PUBLICATIONS Search for: All CategoriesArticles & Op-EdsBlog: By the NumbersBooksFiguresIn BriefMember StatementsNewsPapersAll TopicsClimate Energy and InfrastructureIncome Inequality and Labor MarketSocial Policy and EducationTax and BudgetTechnology and InnovationTrade Immigration and Globalization Recent Publications October 17 2024 |PapersThe Surprising Resilience of Globalization: An Examination of Claims of Economic Fragmentation Download Paper Executive Summary This paper evaluates the current landscape of global trade and financial flows and proposes a set of reforms to support healthier forms of integration. Brad Setser finds that,… Brad Setser October 16 2024 |BooksStrengthening America’s Economic Dynamism The Aspen Economic Strategy Group’s seventh annual policy volume focuses on the theme, Strengthening America’s Economic Dynamism. The volume’s publication comes at a time when US… Aspen Economic Strategy Group October 16 2024 |PapersIntroduction: Strengthening America’s Economic Dynamism Read Full Introduction Global tensions and domestic discontent are driving a new era of economic policymaking. Leaders in both parties are turning away from free-market principles and endorsing an increase in protectionist trade policies and… Luke Pardue, Melissa S. Kearney October 07 2024 |PapersTechnological Disruption in the US Labor Market DAVID DEMING, CHRISTOPHER ONG, LAWRENCE H. SUMMERS Download Paper Executive Summary Data Appendix This paper explores past episodes of technological disruption in the US labor… Aspen Economic Strategy Group October 02 2024 |PapersProtectionism is Failing and Wrongheaded: An Evaluation of the Post-2017 Shift toward Trade Wars and Industrial Policy Download Paper Executive Summary This paper evaluates the shift towards increasingly protectionist and nationalist policies carried out by the past two presidential administrations. In this paper, Michael Strain argues that… Michael R. Strain November 08 2023 |PapersWhere Is China’s Economy Headed? The arc of the Chinese economy over the next 10 to 15 years will depend on three sets of forces, each of which interacts with the others: (1) Domestically, the internal political economy will determine the relationship between… Hanming Fang November 08 2023 |PapersManufacturing Resilience: The US Drive to Reorder Global Supply Chains Global supply chains—the network through which products and services move from initial producers to final consumers—have become increasingly complex over the past several decades. Recent disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the threat of further interruptions… Mary E. Lovely November 08 2023 |PapersThe Economic Case for Smart Investing in America’s Youth The United States spends a relatively small sum on children, both on a per capita basis and as a share of all spending. In 2019, the federal government spent an estimated $5,595 per… Luke Pardue, Melissa S. Kearney November 08 2023 |PapersOvercoming Pandemic-Induced Learning Loss The global COVID-19 pandemic created not only a once-a-century public health crisis but also a once-a-century public education crisis. Unfortunately, the United States federal government’s financial assistance to schools to overcome pandemic-induced learning loss is about to expire… Jens Ludwig, Jonathan Guryan November 08 2023 |PapersThe Next Business Tax Regime: What Comes After the TCJA This essay presents the case for a better US business tax regime. First, we provide an overview of the business tax base in the United States and describe how business activity is taxed, with… Eric Zwick, Owen Zidar 1 2 3 … 20 Next »