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Thursday SPOTLIGHT: Banking Reuters/Larry Downing - A Bank of America branch in Virginia Initial Comments on the Draft House Bill on Systemic Risk and “Too Big to Fail” , October 28, 2009 As the financial system continues to stabilize, the House Financial Services Committee has drafted legislation intended to prevent future crises. The latest bill, which has been endorsed by the Obama administration, focuses on systemic risk and financial institutions that are deemed to be “too big to fail.” Douglas Elliott analyzes the 253-page bill, saying he thinks the enhanced resolution authority is essential, but he raises serious concerns about the structure of the council intended to tackle systemic risks. BankingFinancial InstitutionsU.S. Financial Market Regulation SPOTLIGHT: Health Care Reuters/Kevin Lamarque - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks about health insurance reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. Opting Out: Not As Simple As It Looks Darrell M. West, October 28, 2009 "Opt-out” has become the most powerful phrase in the health care debate, thanks to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s decision to include it in Senate legislation. If particular jurisdictions do not like a public option, they simply can exit the government health insurance system for uninsured residents. This is a very American idea, writes Darrell West. However, from a governance standpoint, the public option creates a worrisome precedent for other policy areas. Health CareU.S. CongressU.S. PoliticsFederalism ONLINE CHAT Ron Haskins, October 28, 2009 Recent decades have seen sharply rising incomes for the rich, modest progress for the middle class, and little or no progress for the poor. How can more people achieve the American Dream? To address the question, Ron Haskins and Politico Senior Editor Fred Barbash took questions in a live web chat about expanding economic opportunity in America. Read Transcript BROOKINGS NEWS Fiona Hill Named Director of the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings Fiona Hill, an expert on Russia and Eurasia, will return to the Brookings Institution as a senior fellow and director of the Center on the United States and Europe (CUSE), Brookings President Strobe Talbott announced. Steven Pifer, the acting director of CUSE, has been named a Brookings senior fellow. , Lea T. Rosenbohm, October 27, 2009 Charles Ebinger and Lea Rosenbohm say President Obama's decision to use $3.4 billion dollars of stimulus money to begin developing a smart grid is a welcome development. Ebinger and Rosenbohm look to how the smart grid will help benefit providers and consumers while noting additional steps that will be required moving forward. The Scouting Report Web Chat: Expanding Opportunity in America Ron Haskins, October 28, 2009 Recent decades have seen sharply rising incomes for the rich, modest progress for the middle class, and little or no progress for the poor. How can more people achieve the American Dream? Ron Haskins, co-author of the book Creating an Opportunity Society (Brookings Institution Press, 2009), proposes a concrete agenda to achieve that goal. According to Haskins, more education, more work and stronger families are the way forward. Data presented in his book show that graduating from high school, working full-time and marrying before having children virtually guarantee a middle-class income. Behavioral Economics and the Conservative Critique of VAT Ted Gayer, October 28, 2009 Military Technology The Future of Unmanned Naval Technologies November 02, 2009 U.S. ECONOMYStock Market Crash, 80 Years Later William A. Galston ECONOMIC MOBILITYThe Scouting Report Web Chat: Expanding Opportunity in America Ron Haskins, October 28, 2009 TAXESBehavioral Economics and the Conservative Critique of VAT Ted Gayer, October 28, 2009 CUBAThe United Nations Denounces the U.S. Embargo on Cuba … Again Ted Piccone
Thursday
, October 28, 2009
As the financial system continues to stabilize, the House Financial Services Committee has drafted legislation intended to prevent future crises. The latest bill, which has been endorsed by the Obama administration, focuses on systemic risk and financial institutions that are deemed to be “too big to fail.” Douglas Elliott analyzes the 253-page bill, saying he thinks the enhanced resolution authority is essential, but he raises serious concerns about the structure of the council intended to tackle systemic risks.
BankingFinancial InstitutionsU.S. Financial Market Regulation
Darrell M. West, October 28, 2009
"Opt-out” has become the most powerful phrase in the health care debate, thanks to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s decision to include it in Senate legislation. If particular jurisdictions do not like a public option, they simply can exit the government health insurance system for uninsured residents. This is a very American idea, writes Darrell West. However, from a governance standpoint, the public option creates a worrisome precedent for other policy areas.
Health CareU.S. CongressU.S. PoliticsFederalism
Ron Haskins, October 28, 2009
Recent decades have seen sharply rising incomes for the rich, modest progress for the middle class, and little or no progress for the poor. How can more people achieve the American Dream? To address the question, Ron Haskins and Politico Senior Editor Fred Barbash took questions in a live web chat about expanding economic opportunity in America. Read Transcript
Fiona Hill, an expert on Russia and Eurasia, will return to the Brookings Institution as a senior fellow and director of the Center on the United States and Europe (CUSE), Brookings President Strobe Talbott announced. Steven Pifer, the acting director of CUSE, has been named a Brookings senior fellow.
, Lea T. Rosenbohm, October 27, 2009
Charles Ebinger and Lea Rosenbohm say President Obama's decision to use $3.4 billion dollars of stimulus money to begin developing a smart grid is a welcome development. Ebinger and Rosenbohm look to how the smart grid will help benefit providers and consumers while noting additional steps that will be required moving forward.
Recent decades have seen sharply rising incomes for the rich, modest progress for the middle class, and little or no progress for the poor. How can more people achieve the American Dream? Ron Haskins, co-author of the book Creating an Opportunity Society (Brookings Institution Press, 2009), proposes a concrete agenda to achieve that goal. According to Haskins, more education, more work and stronger families are the way forward. Data presented in his book show that graduating from high school, working full-time and marrying before having children virtually guarantee a middle-class income.
Ted Gayer, October 28, 2009
November 02, 2009
William A. Galston
Ted Piccone
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