http://www.newamerica.net/programs/content/1404/policy Policy Papers by Program for tabbed view on main program pages en http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/policy_roundtable_toward_jobs_solution <h3><a href="#bartik">What the Government Can Do to Better Promote Job Creation</a><br /> <em>by Timothy J. Bartik</em><br /> </h3> <h3><a href="#galbraith">Jobs: What Can We Do?</a><br /> <em>by James K. Galbraith</em></h3> <h3><a href="#wray">The Time Has Come for Direct Job Creation</a><br /> <em>by L. Randall Wray</em></h3> <h3><br /> <p><a href="http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/policy_roundtable_toward_jobs_solution">read more</a></p> New America Foundation Economic Growth Program Smart Globalization Initiative Next Social Contract Economic Growth Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:30:00 -0400 Next Social Contract 18970 at http://www.newamerica.net http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/japan_rethinks_reform <p> &quot;The Koizumi reforms&quot; was one of the portmanteau concepts most commonly bandied about in Japanese political debates in the summer of 2009 as the parties geared up for the August election. Japan had in fact embarked on its neo-liberal agenda of deregulation and privatization well before the charismatic Mr. Koizumi laconically offered his &quot;no gain without pain&quot; recipes, but it was pushed with most enthusiasm during his premiership from 2001 to 2006. </p><p><a href="http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/japan_rethinks_reform">read more</a></p> New America Foundation Economic Growth Program Smart Globalization Initiative Economic Growth Trade &amp; Globalization Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:09:00 -0400 Next Social Contract 17082 at http://www.newamerica.net http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/america_s_exhausted_paradigm_macroeconomic_causes_financial_crisis_and_great_recession <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; <p><a href="http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/america_s_exhausted_paradigm_macroeconomic_causes_financial_crisis_and_great_recession">read more</a></p> Economic Growth Program Global Strategic Finance Initiative Smart Globalization Initiative Next Social Contract Economic Growth Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:00:00 -0400 Economic Growth 15804 at http://www.newamerica.net http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/pitfalls_manufacturing_market <p> Despite its aim, the European Trading Scheme (ETS) for carbon is widely regarded as an inefficient market. The initial design of the scheme has caused trading reactions that do not follow the pricing patterns of other, more efficient commodities. </p> <p> Within ETS, it isn’t carbon’s price volatility that makes its market seem uncharacteristic of other commodities markets; commodity markets are often characterized by volatility. Instead, it is the fact that carbon’s price drivers are not so easily pinpointed and, therefore, its volatility seems arbitrary. </p><p><a href="http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/pitfalls_manufacturing_market">read more</a></p> Emily Gallagher Economic Growth Program Global Strategic Finance Initiative Smart Globalization Initiative Next Social Contract Economic Growth Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:19:00 -0400 Next Social Contract 15814 at http://www.newamerica.net http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/manufacturing_and_u_s_economy <p> <a href="/files/manufacturing_report.pdf"><img src="/files/manufacturing_0.jpg" width="501" height="376" /></a> </p> <p> Click here to download the <a href="/files/manufacturing_report.pdf">full report</a>.   </p> Samuel Sherraden Sherle R. Schwenninger Economic Growth Program Smart Globalization Initiative Next Social Contract Economic Growth Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:51:00 -0400 Economic Growth 15783 at http://www.newamerica.net http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/american_german_divide <p> German Chancellor Angela Merkel has just completed her first official visit to Washington since President Barack Obama took up office. At home Mrs. Merkel has only a few months left to go until an upcoming general election will determine her own political future. This was surely one more reason to send a message of harmony with President Obama back home, as the new U.S. president, much in contrast to his predecessor, enjoys great popularity among German voters. Elections aside, such harmonious gestures can hardly deflect <p><a href="http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/american_german_divide">read more</a></p> New America Foundation Economic Growth Program Global Middle Class Initiative Smart Globalization Initiative Next Social Contract Economic Growth Trade &amp; Globalization Europe Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:01:00 -0400 Economic Growth 15652 at http://www.newamerica.net http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/green_trade_balance <p> Green investment is a major pillar of the president's economic recovery plan.  Yet, America's dependence on foreign countries to produce green technologies may undermine this recovery strategy.  Using a list of green goods derived from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), we have determined that the United States ran an overall green trade deficit of -$8.9 billion in 2008, including a deficit of -$6.4 billion in the critical category of renewable energy, one of the main targets of the Obama administration's green agenda.  The U.S. economy also suffered a significant deficit in the pollution management category.  On the positive side, the United States ran modest surpluses in two categories--energy efficiency and a grouping of other environmental goods related to water purification and sustainable agriculture.  <br /> <br /> <p><a href="http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/green_trade_balance">read more</a></p> Samuel Sherraden American Infrastructure Initiative Economic Growth Program Smart Globalization Initiative Next Social Contract Economic Growth Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:00:00 -0400 Economic Growth 15010 at http://www.newamerica.net http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/recalibrating_u_s_china <p> The United States now confronts its greatest economic challenges since the Great Depression. In addition to resolving crises in financial and housing markets, trade deficits with China and on oil must be addressed for the U.S. economy to achieve robust growth. </p><p><a href="http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/recalibrating_u_s_china">read more</a></p> Economic Growth Program Smart Globalization Initiative Next Social Contract Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:00:00 -0400 Economic Growth 14522 at http://www.newamerica.net http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/jobs_solutions_our_jobless_recovery <p> <em>This speech was delivered at The New School</em><em> on May 19, 2009. </em> </p> <p> <strong>Views on the U.S. economy</strong> </p><p><a href="http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/jobs_solutions_our_jobless_recovery">read more</a></p> Leo Hindery American Infrastructure Initiative Economic Growth Program Global Economic Strategy Global Middle Class Initiative Smart Globalization Initiative Next Social Contract Economic Growth Trade Tue, 19 May 2009 10:40:00 -0400 Economic Growth 13746 at http://www.newamerica.net http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/new_american_trade_policy <p> <img src="/files/New_american_trade_consensus.jpg" hspace="6" vspace="3" align="right" />The 2008 presidential election was not about globalization or U.S. trade policy. However, the challenges facing the administration of President Barack Obama-the financial crisis, the lengthening and deepening recession-are inextricably bound up with America's trading relationships. A &quot;business as usual&quot; trade policy will not deliver the economic changes that President Obama has promised the public, nor restore Americans' faith in their country's engagement with the global economy. <p><a href="http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/new_american_trade_policy">read more</a></p> Bruce Stokes Economic Growth Program Smart Globalization Initiative Next Social Contract Economic Growth Trade Tue, 05 May 2009 00:39:00 -0400 Economic Growth 13246 at http://www.newamerica.net http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/foreign_policy_implications_financial_crisis <p> Thank you Mr. Chairman and members of this committee for the honor of addressing you today.  Mr. Chairman, it is a tribute to your leadership that this roundtable is being convened in recognition of the centrality of economic and financial issues to American foreign policy.  </p><p><a href="http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/foreign_policy_implications_financial_crisis">read more</a></p> Douglas Rediker American Strategy Program Economic Growth Program Global Strategic Finance Initiative Smart Globalization Initiative Next Social Contract Economic Growth Foreign Policy Trade &amp; Globalization Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:30:00 -0500 Economic Growth 10814 at http://www.newamerica.net http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/jk <h3><strong>Infrastructure and Economic Opportunity</strong><p><a href="http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/jk">read more</a></p> Joel Kotkin Economic Growth Program Smart Globalization Initiative Economic Growth Fiscal Policy Trade &amp; Globalization Public Infrastructure Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:24:00 -0400 Economic Growth 7928 at http://www.newamerica.net http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/smart_globalization_policy_agenda <p> <p><a href="http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/smart_globalization_policy_agenda">read more</a></p> Sherle R. Schwenninger Steven Clemons Smart Globalization Initiative Economic Growth Trade &amp; Globalization Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:35:00 -0400 Economic Growth 7645 at http://www.newamerica.net