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Infrastructure Inve...
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20:31:00 01/27/12

Robert Puentes: Infrastructure investments should not just put people to work digging a hole and filling it up again. The challenge is creating jobs and investing ...

Infrastructure Investment and Job Creation

Added 01/27/12
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Infrastructure Investment and Job Creation

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Robert Puentes: Infrastructure investments should not just put people to work digging a hole and filling it up again. The challenge is creating jobs and investing in real value, including green technology and mass transit for sustainable growth. Featured Robert Puentes

Cautious Optimism f...
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19:08:00 01/20/12

Tracy Gordon: State revenues are climbing, including income tax revenues, and that’s a good sign. State shave made many budget cuts over the past few years, and sh...

Cautious Optimism for State Budgets

Added 01/20/12
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Cautious Optimism for State Budgets

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Tracy Gordon: State revenues are climbing, including income tax revenues, and that’s a good sign. State shave made many budget cuts over the past few years, and should take care as they restore services to make them more efficient. Featured Tracy Gordon

Cautious Optimism f...
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19:08:00 01/20/12

Tracy Gordon: State revenues are climbing, including income tax revenues, and that’s a good sign. State shave made many budget cuts over the past few years, and sh...

Cautious Optimism for State Budgets

Added 01/20/12
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Cautious Optimism for State Budgets

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Tracy Gordon: State revenues are climbing, including income tax revenues, and that’s a good sign. State shave made many budget cuts over the past few years, and should take care as they restore services to make them more efficient. Featured Tracy Gordon

@ Brookings Podcast...
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19:08:00 01/20/12

The Great Recession hit state and local budgets hard, but there are signs that a recovery may be underway. Expert Tracy Gordon says the private sector is slowly ad...

@ Brookings Podcast: Cautious Optimism for State Budgets

Added 01/20/12
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@ Brookings Podcast: Cautious Optimism for State Budgets

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The Great Recession hit state and local budgets hard, but there are signs that a recovery may be underway. Expert Tracy Gordon says the private sector is slowly adding jobs, and state revenues are beginning to creep up. However, there is pent-up demand for state services, and policymakers should use the opportunity to create efficiencies. Featured Tracy Gordon Audio * Full Audio (.mp3)

@ Brookings Podcast...
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22:56:00 01/13/12

Ten years after the detention center at Guantanamo Bay was established for prisoners in the war on terror, Brookings senior fellow Ben Wittes says he feels confide...

@ Brookings Podcast: The Ten-Year Anniversary of Guantanamo B...

Added 01/13/12
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@ Brookings Podcast: The Ten-Year Anniversary of Guantanamo Bay Detentions

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Ten years after the detention center at Guantanamo Bay was established for prisoners in the war on terror, Brookings senior fellow Ben Wittes says he feels confident that past abuses have been addressed and the prison is now a model of detention. He says despite criticisms and continuing calls to close Guantanamo, it will likely remain open for some time to come. Featured Benjamin Wittes Audio * Full Audio (.mp3)

The Ten-Year Annive...
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22:56:00 01/13/12

Ben Wittes: After years of legal battles over whether to engage in non-criminal detentions, the prisoners now come under the jurisdiction of U.S. courts. However, ...

The Ten-Year Anniversary of Guantanamo Bay Detentions

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The Ten-Year Anniversary of Guantanamo Bay Detentions

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Ben Wittes: After years of legal battles over whether to engage in non-criminal detentions, the prisoners now come under the jurisdiction of U.S. courts. However, U.S. law restricts transfers from Guantanamo Bay, so, it won’t close any time soon. Featured Benjamin Wittes

The Ten-Year Annive...
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22:56:00 01/13/12

Ben Wittes: After years of legal battles over whether to engage in non-criminal detentions, the prisoners now come under the jurisdiction of U.S. courts. However, ...

The Ten-Year Anniversary of Guantanamo Bay Detentions

Added 01/13/12
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The Ten-Year Anniversary of Guantanamo Bay Detentions

Can the World Susta...
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21:20:00 01/06/12

Homi Kharas: As demands on food, water, shelter and consumer goods increase, emerging economies cannot pursue the same policies developed nations followed in decad...

Can the World Sustain Seven Billion People?

Added 01/06/12
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Can the World Sustain Seven Billion People?

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Homi Kharas: As demands on food, water, shelter and consumer goods increase, emerging economies cannot pursue the same policies developed nations followed in decades past. With seven billion people on the planet and more on the way, world governments must develop more sustainable policies. Featured Homi Kharas

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21:20:00 01/06/12

With better health care and nutrition, people around the world are living longer and having more children, pushing the population of planet Earth above the seven b...

@ Brookings Podcast: Can the World Sustain Seven Billion People?

Added 01/06/12
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@ Brookings Podcast: Can the World Sustain Seven Billion People?

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With better health care and nutrition, people around the world are living longer and having more children, pushing the population of planet Earth above the seven billion mark. Expert Homi Kharas says while the reasons for growth are positive, the population explosion means world governments must develop more sustainable policies to provide goods and services. Featured Homi Kharas Audio * Full Audio (.mp3)

Automatic Spending ...
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16:02:00 12/30/11

Ron Haskins: If Congress does not act, the automatic spending cuts will hit anti-poverty programs, including housing programs, and food aid to women and infant chi...

Automatic Spending Cuts and Programs for the Poor

Added 12/30/11
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Automatic Spending Cuts and Programs for the Poor

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Ron Haskins: If Congress does not act, the automatic spending cuts will hit anti-poverty programs, including housing programs, and food aid to women and infant children. However, the set-up for the cuts already protects the biggest safety nets. Featured Ron Haskins

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15:44:00 12/23/11

After years of dismal economic news and caution on the part of consumers, spending this holiday season has ticked up, giving economists cautious optimism that the ...

@ Brookings Podcast: Consumer Holiday Spending Boosts Economy

Added 12/23/11
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@ Brookings Podcast: Consumer Holiday Spending Boosts Economy

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After years of dismal economic news and caution on the part of consumers, spending this holiday season has ticked up, giving economists cautious optimism that the sluggish recovery may be increasing its pace. Karen Dynan, vice president and co-director of the Economic Studies program, says there are several signals that the economy may be awakening from the Great Recession, but she warns that the economy is still struggling. Featured Karen Dynan Audio * Full Audio (.mp3)

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21:29:00 12/16/11

Too many American workers are ill-prepared for jobs that will provide a path to the middle class. For years we’ve relied on training programs and education t...

@ Brookings Podcast: Job Training for American Workers Must Ch...

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@ Brookings Podcast: Job Training for American Workers Must Change

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Too many American workers are ill-prepared for jobs that will provide a path to the middle class. For years we%rsquove relied on training programs and education to prepare the U.S. labor force for good careers. But, as expert Michael Greenstone, director of The Hamilton Project at Brookings, explains, the marketplace is changing and these programs also have to change in order to keep pace in this global economy. Featured Michael Greenstone Audio * Full Audio (.mp3)

@ Brookings Podcast...
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17:34:00 12/09/11

Along with such classic economic indicators as wages and consumption rates, economists are starting to look at measures of well-being and how they can subtly impro...

@ Brookings Podcast: The Policy Implications of Happiness

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@ Brookings Podcast: The Policy Implications of Happiness

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Along with such classic economic indicators as wages and consumption rates, economists are starting to look at measures of well-being and how they can subtly improve public policy and the general happiness of a nation%rsquos population. Expert Carol Graham says this field of study, still in its infancy, exposes otherwise hidden aspects of public policy that can increase its efficiency and effectiveness. Featured Carol Graham

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22:53:00 12/02/11

On the campaign trail, candidates are often measured by their religious beliefs, which begs the question: do voters feel they need to have faith in a candidate’s f...

@ Brookings Podcast: Presidential Politics and Religion

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@ Brookings Podcast: Presidential Politics and Religion

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On the campaign trail, candidates are often measured by their religious beliefs, which begs the question: do voters feel they need to have faith in a candidate’s faith? Senior Fellow E.J. Dionne Jr. examines the issue with a look at the GOP presidential contest and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Featured E.J. Dionne, Jr.

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22:10:00 11/18/11

The real growth in jobs in the United States can be attributed primarily to new startup companies, not existing small businesses as is often believed. Senior Fello...

@ Brookings Podcast: Startup Businesses Key to Job Growth

Added 11/18/11
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@ Brookings Podcast: Startup Businesses Key to Job Growth

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The real growth in jobs in the United States can be attributed primarily to new startup companies, not existing small businesses as is often believed. Senior Fellow Robert Litan says historically the age of a business is a better predictor of its potential to create jobs than the size of a business, and many successful startups began during periods of economic downturn. Featured Robert E. Litan

@ Brookings Podcast...
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18:15:00 11/11/11

President Obama is withdrawing American troops from Iraq after one of the longest wars in U.S. history. Senior Fellow Michael O’Hanlon says Iraq remains far ...

@ Brookings Podcast: The Consequences of the Iraq Troop Withdr...

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@ Brookings Podcast: The Consequences of the Iraq Troop Withdrawal

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President Obama is withdrawing American troops from Iraq after one of the longest wars in U.S. history. Senior Fellow Michael O%rsquoHanlon says Iraq remains far from stable, and that a continued U.S. presence as advisors to Iraq on building a democracy would have been preferable. However, O%rsquoHanlon says the Iraqis failed to deliver the assurances that could have kept American advisors on the ground, despite creditable efforts by the Obama administration. Featured Michael E. O'Hanlon

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@ Brookings Podcast: Afghanistan's Displaced Po...

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@ Brookings Podcast: Afghanistan's Displaced Population
12/19/09

A new report on Afghanistan’s displaced population states that more must be done to help internally displaced people resettle in new areas of the country and rebuild their lives.