Publications


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Education and Early Learning

Workforce Policy

International Policy

Domestic Economic and Social Policy

 

Education and Early Learning
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The Economic Promise of Investing in High-Quality Preschool: Using Early Education to Improve Economic Growth and the Fiscal Sustainability of States and the Nation

The Economic Benefits of High-Quality Early Childhood Programs: What Makes the Difference?

Education for Global Leadership: The Importance of International Studies and Foreign Language Education for U.S. Economic and National Security

Cracks in the Education Pipeline: A Business Leader's Guide to Higher Education Reform

Developmental Education: The Value of High Quality Preschool Investments as Economic Tools

A New Framework for Assessing the Benefits of Early Education

Investing in Learning: School Funding Policies to Foster High Performance

Learning for the Future: Changing the Culture of Math and Science Education To Ensure a Competitive Workforce

Preschool for All: Investing in a Productive and Just Society

Measuring What Matters

The Employer's Role in Linking School and Work

Employer Roles in Linking School and Work: Lessons from Four Urban Communities

Connecting Students to a Changing World: A Technology Strategy for Improving Mathematics and Science Education

Putting Learning First: Governing and Managing the Schools for High Achievement

Why Child Care Matters: Preparing Young Children for a More Productive America

The Unfinished Agenda: A New Vision for Child Development and Education


Workforce Policy
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Learning for the Future: Changing the Culture of Math and Science Education To Ensure a Competitive Workforce

Reforming Immigration: Helping Meet America's Need for a Skilled Workforce

Dialogue on Diversity

New Opportunities for Older Workers

The Employer's Role in Linking School to Work

Connecting Inner-City Youth to the World of Work

American Workers and Economic Change


International Policy
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Reducing Risks from Global Imbalances (2007)

Making Trade Work: Straight Talk on Jobs, Trade, and Adjustment (2005)

The Role of Women in Development (2003)

Engaging the Global Enterprise (2003)

Promoting U.S. Economic Growth and Security Through Expanding World Trade: A Call for Bold American Leadership (2003)

A Shared Future: Reducing Global Poverty

From Protest to Progress: Addressing Labor and Environmental Condtions through Freer Trade

The Case for Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China

Improving Global Financial Stability

U.S. Global Economic Leadership

U.S. Economic Policy Toward the Asia-Pacific Region

From Promise to Progress: Towards a New Stage in U.S.-Japan Economic Relations

U.S. Trade Policy Beyond the Uruguay Round

In Our Best Interest: NAFTA and the New American Economy


Domestic Economic and Social Policy
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Harnessing Openness to Transform American Health Care

Quality, Affordable Health Care for All: Beyond the Employer-Based Health-Insurance System

Built to Last: Focusing Corporations on Long-Term Performance

The Employer-based Health-Insurance System (EBI) Is At Risk: What We Must Do About It

Open Standards, Open Source, and Open Innovation: Harnessing the Benefits of Openness

Private Enterprise, Public Trust: The State of Corporate America After Sarbanes-Oxley

A New Tax Framework: A Blueprint for Averting a Fiscal Crisis

The Emerging Budget Crisis: Urgent Fiscal Choices

Fixing Social Security: A CED Policy Update

Building on Reform: A Business Proposal to Strengthen Election Finance

Promoting Innovation and Economic Growth: The Special Problem of Digital Intellectual Property

How Economies Grow: The CED Perspective on Raising the Long-Term Standard of Living

Exploding Deficits, Declining Growth: The Federal Budget and the Aging of America

Justice for Hire: Improving Judicial Selection

A New Vision for Health Care: A Role for Business

Economic Policy in a New Environment: Five Principles

The Digital Economy: Promoting Competition, Innovation and Opportunity

Vouchers and Related Delivery Mechanisms (Brookings Institution/Urban Institute Press)

Breaking the Litigation Habit: Economic Incentives for Legal Reform

Welfare Reform and Beyond: Making Work Work

Investing in the People's Business: A Business Proposal for Campaign Finance Reform 

America's Basic Research: Prosperity Through Discovery

Modernizing Government Regulation: The Need for Action 

Fixing Social Security 

Growth with Opportunity 

Who Will Pay for Your Retirement? The Looming Crisis 

Rebuilding Inner-City Communities: A New Approach to the Nation's Urban Crisis

What Price Clean Air? A Market Approach to Energy and Environment Policy