1974: The next 50 years
Commentary
Thoughtful Reform to U.S. Housing Policy
February 18, 2011