Regulatory Improvement Commission: A Politically-Viable Approach to U.S. Regulatory Reform

Regulatory Improvement Commission: A Politically-Viable Approach to U.S. Regulatory Reform

The natural accumulation of federal regulations over time imposes an unintended but significant cost to businesses and to economic growth. However, no effective process currently... More »

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Privatizing Law and Order

Privatizing Law and Order

The gun lobby is shooting sensible gun legislation full of holes. Already, the Senate has dropped a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and... More »

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Natural Gas Vehicles: Driving America to a More Prosperous, Secure and Sustainable Future

Natural Gas Vehicles: Driving America to a More Prosperous, Secure and Sustainable Future

There has been a sea change in public attitudes toward natural gas. Not so long ago natural gas was widely viewed as a “bridge fuel”... More »

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Forging Consensus on Immigration

Forging Consensus on Immigration

The Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform released earlier this year by four Democratic and four Republican senators has been the basis of virtually all... More »

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05/24/2013 By Ed Kilgore
Good News For Health Care From California, a Growing Backlash Against the Sequester, and Bloomberg Group Goes After Pryor

As the Memorial Day weekend gets underway, political news becomes quieter and more random. But there’s plenty of choice cuts for the grill “behind the…

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05/24/2013 By Anne Kim
The War on Poverty We’re Not Waging

Since 2000, the nation’s poverty rate has been creeping inexorably upward, from a near-historic low of11.3 percent in 2000 to 15 percent in 2011. But…

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05/17/2013 By Diana G Carew
A Government Takeover of Student Debt Won’t Solve the Problem

If you believe the recent blitz of student debt coverage, private student lenders are to blame for the economic woes of recent college graduates. Lending…

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05/23/2013 CNN By Will Marshall
Don’t blame Apple; blame the tax code

The Capitol Hill hearing on the IRS scandal this week upstaged another Senate investigation into how U.S. technology companies shelter earnings from domestic taxes. That…

05/22/2013 US News & World Report By Jason Gold
Why FHFA’s Ed Dimarco Isn’t Going Anywhere

If confirmed by the Senate, Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., will replace Ed DeMarco, the current – and controversial – acting director of the Federal Housing...

05/03/2013 Governing By Michael Mandel and Diana G Carew
How the FCC Could Shape a Mobile Data-Driven Economy

Tom Wheeler, President Obama’s nominee to be the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has a critical choice to make if he is confirmed by…

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05/23/2013 The Atlantic
How to Save the GOP

The Atlantic’s  Molly Ball quotes PPI President Will Marshall while discussing what Republicans can learn from the Democrat’s revival:  The DLC had initially pursued a...

04/24/2013 US News & World Report
Why the Federal Housing Administration Is Better Off Than You Think

Writing for US News & World Report, Jason Gold notes that the Federal Housing Administration is outperforming most analysts expectations. Normally a small part of...

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05/14/2013 Policy Brief By Michael Mandel
The Rebalancing Of The California Economy: How Internet/Tech Jobs Are Spreading Across The State

Over the last year, California has added jobs faster than the country as a whole, in large part because of the booming Internet/tech sector. Indeed,…

05/09/2013 Policy Memo By Michael Mandel and Diana G Carew
Regulatory Improvement Commission: A Politically-Viable Approach to U.S. Regulatory Reform

The natural accumulation of federal regulations over time imposes an unintended but significant cost to businesses and to economic growth. However, no effective process currently…

04/12/2013 Policy Memo By Will Marshall
The New Politics of Production

It’s easy enough to get progressives to agree that austerity is not the answer to the malaise that pervades the transatlantic world. What’s hard is…

04/09/2013 Policy Memo By Bruce G. Kauffmann
Natural Gas Vehicles: Driving America to a More Prosperous, Secure and Sustainable Future

There has been a sea change in public attitudes toward natural gas. Not so long ago natural gas was widely viewed as a “bridge fuel”…

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