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Legacy of Impact: Highlights from the Brookings Archive

#BrookingsImpact

Founded in 1916, Brookings has been a driving force in shaping effective public policy for more than a century. These highlights showcase some of the many people and ideas that have contributed to the Institution’s legacy and left a lasting impact on policy and governance today.

The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy: The first ten years
Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen at a Hutchins Center event.
The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy: The first ten years

January 11, 2024

A memorial tribute to David Dollar
David Dollar celebrating the first anniversary of Dollar & Sense podcast in 2019.
Global Trade A memorial tribute to David Dollar

Ryan Hass, David Wessel, Samantha Gross, Timothy F. Geithner, David Loevinger, Kenneth G. Lieberthal, Molly E. Reynolds, Donald Kohn, Fred Dews, Peter A. Petri, Eswar Prasad

November 17, 2023

Pixels and progress: The evolution of brookings.edu since 1995
Collage of various Brookings Home Pages 1995-2023
Internet & Telecommunications Pixels and progress: The evolution of brookings.edu since 1995

Fred Dews

June 26, 2023

4 ideas from Brookings that have withstood the test of time
Arthur Okun in his office at Brookings, mid-1970s
4 ideas from Brookings that have withstood the test of time

Alison Burke

September 22, 2015

Brookings’s role in “the greatest reformation in governmental practices”—the 1921 budget reform
Desks at the General Accounting Office
Brookings’s role in “the greatest reformation in governmental practices”—the 1921 budget reform

Fred Dews

October 12, 2016

Brookings’s analysis and recommendations on the Great Depression of the 1930s
Destitute man leaning against vacant store (by Dorothea Lange, 1935)
Brookings’s analysis and recommendations on the Great Depression of the 1930s

Fred Dews

October 24, 2016

Brookings’s role in the Marshall Plan
picture of a worker in West Berlin
Brookings’s role in the Marshall Plan

Ron Nessen, Fred Dews

August 24, 2016

LBJ at Brookings, 50 years ago
LBJ at Brookings, 50 years ago

Fred Dews

September 22, 2016

In Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize speech, Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill stress importance of evidence-based policy
Society & Culture In Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize speech, Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill stress importance of evidence-based policy

James King

May 23, 2016

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and other experts reflect on black America since MLK
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and other experts reflect on black America since MLK
Race in Public Policy Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and other experts reflect on black America since MLK

Alison Burke

November 30, 2016

Janet Yellen on her love for economics, Greenspan’s “irrational exuberance,” and leading 19 Fed policymakers
Janet Yellen, former Federal Reserve Chair, speaks at a Brookings event, February 2018
Federal Reserve Janet Yellen on her love for economics, Greenspan’s “irrational exuberance,” and leading 19 Fed policymakers

Fred Dews

March 1, 2018

Brookings Press book wins Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Prize
Cover of "Dilemmas of a Trading Nation."
Global Trade Brookings Press book wins Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Prize

June 14, 2018

President Bill Clinton: Poverty Is Not Just a Statistic; It’s the Story of People’s Lives
President Bill Clinton: Poverty Is Not Just a Statistic; It’s the Story of People’s Lives
Economic Security & Mobility President Bill Clinton: Poverty Is Not Just a Statistic; It’s the Story of People’s Lives

Fred Dews, Elina Saxena

June 30, 2014

WATCH: Stacey Abrams on how to address voter suppression
Brookings hosts political leader Stacey Abrams in a conversation about race and political power in the United States with Jelani Cobb, Columbia University's Lipman professor of journalism Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 in Washington. (Sharon Farmer/sfphotoworks)
U.S. Government & Politics WATCH: Stacey Abrams on how to address voter suppression

Fred Dews

February 15, 2019

Justice Stephen Breyer: If You Want to Preserve American Values, Learn Something from Abroad
Justice Stephen Breyer: If You Want to Preserve American Values, Learn Something from Abroad
International Affairs Justice Stephen Breyer: If You Want to Preserve American Values, Learn Something from Abroad

Fred Dews

April 3, 2014

Condoleezza Rice: Democracy is easy to take for granted until something breaks, and then it’s too late
Dr. Condoleezza Rice, former US secretary of state,
Democracy, Conflict, & Governance Condoleezza Rice: Democracy is easy to take for granted until something breaks, and then it’s too late

Fred Dews

May 15, 2017

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