Corporations

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

Thursday, Dec 19, 2019 8:15 AM - 4:15 PM EST

Brookings Institution

Washington, DC

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FixGov

How the Gannett/GateHouse merger could deepen America’s local news crisis

Clara Hendrickson

Monday, November 18, 2019

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Report

Toward human-centered capitalism

Dennis J. Snower

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

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TechTank

Should big technology companies break up or break open?

Tom Wheeler

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Reports

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U.S. Economy

The common ownership hypothesis: Theory and evidence

Matthew Backus, Christopher Conlon, and Michael Sinkinson

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Technology & Innovation

Automation and Artificial Intelligence: How machines are affecting people and places

Mark Muro, Robert Maxim, and Jacob Whiton

January 24, 2019

U.S. Metro Areas

Where will online orders get fulfilled? The changing local geography of e-commerce

Adie Tomer and Joseph W. Kane

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Amazon HQ2

Amazon HQ2: How did we get here? What comes next?

Joseph Parilla

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Business & Industry

A policy at peace with itself: Antitrust remedies for our concentrated, uncompetitive economy

William A. Galston and Clara Hendrickson

Friday, January 5, 2018

Blog Posts

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The Avenue

The New York Times exposed the risk of tracking our location, but let’s not forget the benefits

Adie Tomer and Lara Fishbane

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

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The Avenue

Tech is (still) concentrating in the Bay Area: An update on America’s winner-take-most economic phenomenon

Mark Muro and Jacob Whiton

Monday, December 17, 2018

The Avenue

Amazon’s Northern Virginia headquarters could exacerbate existing economic disparities

Nicole Bateman, Jenny Schuetz, and Martha Ross

Thursday, November 29, 2018

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Events

2019

May

Past Event

Building the workforce of the future: Resilient people and places

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM EDT

The new dynamics of global energy and climate: A conversation with Exelon CEO Chris Crane

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

The relationship between corporations and American democracy

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Washington, DC

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Experts

Jenny Schuetz

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program, Future of the Middle Class Initiative

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Multimedia

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) holds a sample tax form as he unveils legislation to overhaul the tax code.

Unpacked

How the new tax bill encourages tax avoidance

Adam Looney

Thursday, December 14, 2017

Podcast Episode

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

Friday, March 9, 2012

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