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...weakening, it was a stabilizing force," said Brainard, who was a White House economic adviser in the Clinton administration and a Brookings Institution senior fellow. "The concern now is that it is getting in the way of global recovery,...

In this article: China, Lael Brainard, International Monetary Fund, Lindsey Graham, US Treasury, Charles Schumer, and Barack Obama

...even defense sales and counter-terrorism -- relations are good, and may get better," said Stephen Cohen, a South Asia specialist at the Brookings Institution think tank. "However, there seems to be a parting of the ways at the strategic...

In this article: Barack Obama, India, U.S., New Delhi, George W. Bush, Manmohan Singh, Washington, Pakistan, China, and Climate change

...21st-century economies. We used to be so much smarter about this stuff. A recent publication from the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution reminds us that: "Since the beginning of our republic, transportation and...

In this article: Bruce Katz, United States, New York, Carbon, Minneapolis, Mississippi River, and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

...director of DC Appleseed, a nonprofit group that commissioned the study with Greater Washington Research at Brookings, part of the Brookings Institution. JBL Associates prepared the report. UDC leaders said they agree with some of...

In this article: Washington, D.C. and University of the District of Columbia

...months after the low point for the recession," said Christopher Hoene, research director for the National League of Cities, at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. States, too, face future hardship, with the National...

In this article: Jared Bernstein, Recession, US, Bowling Green, Washington, D.C., and Fiscal year

...in the United States as being somewhere between skeptical and negative," said William Galston, a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington. "The (press) consensus has been that the White House proceeded on...

In this article: Barack Obama, United States, Washington, China, White House, Asia, Beijing, and David Axelrod

...is the only game in town, but his plan isn't sustainable without a political process," says Martin Indyk, who heads the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution and organized a three-day conference in Jerusalem to discuss U.S.-Israeli...

In this article: West Bank, United States, Binyamin Netanyahu, Ramallah, Mahmoud Abbas, and Gaza

...at the highest level since the early 1980s, and full employment remains a long way off. Early this year a team of scholars at the Brookings Institution began tracking data to assess where the nation stands regarding the Constitution's...

In this article: Recession, Washington, Cleveland, Las Vegas, New York, Afghanistan, and Iraq

...an eventual bailout is almost inevitable. "The only loser in all this is the taxpayer," said Douglas Elliott, a fellow at the Brookings Institution who has studied pension insurance for years. The PBGC employs outside advisers to carry...

In this article: PBGC, Earl Pomeroy, Allegation, Recession, and Inflation

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel recently took a shot at The Brookings Institution, suggesting it didn't live in the political real world. He probably didn't expect the esteemed think tank to respond. "Let's be honest," Emanuel...

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