Douglas W. Elmendorf
Former Director, The Hamilton Project; Former Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Douglas W. Elmendorf is Director of the Congressional Budget Office. He was the director of The Hamilton Project from 2008 to 2009.
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The Hamilton Project held a policy forum and released a discussion paper by Becky Blank and Mark Greenberg on the need for a new national poverty measure that better reflects the actual economic conditions of low-income Americans.
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Harvard University Professor Bruce Western offers an overview of his Hamilton Project paper on prison reentry followed by roundtable discussion among experts with on-the-ground work in the field at the From Prison to Work: Overcoming Barriers to Reentry Hamilton Project event.
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The Hamilton Project hosted a policy discussion on the challenges of prisoner reentry that featured a keynote address by U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D-Va.). The event also featured a policy roundtable with a diverse group of experts on the need for a national prisoner reentry strategy.
The Future of Housing and Credit Markets Panel One: Reforming Low-Income Housing Assistance
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Douglas Elmendorf on New Mortgage Ideas to Reduce Risk
Then-Hamilton Project Director Douglas W. Elmendorf on new mortgage ideas to the reduce risk that homeowners will not repay their mortgages at The Future of Housing and Credit Markets Hamilton Project event.
The Future of Housing and Credit Markets: Event Photos
The Hamilton Project released new discussion papers and hosted panel discussions on housing and credit markets. The first panel explored ways to reform low-income housing assistance, while the second focused on innovative mortgage ideas to help protect consumers. The final panel featured a high-level discussion on the state of the housing and financial markets.
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Douglas Elmendorf on Improving Infrastructure Investment
Then-Hamilton Project Director Douglas W. Elmendorf on improving infrastructure investment through a national strategy that would focus how to use existing infrastructure more efficiently and how to better utilize the dollars already being spent at the Investing in America’s Infrastructure: From Bridges to Broadband Hamilton Project event.
Investing in America’s Infrastructure: From Bridges to Broadband: Event Photos
Governor Tim Kaine joined Robert E. Rubin and Lawrence H. Summers in the opening session of a Hamilton Project public forum on the need for a national strategy that promotes infrastructure as a central component of long-term, broadly shared growth.
Investing in America’s Infrastructure: From Bridges to Broadband
Governor Tim Kaine joined Robert E. Rubin and Lawrence H. Summers in the opening session of a Hamilton Project public forum on the need for a national strategy that promotes infrastructure as a central component of long-term, broadly shared growth.
An Economic Strategy for Investing in America’s Infrastructure
Manasi Deshpande and Douglas W. Elmendorf argue that America now has the opportunity to channel public concern and frustration into a national infrastructure strategy that promotes infrastructure as a central component of long-term, broadly shared growth.
Missing Markets: Fostering Market-Based Solutions to Major Risks: Panel One: How Markets Can Create New Opportunities for Individuals
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Missing Markets: Fostering Market-Based Solutions to Major Risks: Panel Two: How Markets Can Help Communities Manage Financial Risk
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Missing Markets: Fostering Market-Based Solutions to Major Risks
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Reducing the Likelihood of Financial Crisis
Hamilton Project Senior Scholar Doug Elmendorf testified before the Joint Economic Committee on principles to guide reform of financial markets.
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Hamilton Project Senior Scholar Doug Elmendorf testified before the Joint Economic Committee on principles to guide reform of financial markets.
Douglas Elmendorf on the Foreclosure Crisis
Then-Hamilton Project Director Douglas Elmendorf discusses risks of securitization of mortgages at the Addressing the Foreclosure Crisis Hamilton Project event.
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