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American Economy

The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases - Austin, D. Andrew; Levit, Mindy R. - Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report for Congress, February 16, 2010, online edition, 25p

Inside Man - Green, Joshua - Atlantic Monthly, April 2010, online edition, 13p

The Budget Deficit Scare Story and the Great Recession - Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), February 15, 2010, online edition, 17p (PDF)

2010 Economic Report of the President - Council of Economic Advisers, February 2010, online edition

Rescuing American Capitalism
- Greenberg, Maurice R. - National Interest, January/February 2010, #105, online edition

A Path to Balance: A Strategy for Realigning the Federal Budget - Etltinger, Michael et al. - Center for American Progress, December 2009, 24p (PDF)

Rebuilding U.S. Wealth - Tanner, Evan; Abdih, Yasser - Finance & Development, December 2009, online edition, 3p

Taming the Deficit: Saving our Children from Themselves - Rosnick, David; Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research, December 2009, online edition, 7p

The Dollar and the Deficits:
How Washington Can Prevent the Next Crisis - Bergsten, C. Fred - Foreign Affairs, November/December 2009, v88, #6, online edition

Death Cometh for the Greenback - Stiglitz, Joseph E. - The National Interest, November/December 2009, #104, pp50-60

The Dollar Dilemma - Eichengreen, Barry - Foreign Affairs, September/October 2009, v88, #5, pp53-68

The Economic Role of Government: Focus on Stability, Not Spending
Campbell, Karin A. - The Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder #2316, September 17, 2009, 6p

The Future of the Dollar - Cooper, Richard N. - Peterson Institute for International Economics, September 2009, online edition, 6p

The Future of Reserve Currencies - Cohen, Benjamin J. - Finance & Development, September 2009, online edition, 4p

America's Response to a Deep Recession - Blendon, Robert; Benson, John - Challenge, August/September 2009, v52, #4, pp32-51

Defining Prosperity
- Auerswald, Philip E.; Acs, Zoltan J. - The American Interest, Summer 2009, v9, #5, pp4-13 (PDF)

Limited-Purpose Banking - Chambley, Christophe; Kotlikoff, Lawrence
The American Interest, Action Memorandum to Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, Summer 2009, v9, #5, pp14-17

Regulation and American Business - Echeverrri-Carroll, Elsie; Ayala, Sofia G. - Policy Review, June/July 2009, #155, pp59-70

The Financial Markets and Fear Itself - Jenkins, Holman W., Jr., Policy Review, June/July 2009, #155, pp3-13

The Economic Crisis and the Fiscal Crisis: 2009 and Beyond - Gale, William G.; Auerbach, Alan J. - Brookings Institution, June 22, 2009, online edition, 49p (PDF)

The U.S. Financial and Economic Crisis: Where Does it Stand and Where Do We Go From Here? - Baily, Martin Neil; Elliott, Douglas J.- Initiative on Business and Public Policy, The Brookings Institution, June 15, 2009, 26p (PDF)

Who Gains from President Obama's Stimulus Package ... And How Much? - Zacharias, Ajit; Masterson, Thomas; Kim, Kijong - The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, Special Report, June 2009, online edition, 5p

Tracking Economic Recession and Recovery in America’s 100 Largest Metropolitan Areas - Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, MetroMonitor, June 2009, online edition, 21p

Financial Regulatory Reform: A New Foundation - Department of Treasury, June 2009, online edition, 89p

Comparing Crises:
Reply: Comparing Crises: Worse and Worser - Madsen, Robert - Foreign Affairs, May/June 2009, v88, #3, pp159-163
Reply: Comparing Crises: Is the Current Economic Collapse like Japans in the 1990s? Katz Replies - Katz, Richard - Foreign Affairs, May/June 2009, v88, #3, pp164-166
Comparing Crises: The Japan Fallacy - Katz, Richard - Foreign Affairs, March/April 2009, v88, #22, pp9-14

Implications of the Bank Stress Tests - Elliott, Douglas J. - The Brookings Institution, May 11, 2009, 12p (PDF)

The Return of the State: The New Investment Paradigm - Auerback, Marshall - The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, May 2009, Working Paper No. 561, 15p (PDF)

The Quiet Coup
- Johnson, Simon - Atlantic Monthly, May 2009, v303, #4, pp46-56

Bailouts, Buy-Ins and Ballyhoo - Hockett, Robert - Challenge,March/April 2009, v52, #2, pp36-54

Bank Nationalization: A Survival Guide - Elliott, Douglas J. - Brookings Institution, The Initiative on Business and Public Policy, April 21, 2009, 33p (PDF)

Responding to a Historic Economic Crisis: The Obama Program - Bailey, Martin M. (Introduction); Summers, Lawrence - Brookings Institution, March 13, 2009

The Economic Crisis and the Fiscal Crisis: 2009 and Beyond - Auerbach; Alan J.; Gale, William G. - Brookings Institution, February 19, 2009, 29p (PDF)

One. Trillion. Dollars - Grunewald, Michael - Time, 1/26/2009, v173, #3, pp26-32

Economic Report of the President - Council of Economic Advisors, January 2009, 419p (pdf)

Bernanke's Speech on "The Crisis and the Policy Response" - Stamp Lecture, London School of Economics, London, January 2009

Time to Bail Out: Alternatives to the Bush-Paulson Plan - Papadimitriou, Dimitri B.; Wray, L. Randall - The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, December 6, 2008, 8p

The End - Lewis, Michael - Conde Nast Portfolio, December 2008

Policy and Security Implications of the Financial Crisis: A Plan for America - Galbraith, James K. - Challenge, November/December 2008, v51, #6, pp6-25

The U.S. Financial Crisis: The Global Dimension with Implications for U.S. Policy - Nanto, Dick K. ; Donnelly, J. Michael et al. - Congressional Research Service, CRS Report for Congress (CRS), November 18, 2008, 88p

FORUM: How to Save Capitalism: Fundamental Fixes for a Collapsing System - Harper's Magazine, November 2008, v317, #1902, pp35-46 (6 articles)

The U.S. Economy after Bush
- Palley, Thomas - Hans-Boeckler-Stiftung, Macroeconomic Policy Institute, Policy Brief, September 2008

Economic Stimulus Act: Killing Two Birds with One Stone - Haskin, Ron
Brookings Institute, Summer 2008, online edition, 3p

The Future of Inflation Targeting - Posen, Adam - Challenge, July/August 2008, v51, #4, pp3-22

Trading Gibes - Stokes, Bruce - National Journal, July 28, 2008, pp36-40

The Buffett Plan for Reducing the Trade Deficit - Papadimitriou, Dimitri B. et al. - Levy Economics Institute, Working Paper #538, July 2008, 40p

Slow-Motion Recession: What Congress Can Do to Help - Appelbaum, Helen; Baker, Dean; Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research, July 29, 2008, 14p

Our Phony Economy - Rowe, Jonathan, Harper's, June 2008, v316, #1897, pp17-24

Losing Faith in the Dollar - Carbaugh, Robert; Hedrick, David
Challenge, May/June 2008, v51, #3, pp93-114

What We're In For: Projected Economic Impact of the Next Recession - Schmitt, John; Baker, Dean - Challenge, May/June 2008, v51, #3, pp27-42

The Coming Euroinvasion - Naim, Moises, Foreign Policy, May/June 2008, #166, pp95-96

Discussion Paper: The Great Credit Squeeze: How It Happened, How to Prevent Another - Bailey, Martin Neil; Litan, Robert E.; Elmendorf, Doug - Brookings Institute, Economic Studies at Brookings, May 21, 2008, 163p

Understanding Stagflation and the Risk of its Recurrence - Cashell, Brian W.; Labonte, Marc - Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report, Library of Congress, Web posted April 28, 2008, 17p

Financial Crisis: Did Lax Regulation Cause a Credit Meltdown?

Jost, Kenneth - CQ Researcher, May 9, 2008, v18, #18, pp409-432

Numbers Racket
- Phillips, Kevin - Harper's, May 2008, v316, #1896, pp43-47

Taxing Private Equity - Creighton, Adam, Policy Review, April/May 2008, pp19-33

The Subprime Mortgage Market Collapse: A Primer on the Causes and Possible Solutions - Utt, Ronald D., Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder 2127, April 22, 2008, 24p

Sound Money and Free Markets Will Spur Recovery - Chapman, John L. - American Enterprise Institute (AEI), April 22, 2008

Fact Sheet: Taking Decisive Action to Keep Our Economy Growing,
The White House, April 4, 2008

Economic Pessimism: No Excuse for Protectionism - Kim, Antony B. - Heritage Foundation, WebMemo 1883, April 4, 2008, 4p

The Role of Money in Monetary Policy: Why Do the Fed and ECB See It So Differently? - Kahn, George A.; Benolkin, Scott - Economic Review, Third Quarter 2007, pp5-38

How Bad Is the Mortgage Crisis Going to Get?: Jia Lynn Yang Interview with Paul Krugman - Fortune, March 31, 2008, v157, #6, p88

Worried about a Recession? Don’t Blame Free Trade - Daniel Griswold - Center for Trade Policy Studies, CATO Institute, Free Trade Bulletin #34, March 31, 2008, online edition

Grading Bernanke: A Symposium - Chapman, John L., with Lachman, Desmond; Meltzer, Alan H., Pollock, Alex J.; Wallison, Peter J. - The American, March 27, 2008, online edition

State Personal Income 2007 - Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S Department of Commerce, March 26, 2008

Wall Street's Crisis - Economist, March 22, 2008, v386, #8572, pp79-88

Foreign Direct Investment in the United States: An Economic Analysis - Jackson, James K. - Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report, Library of Congress, March 19, 2008, 6p

Getting Ahead or Losing Ground: Economic Mobility in America - Isaacs, Julia B. et.al. - Pew Charitable Trust/Brookings Institution, Web posted February 20, 2008

The Economy in Crisis: Will the Cure be Worse than the Disease?
Tully, Shawn - Fortune, February 4, 2008, v157, #2, pp110-112

The Next Bubble: Priming the Markets for Tomorrow's Big Crash
Janszen, Eric - Harper's Magazine, February 2008, v316, #1893, pp39-45

The Squandering of America's Assets: Interview with Robert Kuttner
Kuttner, Robert - Challenge, January/February 2008, v51, #1, pp78-90

Options for Fiscal Stimulus - Furman, Jason - Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, January 24, 2008, 13p

Performance 2008: Productivity, Employment, and Growth in the
World’s Economies
- The Conference Board, Prodctivity Brief, January 16, 2008, online edition

The Need for an Economic Stimulus Package - Applebaum, Eileen; Baker, Dean; Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), January 2008, 7p

Don’t Bet Against the Dollar - Palley, Thomas - Foreign Policy, 18 December 2007, web exclusive

The State of the U.S. Economy - Summers, Lawrence; Schumer, Charles
Brookings Institute, December 19, 2007, online edition, 61p

Is the Sky Falling?: Questioning the Conventional Wisdom on the U.S. Trade and Budget Deficits - Milberg, William - Challenge, November/December 2007, v50, #6, pp91-108

A Vital Engine of Economic Growth- Chapman, John L. - The American, October 23, 2007, online edition

Let the Good Times Roll? - Chapman, John L. - The American, October 22, 2007, online edition

The United States As a Net Debtor Nation: Overview of the International Investment Position - Jackson, James K. - Congressional Research Service (CRS), Library of Congress. Updated October 18, 2007, online edition, 18p

Credit Crisis: The Sky is not Falling -
Downs, Anthony - The Brookings Institution, Research and Commentary, October 2007, online edition

Housing, Housing Finance, and Monetary Policy
- Bernanke, Ben S.
At the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August 31, 2007

The Bernanke Agenda - Coy, Peter - Business Week, August 20, 2007, #4047, pp31

Money, Money Everywhere. . . . Greenberg, Maurice R., The National Interest, July/August 2007, #90, pp17-20

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
Jackson, James K. - Congressional Research Service (CRS), Report for Congress, Updated July 23, 2007

Direct Global Investment Strategies Adopted by Minority of U.S. Venture Capitalists
- National Venture Capital Association/Deloitte & Touche LLP, July 11, 2007, online edition, 8p

The Remarkable American Consumer
- Makin, John H. - American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Economic Outlook, June 2007, online edition, 4p

Economic Mobility: Is the American Dream Alive & Well
- Morton, John E.; Sawhill, Isabel V. - Economic Mobility Project, Brookings Institution, May 2007, online edition

Currency Misalignments and the U.S. Economy - Bergsten, C. Fred - Testimony before the Subcommittees on Trade, Ways and Means Committee; Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, Energy, and Commerce Committee; and Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology, Financial Services Committee of the House of Representatives, Peterson Institute, May 9, 2007, online edition

2007 National Small Business Survey - Bolger, Glen; McCleskey, Nicole
National Small Business Association, March 2007, online edition, 30p

Rethinking Corporate Social Responsibility: A Fleishman-Hillard/National Consumers League Study - Fleishman-Hillard Inc. and the National Consumers League, May 2007, online edition, 16p

The Corporate Welfare State: How the Federal Government Subsidizes U.S. Businesses - Slivinski, Stephen - Cato Policy Analysis, no. 592, May 14, 2007, online edition, 24p

Growing Number of States Considering Key Corporate Tax Reform - Mazerov, Michael - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, April 5, 2007, online edition, 9p

Best Places: The South Rises Again - Badenhausen, Kurt - Forbes Online, April 5, 2007, Online edition

The Creative Class: A Key to Rural Growth - McGranahan, David A., Wojan, Timothy R - Amber Waves, April 2007. v5, # 2, pp16-22

State and Local Tax Burdens Hit 25-Year High - Dubay, Curtis S. - Tax Foundation, Special Report No. 153, April 2007, Online edition, 12p

Recession in 2007? - Makin, John H. - Economic Outlook, April 2007, online edition, 4p

Airports and Economic Development - Richard K Green - Real Estate Economics, Spring 2007, v 35, #1, p91- (22p)

2007 State New Economy Index: Benchmarking Economic Transformation in the States - Atkinson, Robert D.; Correa, Daniel K.
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), February 2007, online edition, 92p

Responding to Financial Crises - Frankel, Jeffrey - Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Faculty Research Working Paper Series, February 2007, 13p

Not Everyone Hates Sarbox; The Much Maligned Rules as a Big Hit with Investors - Henry, David - Business Week, January 29, 2007, #4019, p37

How Cronyism Harms the Investment Climate - Desai, Raj M. - Global Views 2007-01, January 2007, online edition, 8p

Determinants of Business Success: An Examination of Asian-Owned Businesses in the United States - Robb, Alicia M.; Fairlie, Robert W.,
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Discussion Paper No. 2566, January 2007, 59p

The Bush Economy - International Economy, Winter 2007, v 21 #1, pp52-55

American Made: The Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Professionals on U.S. Competitiveness - Anderson, Stuart; Platzer, Michaela - Content First, LLC, Published 2007, online edition, 40p

Venture Impact: The Economic Importance of Venture Capital Backed Companies to the U.S. Economy, Fourth Edition - Global Insight, 2007, online edition, 24p (update June 9, 2009)

Promoting Opportunity and Growth through Science, Technology, and Innovation - Bordoff, Jason E; Deich, Michael; Kahane, Rebecca, Orszag, Peter R. - Brooking Institution, Economic Studies Program, December 2006, online edition, 20p

Can America Still Compete or Does It Need a New Trade Paradigm?
Baily, Martin Neil; Lawrence, Robert Z. - Peterson Institute for International Economics, Policy Brief 06-9, December 2006, online edition, 9p

American Made: The Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Professionals on U.S.Competitiveness - Anderson, Stuart; Platzer, Michaela - National Venture Capital Association, November 2006, online edition, 40p (Updated May 2008)

Realizing America's Economic Potential: A Growth Agenda for the New Abundant Economy Economic Growth Program
New America Foundation, Policy Papers, October 30, 2006

Reaganomics: How's It Going? - DeMuth Christopher - National Review, September 11, 2006, v58, #16, pp36-38

Getting Serious About the Twin Deficit - Chinn, Menzie D. -
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), September 2005, online edition, 30p

Bolten's White House - Barnes, Fred - International Economy, Fall 2006, v20, #4, pp10-15

Is the United States Bankrupt? - Kotlikoff, Laurence J. , Thakor, Anja
Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Review, July-August 2006, v88, #4, pp235-249

How Americans Viewed Their Lives in 2004 -Blendon, Robert; Beson, John - Challenge, May-June 2005, v48, #3, pp14-33

Tax Reform

How to Tax the Rich - Blackburn, Robin - Dissent, Summer 2007, v54, #3, pp63-68

Business Tax Issues in 2007 - Brumbaugh, David L. - Congressional Research Service Report for Congress, No. RL33890, February 21, 2007, 13p

Fiscal Policy Lessons from Europe - Mitchell, Daniel J., Ph.D - The Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder #1979, November 26, 2006, online edition

A Fiscal Challenge for the New Congress - Crook, Clive -National Journal, November 18, 2006, v38, #46/47, pp18-19

Tax Cuts: Myths and Realities - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, September 2006, online edition

Fundamental Tax Reform: An International Perspective - Owens, Jeffrey - National Tax Journal, March 2006, v59, #1, pp131-155

Is There a Right Way to Promote Health Insurance through the Tax System? Antos, Joseph - American Enterprise Institute, Working Papers, June 9, 2006, online edition

Constrained Tax Reform: How Political and Economic Constraints Affect the Formation of Tax Policy Proposals - Ackerman,Jonathan Z.; Altshuler, Rosanne - National Tax Journal, March 2006, v59, #1; pp165-188

We Are All Post-Reaganites Now - Moore, Stephen - American Spectator, Apr2006, v39 #3, pp30-33

Greening the Tax Code - Hanson, Craig & David B. Sandalow - Tax Reform and the Environment, Brookings Institution Policy Brief, April 2006, #1, 12p.

Taking a Checkup on the Nation's Health Care Tax Policy: A Prognosis - Statement of Leonard E. Burman before the United States Senate Committee on Finance. - Urban Institute, March 6, 2008, online edition, 24p.

Spec tax ular. - Feldman, Amy - Inc.; Mar2006, #28 Issue 3, pp100-107

Transforming the Tax Code: An Examination of the President's Tax Reform Panel Recommendations
- testimony by Leonard E. Burman - Urban Institute, February 1st 2006, online edition, 7p

Tax Reform in 2006? - Hassett, Kevin - The American Enterprise, Jan/Feb 2006, v17, #1, pp3--33

A Preliminary Evaluation of the Tax Reform Panel's Report - Gale, William G.; Burman, Leonard E., Urban Institute, web-posted December 5, 2005, online summary, 272p

Tax Reform Options in a Real World.
Gale, William G. Brooking Institute, October 2005, 14p (Published as Chapter 2 in Toward Fundamental Tax Reform by Alan J. Auerbach and Kevin A. Hassett. American Economic Institute Press, 2005).

Is Tax Reform Coming? William Tucker. The American Enterprise, Jul/Aug 2005, v16, # 5, pp26-30

Tax Policies to Help Working Families in Cities. Berube, Alan; William G. Gales; Tracy Kornblatt. Brooking Institution, June 2005, online edition, 40p

Beware the Value-Added Tax. Mitchell, Daniel J. Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #1852, May 16, 2005






















AMERICAN ECONOMY
(see Trade & Economy)
American Economy - Tax Reform


American Economy

Rescuing American Capitalism - Greenberg, Maurice R. - National Interest, January/February 2010, #105, online edition

A Path to Balance: A Strategy for Realigning the Federal Budget - Etltinger, Michael et al. - Center for American Progress, December 2009, 24p (PDF)

Rebuilding U.S. Wealth - Tanner, Evan; Abdih, Yasser - Finance & Development, December 2009, online edition, 3p

Taming the Deficit: Saving our Children from Themselves - Rosnick, David; Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research, December 2009, online edition, 7p

The Dollar and the Deficits:
How Washington Can Prevent the Next Crisis - Bergsten, C. Fred - Foreign Affairs, November/December 2009, v88, #6, online edition

Death Cometh for the Greenback - Stiglitz, Joseph E. - The National Interest, November/December 2009, #104, pp50-60

The Dollar Dilemma - Eichengreen, Barry - Foreign Affairs, September/October 2009, v88, #5, pp53-68

The Economic Role of Government: Focus on Stability, Not Spending
Campbell, Karin A. - The Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder #2316, September 17, 2009, 6p

The Future of the Dollar - Cooper, Richard N. - Peterson Institute for International Economics, September 2009, online edition, 6p

The Future of Reserve Currencies - Cohen, Benjamin J. - Finance & Development, September 2009, online edition, 4p

America's Response to a Deep Recession - Blendon, Robert; Benson, John - Challenge, August/September 2009, v52, #4, pp32-51

Defining Prosperity
- Auerswald, Philip E.; Acs, Zoltan J. - The American Interest, Summer 2009, v9, #5, pp4-13 (PDF)

Limited-Purpose Banking - Chambley, Christophe; Kotlikoff, Lawrence
The American Interest, Action Memorandum to Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, Summer 2009, v9, #5, pp14-17

Regulation and American Business - Echeverrri-Carroll, Elsie; Ayala, Sofia G. - Policy Review, June/July 2009, #155, pp59-70

The Financial Markets and Fear Itself - Jenkins, Holman W., Jr., Policy Review, June/July 2009, #155, pp3-13

The Economic Crisis and the Fiscal Crisis: 2009 and Beyond - Gale, William G.; Auerbach, Alan J. - Brookings Institution, June 22, 2009, online edition, 49p (PDF)

The U.S. Financial and Economic Crisis: Where Does it Stand and Where Do We Go From Here? - Baily, Martin Neil; Elliott, Douglas J.- Initiative on Business and Public Policy, The Brookings Institution, June 15, 2009, 26p (PDF)

Who Gains from President Obama's Stimulus Package ... And How Much? - Zacharias, Ajit; Masterson, Thomas; Kim, Kijong - The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, Special Report, June 2009, online edition, 5p

Tracking Economic Recession and Recovery in America’s 100 Largest Metropolitan Areas - Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, MetroMonitor, June 2009, online edition, 21p

Financial Regulatory Reform: A New Foundation - Department of Treasury, June 2009, online edition, 89p

Comparing Crises:
Reply: Comparing Crises: Worse and Worser - Madsen, Robert - Foreign Affairs, May/June 2009, v88, #3, pp159-163
Reply: Comparing Crises: Is the Current Economic Collapse like Japans in the 1990s? Katz Replies - Katz, Richard - Foreign Affairs, May/June 2009, v88, #3, pp164-166
Comparing Crises: The Japan Fallacy - Katz, Richard - Foreign Affairs, March/April 2009, v88, #22, pp9-14

Implications of the Bank Stress Tests - Elliott, Douglas J. - The Brookings Institution, May 11, 2009, 12p (PDF)

The Return of the State: The New Investment Paradigm - Auerback, Marshall - The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, May 2009, Working Paper No. 561, 15p (PDF)

The Quiet Coup
- Johnson, Simon - Atlantic Monthly, May 2009, v303, #4, pp46-56

Bailouts, Buy-Ins and Ballyhoo - Hockett, Robert - Challenge,March/April 2009, v52, #2, pp36-54

Bank Nationalization: A Survival Guide - Elliott, Douglas J. - Brookings Institution, The Initiative on Business and Public Policy, April 21, 2009, 33p (PDF)

Responding to a Historic Economic Crisis: The Obama Program - Bailey, Martin M. (Introduction); Summers, Lawrence - Brookings Institution, March 13, 2009

The Economic Crisis and the Fiscal Crisis: 2009 and Beyond - Auerbach; Alan J.; Gale, William G. - Brookings Institution, February 19, 2009, 29p (PDF)

One. Trillion. Dollars - Grunewald, Michael - Time, 1/26/2009, v173, #3, pp26-32

Economic Report of the President - Council of Economic Advisors, January 2009, 419p (pdf)

Bernanke's Speech on "The Crisis and the Policy Response" - Stamp Lecture, London School of Economics, London, January 2009

Time to Bail Out: Alternatives to the Bush-Paulson Plan - Papadimitriou, Dimitri B.; Wray, L. Randall - The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, December 6, 2008, 8p

The End - Lewis, Michael - Conde Nast Portfolio, December 2008

Policy and Security Implications of the Financial Crisis: A Plan for America - Galbraith, James K. - Challenge, November/December 2008, v51, #6, pp6-25

The U.S. Financial Crisis: The Global Dimension with Implications for U.S. Policy - Nanto, Dick K. ; Donnelly, J. Michael et al. - Congressional Research Service, CRS Report for Congress (CRS), November 18, 2008, 88p

FORUM: How to Save Capitalism: Fundamental Fixes for a Collapsing System - Harper's Magazine, November 2008, v317, #1902, pp35-46 (6 articles)

The U.S. Economy after Bush
- Palley, Thomas - Hans-Boeckler-Stiftung, Macroeconomic Policy Institute, Policy Brief, September 2008

Economic Stimulus Act: Killing Two Birds with One Stone - Haskin, Ron
Brookings Institute, Summer 2008, online edition, 3p

The Future of Inflation Targeting - Posen, Adam - Challenge, July/August 2008, v51, #4, pp3-22

Trading Gibes - Stokes, Bruce - National Journal, July 28, 2008, pp36-40

The Buffett Plan for Reducing the Trade Deficit - Papadimitriou, Dimitri B. et al. - Levy Economics Institute, Working Paper #538, July 2008, 40p

Slow-Motion Recession: What Congress Can Do to Help - Appelbaum, Helen; Baker, Dean; Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research, July 29, 2008, 14p

Our Phony Economy - Rowe, Jonathan, Harper's, June 2008, v316, #1897, pp17-24

Losing Faith in the Dollar - Carbaugh, Robert; Hedrick, David
Challenge, May/June 2008, v51, #3, pp93-114

What We're In For: Projected Economic Impact of the Next Recession - Schmitt, John; Baker, Dean - Challenge, May/June 2008, v51, #3, pp27-42

The Coming Euroinvasion - Naim, Moises, Foreign Policy, May/June 2008, #166, pp95-96

Discussion Paper: The Great Credit Squeeze: How It Happened, How to Prevent Another - Bailey, Martin Neil; Litan, Robert E.; Elmendorf, Doug - Brookings Institute, Economic Studies at Brookings, May 21, 2008, 163p

Understanding Stagflation and the Risk of its Recurrence - Cashell, Brian W.; Labonte, Marc - Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report, Library of Congress, Web posted April 28, 2008, 17p

Financial Crisis: Did Lax Regulation Cause a Credit Meltdown?

Jost, Kenneth - CQ Researcher, May 9, 2008, v18, #18, pp409-432

Numbers Racket
- Phillips, Kevin - Harper's, May 2008, v316, #1896, pp43-47

Taxing Private Equity - Creighton, Adam, Policy Review, April/May 2008, pp19-33

The Subprime Mortgage Market Collapse: A Primer on the Causes and Possible Solutions - Utt, Ronald D., Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder 2127, April 22, 2008, 24p

Sound Money and Free Markets Will Spur Recovery - Chapman, John L. - American Enterprise Institute (AEI), April 22, 2008

Fact Sheet: Taking Decisive Action to Keep Our Economy Growing,
The White House, April 4, 2008

Economic Pessimism: No Excuse for Protectionism - Kim, Antony B. - Heritage Foundation, WebMemo 1883, April 4, 2008, 4p

The Role of Money in Monetary Policy: Why Do the Fed and ECB See It So Differently? - Kahn, George A.; Benolkin, Scott - Economic Review, Third Quarter 2007, pp5-38

How Bad Is the Mortgage Crisis Going to Get?: Jia Lynn Yang Interview with Paul Krugman - Fortune, March 31, 2008, v157, #6, p88

Worried about a Recession? Don’t Blame Free Trade - Daniel Griswold - Center for Trade Policy Studies, CATO Institute, Free Trade Bulletin #34, March 31, 2008, online edition

Grading Bernanke: A Symposium - Chapman, John L., with Lachman, Desmond; Meltzer, Alan H., Pollock, Alex J.; Wallison, Peter J. - The American, March 27, 2008, online edition

State Personal Income 2007 - Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S Department of Commerce, March 26, 2008

Wall Street's Crisis - Economist, March 22, 2008, v386, #8572, pp79-88

Foreign Direct Investment in the United States: An Economic Analysis - Jackson, James K. - Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report, Library of Congress, March 19, 2008, 6p

Getting Ahead or Losing Ground: Economic Mobility in America - Isaacs, Julia B. et.al. - Pew Charitable Trust/Brookings Institution, Web posted February 20, 2008

The Economy in Crisis: Will the Cure be Worse than the Disease?
Tully, Shawn - Fortune, February 4, 2008, v157, #2, pp110-112

The Next Bubble: Priming the Markets for Tomorrow's Big Crash
Janszen, Eric - Harper's Magazine, February 2008, v316, #1893, pp39-45

The Squandering of America's Assets: Interview with Robert Kuttner
Kuttner, Robert - Challenge, January/February 2008, v51, #1, pp78-90

Options for Fiscal Stimulus - Furman, Jason - Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, January 24, 2008, 13p

Performance 2008: Productivity, Employment, and Growth in the
World’s Economies
- The Conference Board, Prodctivity Brief, January 16, 2008, online edition

The Need for an Economic Stimulus Package - Applebaum, Eileen; Baker, Dean; Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), January 2008, 7p

Don’t Bet Against the Dollar - Palley, Thomas - Foreign Policy, 18 December 2007, web exclusive

The State of the U.S. Economy - Summers, Lawrence; Schumer, Charles
Brookings Institute, December 19, 2007, online edition, 61p

Is the Sky Falling?: Questioning the Conventional Wisdom on the U.S. Trade and Budget Deficits - Milberg, William - Challenge, November/December 2007, v50, #6, pp91-108

A Vital Engine of Economic Growth- Chapman, John L. - The American, October 23, 2007, online edition

Let the Good Times Roll? - Chapman, John L. - The American, October 22, 2007, online edition

The United States As a Net Debtor Nation: Overview of the International Investment Position - Jackson, James K. - Congressional Research Service (CRS), Library of Congress. Updated October 18, 2007, online edition, 18p

Credit Crisis: The Sky is not Falling -
Downs, Anthony - The Brookings Institution, Research and Commentary, October 2007, online edition

Housing, Housing Finance, and Monetary Policy
- Bernanke, Ben S.
At the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August 31, 2007

The Bernanke Agenda - Coy, Peter - Business Week, August 20, 2007, #4047, pp31

Money, Money Everywhere. . . . Greenberg, Maurice R., The National Interest, July/August 2007, #90, pp17-20

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
Jackson, James K. - Congressional Research Service (CRS), Report for Congress, Updated July 23, 2007

Direct Global Investment Strategies Adopted by Minority of U.S. Venture Capitalists
- National Venture Capital Association/Deloitte & Touche LLP, July 11, 2007, online edition, 8p

The Remarkable American Consumer
- Makin, John H. - American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Economic Outlook, June 2007, online edition, 4p

Economic Mobility: Is the American Dream Alive & Well
- Morton, John E.; Sawhill, Isabel V. - Economic Mobility Project, Brookings Institution, May 2007, online edition

Currency Misalignments and the U.S. Economy - Bergsten, C. Fred - Testimony before the Subcommittees on Trade, Ways and Means Committee; Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, Energy, and Commerce Committee; and Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology, Financial Services Committee of the House of Representatives, Peterson Institute, May 9, 2007, online edition

2007 National Small Business Survey - Bolger, Glen; McCleskey, Nicole
National Small Business Association, March 2007, online edition, 30p

Rethinking Corporate Social Responsibility: A Fleishman-Hillard/National Consumers League Study - Fleishman-Hillard Inc. and the National Consumers League, May 2007, online edition, 16p

The Corporate Welfare State: How the Federal Government Subsidizes U.S. Businesses - Slivinski, Stephen - Cato Policy Analysis, no. 592, May 14, 2007, online edition, 24p

Growing Number of States Considering Key Corporate Tax Reform - Mazerov, Michael - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, April 5, 2007, online edition, 9p

Best Places: The South Rises Again - Badenhausen, Kurt - Forbes Online, April 5, 2007, Online edition

The Creative Class: A Key to Rural Growth - McGranahan, David A., Wojan, Timothy R - Amber Waves, April 2007. v5, # 2, pp16-22

State and Local Tax Burdens Hit 25-Year High - Dubay, Curtis S. - Tax Foundation, Special Report No. 153, April 2007, Online edition, 12p

Recession in 2007? - Makin, John H. - Economic Outlook, April 2007, online edition, 4p

Airports and Economic Development - Richard K Green - Real Estate Economics, Spring 2007, v 35, #1, p91- (22p)

2007 State New Economy Index: Benchmarking Economic Transformation in the States - Atkinson, Robert D.; Correa, Daniel K.
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), February 2007, online edition, 92p

Responding to Financial Crises - Frankel, Jeffrey - Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Faculty Research Working Paper Series, February 2007, 13p

Not Everyone Hates Sarbox; The Much Maligned Rules as a Big Hit with Investors - Henry, David - Business Week, January 29, 2007, #4019, p37

How Cronyism Harms the Investment Climate - Desai, Raj M. - Global Views 2007-01, January 2007, online edition, 8p

Determinants of Business Success: An Examination of Asian-Owned Businesses in the United States - Robb, Alicia M.; Fairlie, Robert W.,
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Discussion Paper No. 2566, January 2007, 59p

The Bush Economy - International Economy, Winter 2007, v 21 #1, pp52-55

American Made: The Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Professionals on U.S. Competitiveness - Anderson, Stuart; Platzer, Michaela - Content First, LLC, Published 2007, online edition, 40p

Venture Impact: The Economic Importance of Venture Capital Backed Companies to the U.S. Economy, Fourth Edition - Global Insight, 2007, online edition, 24p (update June 9, 2009)

Promoting Opportunity and Growth through Science, Technology, and Innovation - Bordoff, Jason E; Deich, Michael; Kahane, Rebecca, Orszag, Peter R. - Brooking Institution, Economic Studies Program, December 2006, online edition, 20p

Can America Still Compete or Does It Need a New Trade Paradigm?
Baily, Martin Neil; Lawrence, Robert Z. - Peterson Institute for International Economics, Policy Brief 06-9, December 2006, online edition, 9p

American Made: The Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Professionals on U.S.Competitiveness - Anderson, Stuart; Platzer, Michaela - National Venture Capital Association, November 2006, online edition, 40p (Updated May 2008)

Realizing America's Economic Potential: A Growth Agenda for the New Abundant Economy Economic Growth Program
New America Foundation, Policy Papers, October 30, 2006

Reaganomics: How's It Going? - DeMuth Christopher - National Review, September 11, 2006, v58, #16, pp36-38

Getting Serious About the Twin Deficit - Chinn, Menzie D. -
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), September 2005, online edition, 30p

Bolten's White House - Barnes, Fred - International Economy, Fall 2006, v20, #4, pp10-15

Is the United States Bankrupt? - Kotlikoff, Laurence J. , Thakor, Anja
Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Review, July-August 2006, v88, #4, pp235-249

How Americans Viewed Their Lives in 2004 -Blendon, Robert; Beson, John - Challenge, May-June 2005, v48, #3, pp14-33

Tax Reform

How to Tax the Rich - Blackburn, Robin - Dissent, Summer 2007, v54, #3, pp63-68

Business Tax Issues in 2007 - Brumbaugh, David L. - Congressional Research Service Report for Congress, No. RL33890, February 21, 2007, 13p

Fiscal Policy Lessons from Europe - Mitchell, Daniel J., Ph.D - The Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder #1979, November 26, 2006, online edition

A Fiscal Challenge for the New Congress - Crook, Clive -National Journal, November 18, 2006, v38, #46/47, pp18-19

Tax Cuts: Myths and Realities - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, September 2006, online edition

Fundamental Tax Reform: An International Perspective - Owens, Jeffrey - National Tax Journal, March 2006, v59, #1, pp131-155

Is There a Right Way to Promote Health Insurance through the Tax System? Antos, Joseph - American Enterprise Institute, Working Papers, June 9, 2006, online edition

Constrained Tax Reform: How Political and Economic Constraints Affect the Formation of Tax Policy Proposals - Ackerman,Jonathan Z.; Altshuler, Rosanne - National Tax Journal, March 2006, v59, #1; pp165-188

We Are All Post-Reaganites Now - Moore, Stephen - American Spectator, Apr2006, v39 #3, pp30-33

Greening the Tax Code - Hanson, Craig & David B. Sandalow - Tax Reform and the Environment, Brookings Institution Policy Brief, April 2006, #1, 12p.

Taking a Checkup on the Nation's Health Care Tax Policy: A Prognosis - Statement of Leonard E. Burman before the United States Senate Committee on Finance. - Urban Institute, March 6, 2008, online edition, 24p.

Spec tax ular. - Feldman, Amy - Inc.; Mar2006, #28 Issue 3, pp100-107

Transforming the Tax Code: An Examination of the President's Tax Reform Panel Recommendations
- testimony by Leonard E. Burman - Urban Institute, February 1st 2006, online edition, 7p

Tax Reform in 2006? - Hassett, Kevin - The American Enterprise, Jan/Feb 2006, v17, #1, pp3--33

A Preliminary Evaluation of the Tax Reform Panel's Report - Gale, William G.; Burman, Leonard E., Urban Institute, web-posted December 5, 2005, online summary, 272p

Tax Reform Options in a Real World.
Gale, William G. Brooking Institute, October 2005, 14p (Published as Chapter 2 in Toward Fundamental Tax Reform by Alan J. Auerbach and Kevin A. Hassett. American Economic Institute Press, 2005).

Is Tax Reform Coming? William Tucker. The American Enterprise, Jul/Aug 2005, v16, # 5, pp26-30

Tax Policies to Help Working Families in Cities. Berube, Alan; William G. Gales; Tracy Kornblatt. Brooking Institution, June 2005, online edition, 40p

Beware the Value-Added Tax. Mitchell, Daniel J. Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #1852, May 16, 2005






















 

 

 

 




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