Corporations

Janet Yellen, Secretary of Treasury, right, listens as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the weekly economic briefing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, April 9, 2021. Biden proposed major boosts in funding to combat inequality, disease and climate change as part of a $1.52 trillion budget request for 2022, part of his wider push to redefine the role of government in American lives. Photographer: Amr Alfiky/Pool/Sipa USA/Pool/Sipa USA No Use Germany.

Op-Ed

Ending a 30-year race to the bottom

Adam Triggs

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Workforce Development

A policy manifesto for paying, protecting, and empowering essential workers

Molly Kinder and Laura Stateler

Thursday, March 18, 2021

The Avenue

Amazon’s union battle in Bessemer, Alabama is about dignity, racial justice, and the future of the American worker

Andre M. Perry, Molly Kinder, Laura Stateler, and Carl Romer

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

The Avenue

How a $15 minimum wage could help restaurants and other hard-hit small businesses

Xavier de Souza Briggs and Russell Jackson

Monday, February 22, 2021

Reports

Essay

From commitments to action: How CEOs can advance racial equity in their regional economies

Amy Liu and Reniya Dinkins

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Essay

The Great Real Estate Reset: A data-driven initiative to remake how and what we build

Christopher Coes, Jennifer S. Vey, and Tracy Hadden Loh

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Essay

Separate and unequal: Persistent residential segregation is sustaining racial and economic injustice in the U.S

Tracy Hadden Loh, Christopher Coes, and Becca Buthe

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Essay

Windfall profits and deadly risks

Molly Kinder, Laura Stateler, and Julia Du

Friday, November 20, 2020

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law during a hearing on "Online Platforms and Market Power", in the Rayburn House office Building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 29, 2020. Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS

Telecommunications & Internet

Utilities for democracy: Why and how the algorithmic infrastructure of Facebook and Google must be regulated

Josh Simons and Dipayan Ghosh

August 2020

Blog Posts

The Avenue

Essential workers comprise about half of all workers in low-paid occupations. They deserve a $15 minimum wage.

Molly Kinder and Laura Stateler

Friday, February 5, 2021

The Avenue

Amazon and Walmart have raked in billions in additional profits during the pandemic, and shared almost none of it with their workers

Molly Kinder and Laura Stateler

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Future Development

Building a stakeholder economy

Addisu Lashitew

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

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Events

2020

Aug

Past Event

Breaking up Big Tech: Should Congress do it?

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

Webinar: The effects of the coronavirus outbreak on marginalized communities

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM EDT

2019

Dec

Past Event

Multinational corporations in a changing global economy: Opportunities and challenges for workers, firms, communities and governments

8:15 AM - 4:15 PM EST

Washington, DC

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Experts

Bill Baer

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Multimedia

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Podcast Episode

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Corporations

Ending a 30-year race to the bottom

A policy manifesto for paying, protecting, and empowering essential workers

Amazon’s union battle in Bessemer, Alabama is about dignity, racial justice, and the future of the American worker

How a $15 minimum wage could help restaurants and other hard-hit small businesses

Reports

From commitments to action: How CEOs can advance racial equity in their regional economies

The Great Real Estate Reset: A data-driven initiative to remake how and what we build

Separate and unequal: Persistent residential segregation is sustaining racial and economic injustice in the U.S

Windfall profits and deadly risks

Utilities for democracy: Why and how the algorithmic infrastructure of Facebook and Google must be regulated

Blog Posts

Essential workers comprise about half of all workers in low-paid occupations. They deserve a $15 minimum wage.

Amazon and Walmart have raked in billions in additional profits during the pandemic, and shared almost none of it with their workers

Building a stakeholder economy

Events

Breaking up Big Tech: Should Congress do it?

Webinar: The effects of the coronavirus outbreak on marginalized communities

Multinational corporations in a changing global economy: Opportunities and challenges for workers, firms, communities and governments

Related Books

The Deal Decade Handbook

How to Improve Governance

The Right to Know: Transparency for an Open World

Experts

Bill Baer

Visiting Fellow - Governance Studies

Multimedia

How the new tax bill encourages tax avoidance

@Brookings Podcast: The Influence of Super PACs on the 2012 Elections

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