Commentary Search for: All CategoriesArticles & Op-EdsBlog: By the NumbersBooksFiguresMember StatementsNewsPapersPolicy BriefsAll TopicsClimate, Energy, and InfrastructureIncome Inequality and Labor MarketSocial Policy and EducationTax and BudgetTechnology and InnovationTrade, Immigration, and Globalization November 21 2019 | Papers Fiscal Policy With High Debt and Low Interest Rates Gale argues that although historically low interest rates reduce the cost of government borrowing, they are not a "get out of jail free card." Rising debt will slowly but surely make it harder to grow the economy, boost living standards,... William Gale November 21 2019 | Papers Concerns About Concentration Rose argues that highly aggregated measures of concentration across industries, which are used in many of the most provocative studies, cannot be used to draw conclusions about concentration dynamics due to a host of methodological challenges. Instead, industry-level studies are... Nancy Rose November 21 2019 | Papers Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses to Market Concentration Philippon asserts that growth in aggregate measures of market concentration since the early 2000s is largely attributable to the weakening of competition. Lower levels of competition, Philippon argues, are directly due to lax antitrust enforcement and barriers to market entry. Thomas Philippon November 21 2019 | Books Maintaining the Strength of American Capitalism The essays contained in this volume seek to clarify the lines of debate on some of the greatest economic policy challenges of our time and present evidence- based analysis on how to address them. It examines the hypothesis that growing... Aspen Economic Strategy Group November 21 2019 | Papers Introduction: Maintaining the Strength of American Capitalism A national debate about the strength and fairness of American capitalism is taking place against a backdrop of vast levels of income and wealth inequality, growing pessimism about the state of economic opportunity and mobility, increased market concentration in many... Amy Ganz, Melissa S. Kearney November 21 2019 | Papers Foreword: Maintaining the Strength of American Capitalism The American economic system has always been the foundation of our national strength. But this foundation is showing cracks—from high levels of income inequality, declining economic mobility, and persistent economic insecurity among low- and middle-income Americans. Erskine Bowles, Henry M. Paulson, Jr. February 04 2019 | Books Expanding Economic Opportunity for More Americans Over the course of the past year, the Aspen Economic Strategy Group collected policy ideas to address the barriers to broad-based economic opportunity and identified concrete proposals with bipartisan appeal. These proposals are presented here. Aspen Economic Strategy Group February 04 2019 | News Expanding Economic Opportunity for More Americans: Foreword The American economy is stronger today than it has been in many years. At the time of this writing, jobs are plentiful and the country's economic expansion is the second-longest on record. But our nation's economic performance has not been... Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Erskine Bowles February 04 2019 | Papers Policies to Reintegrate Former Inmates Into the Labor Force Incarceration rates in the United States have more than tripled in recent decades as rehabilitation has gradually taken a back seat to a policy agenda emphasizing punishment and incapacitation. This raises important questions about the effectiveness of state and federal... Manudeep Bhuller, Gordon B. Dahl, Katrine Løken February 04 2019 | Papers What Works in Career and Technical Education (CTE)? A Review of Evidence and Suggested Policy Directions Career and technical education (CTE) is widely viewed as an important alternative to traditional four-year colleges, a means of increasing the earnings of U.S.workers, and an effective response to the changing skill requirements of U.S. employers. While abundant evidence confirms... Ann Huff Stevens « Previous 1 … 24 25 26 27 28 Next »