A Grand Bargain on Job Creation and Deficit Reduction – Is It Possible?
Event Information September 9, 20119:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDTFalk AuditoriumThe Brookings Institution1775 Massachusetts Ave., NWWashington, DC Register for the EventOn September 9, the day after President...
View ArticleEmployment, Growth, and the Budget
Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee: This is a critical moment for this Committee to focus on employment and job creation and for the Congress to take action. The future of the United States as...
View ArticleRescuing the Budget Process
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: There is no doubt that the budget process is broken. The clearest evidence is the fact that we are all counting on the Joint Select Committee (JSC)—with its...
View ArticleThe Buffett Rule for Taxes: Math or Class Warfare
In defending his proposal to ensure that millionaires not pay taxes at lower rates than ordinary wage earners—the Buffett rule—the president said, “It is not class warfare. It is math.” I was reminded...
View ArticleThe Federal Government and Increasing Individual Spending
Alice Rivlin discussed the state of the U.S. economy at a recent event, arguing that a main reason businesses are hesitant to increase investment is a lack of demand for new products rather than a...
View ArticleAn Overview of the Domenici-Rivlin Budget Plan
Senator Murray, Representative Hensarling and Members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, thank you for inviting us to testify on the enormous fiscal and economic challenges...
View ArticleWhat the Super Committee Should Say
Event Information November 21, 201110:00 AM - 11:30 AM ESTFalk AuditoriumThe Brookings Institution1775 Massachusetts Ave., NWWashington, DC Register for the EventWith the November 23 deadline quickly...
View ArticleControlling Medicare Costs: Is Premium Support The Answer?
Event Information December 16, 201110:00 AM - 11:30 AM ESTFalk AuditoriumThe Brookings Institution1775 Massachusetts Ave., NWWashington, DC Register for the EventWith the failure of the congressional...
View ArticleMedicare Premium Support: A Primer
The following primer was presented on December 16, 2011 at the event Controlling Medicare Costs: Is Premium Support The Answer? At the same event, participants Judy Feder, Paul Van de Water and Henry...
View ArticleAfter the Lost Budget Opportunities of 2011: What Next?
As 2011 ended we should have been celebrating a bipartisan deal to restore the federal government to fiscal sanity. The deal should have included sufficient reductions in spending growth and increases...
View ArticleFostering Growth through Innovation
Event Information January 13, 20128:30 AM - 4:00 PM ESTFalk AuditoriumThe Brookings Institution1775 Massachusetts Ave., NWWashington, DC As the nation enters a contentious presidential election year,...
View ArticleAn Election Doesn’t Mean a Wasted Fiscal Year
The president’s budget proposal presents Congress with an opportunity to redeem itself after an embarrassingly dysfunctional first session that ended in the lowest public approval ratings for Congress...
View ArticleTransitioning DC’s Community College to Independence
Editor's Note: In testimony before the D.C. Council Committee on Housing and Workforce Development, the members of the District of Columbia Community College Transition to Independence Advisory Board...
View ArticleA Bipartisan Approach to Reforming Medicare
At a hearing before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, Alice Rivlin testified in favor of a bipartisan plan for Medicare premium support.Chairman Herger and Ranking Member Stark: I am...
View ArticleCuring Health Care: The Next President Should Complete, Not Abandon, Obama's...
Follow @BICampaign2012 Editor's Note: The following is a Campaign 2012 policy brief by Alice Rivlin proposing ideas for the next president on America’s health care system. Tom Mann prepared a response...
View ArticleCampaign 2012: The Future of Health Care
Event Information May 4, 20121:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDTFalk AuditoriumThe Brookings Institution1775 Massachusetts Ave., NWWashington, DC Register for the EventAs America confronts the realities of an aging...
View ArticleThe Case for Preserving the Federal Reserve’s Dual Mandate
In testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, Alice Rivlin addresses proposed bills to restrict the Federal Reserve's policy-making actions. Chairman Paul and Ranking Member Clay: I am...
View ArticleCampaign 2012 : Twelve Independent Ideas for Improving American Public Policy
Brookings Institution Press 2012 250pp. Ready or not, the quadrennial run for the White House is upon us. American voters face a very different landscape than they did four years ago, when the...
View ArticleRethinking Federalism for More Effective Governance
ABSTRACTFor common reasons the federal government and most state governments face rising structural deficits even as the economy recovers. An aging population requires retirement income and...
View ArticleConfronting the Looming Fiscal Crisis
Chairman Baucus, Ranking Member Hatch, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting us to testify on the comprehensive budget plan that the Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) Debt Reduction Task...
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