New America Foundation

Good morning, Chairman Spratt, Congressman Ryan, and Members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify-it is a privilege to appear before this Committee on this important topic of budget process reform.

I am the President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Our Co-Chairmen are Bill Frenzel and Leon Panetta and the Board consists of many past Directors of the Office of Management and Budget, the Congressional Budget Office, and past Chairs of the Federal Reserve… more

This presentation, made by University of Washington Professor Lewis Mandell, was part of a webinar held September 26, 2008.

This paper, written for Furman Center at New York University in May 2008 by New America Foundation's Ellen Seidman and the Center for American Progress' Andrew Jakabovics, discusses asset disposition lessons learned from previous financial crises -- including the activities of the New Deal-era Home Owners Loan Corporation, the Resolution Trust Corporation formed in the wake of the savings and loan crisis, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development's more recent Asset Control Area program to dispose of foreclosed… more

This was presented at the 2008 Assets Learning Conference.

These materials were presented at the 2008 Assets Learning Conference.

This was presented at the 2008 Assets Learning Conference, and is in PDF format.

This presentation was given at the 2008 Assets Learning Conference.

I applaud Congressman McDermott and the Committee for holding this important hearing on the Challenges Facing American Workers. This is an important topic at a critical time.[i]

The labor supply of parents has increased dramatically over the last generation. In 1970, almost two-thirds of married couples had one spouse at home to handle family needs; by 2006, 61 percent of married couples with children under the age of 18 had… more

Presented at the National League of Cities' "Bank on and Beyond: A Roundtable for City Leaders"