Productivity and Compensation in the United States
In the past 40 years, as the pace of innovation has slowed, American workers have experienced lower growth rates of productivity and compensation.
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Deaths from Major Infectious Disease
Technological and medical innovations have drastically reduced the mortality rate and increased life expectancy in the United States
Post-Secondary Degrees Awarded in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Fields
The United States lags far behind other countries in training students in the STEM fields that advance scientific and technological innovations.
Cost of Computing Power Equal to an iPad2
Since the advent of computers, consumers have enjoyed greater bang for their buck as computers have become increasingly powerful.
PhDs, Policies, and Patents: Obstacles and Opportunities for American Science and Innovation
Hamilton Project Director Michael Greenstone moderates a panel discussion between Stanford Professor Tim Bresnahan, Chief Technology Officer of the United States Aneesh Chopra, George Mason Professor Tyler Cowen, and Silver Lake Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Glenn Hutchins on challenges facing American innovation.
PhDs, Policies, and Patents: A Path Forward — The Future of Innovation in the United States
U.S. Economics Editor for The Economist Greg Ip moderates a panel discussion between Founding Director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Eric Lander, and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers on possible roads forward for American innovation policy.
PhDs, Policies, and Patents: Welcome and The State of Scientific America
Robert E. Rubin opens the Hamilton Project event PhDs, Policies, and Patents: Innovation and America’s Future. CNN Science Correspondent Ann Kellan moderates the first panel, a conversation between National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins and MIT Professor Angela Belcher on innovation and advancements in American science.
PhDs, Policies, and Patents: Innovation and America’s Future Photos
Innovation and invention drive the American economy, from the light bulb and mass production of automobiles to more recent advances like the smartphone and the coordinated effort to map the human genome. But what new breakthrough sciences and technologies are next on the horizon, and what role can U.S. policy play in creating a positive environment to promote innovative developments? On Tuesday, June 28, The Hamilton Project at Brookings hosted a forum on the future of innovation in the United States — exploring the challenges to, and opportunities for, furthering advancements to create jobs and spur economic growth.
PhDs, Policies, and Patents: Remarks on President Obama’s Regulatory Review Process
Full audio of OIRA Administrator Cass Sunstein's remarks on President Obama’s Regulatory Review Process from the event PhDs, Policies, and Patents: Innovation and America's Future.
PhD’s, Policies, and Patents: Panel 3: A Path Forward — The Future of Innovation in the U.S.
Full audio of Panel Three: "A Path Forward — The Future of Innovation in the U.S." from the event PhD's, Policies, and Patents: Innovation and Amerca's Future.
PhDs, Policies, and Patents: Panel 2: Obstacles and Opportunities for American Science and Innovation
Full audio of Panel Two: Panel 2: "Obstacles and Opportunities for American Science and Innovation" from the event PhD's, Policies, and Patents: Innovation and Amerca's Future.
PhDs, Policies, and Patents: Welcome and Panel 1: The State of Scientific America
Full audio of Welcome and Panel 1: "The State of Scientific America" from the event PhDs, Policies, and Patents: Innovation and America's Future.
From Recession to Recovery to Renewal: Event Photos
Photos from From Recession to Recovery to Renewal event, which featured Vice President Joe Biden, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin, former Deputy Secretary Roger C. Altman, and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and kicked off the The Hamilton Project’s 2010 agenda.
From Recession to Recovery to Renewal: Panel Two: Opportunities and Challenges for the U.S. Economy
Full audio of Panel Two: "Opportunities and Challenges for the U.S. Economy" from the event From Recession to Recovery to Renewal
Alice Rivlin on Deficit and the Debt
Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Alice Rivlin says the deficit was a big problem years ago, but now we also face an ever-growing debt at the From Recession to Recovery to Renewal Hamilton Project event.
From Recession to Recovery to Renewal: Keynote by Vice President Joe Biden
Full audio of the keynote by Vice President Joe Biden from the event From Recession to Recovery to Renewal
Michael Greenstone on Unemployment’s Toll on Families
Hamilton Project Director Michael Greenstone says high unemployment numbers fail to capture the broad scope of the problem since numbers alone can’t illustrate the toll on families at the From Recession to Recovery to Renewal Hamilton Project event.
Senator Sherrod Brown on Income Growth Important for All
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) says economic growth must be shared by the majority of our people at the From Recession to Recovery to Renewal Hamilton Project event.
From Recession to Recovery to Renewal: Panel One: Innovative Ideas in the Hamilton Tradition
Full audio of Panel One: "Innovative Ideas in the Hamilton Tradition" from the event From Recession to Recovery to Renewal
From Recession to Recovery to Renewal: Welcome by Robert E. Rubin and Opening Remarks by Michael Greenstone
Full audio of the Welcome by Robert E. Rubin and Opening Remarks by Michael Greenstone from the event From Recession to Recovery to Renewal
Vice President Biden on The Middle Class
Vice President Biden says the middle class should not be forced to struggle to just stay in place and that we must once again link productivity growth to middle class income at the From Recession to Recovery to Renewal Hamilton Project event.
Robert Rubin on the Economic Agenda for Growth
Acknowledging the terrible toll from the Great Recession and unsustainable fiscal deficits, Council on Foreign Relations Co-Chair and Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin says that The Hamilton Project is outlining an economic agenda for growth that will require difficult decisions and hard trade offs at the From Recession to Recovery to Renewal Hamilton Project event..
Govenor Tim Kaine, Robert Rubin, and Lawrence Summers on Infrastructure Investment
Then-Governor Tim Kaine (D-Va.) joins former U.S. Treasury Secretaries Robert E. Rubin and Lawrence H. summers in panel discussion at the Investing in America’s Infrastructure: From Bridges to Broadband Hamilton Project event.
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.
Governor Tim Kaine on Infrastructure Challenges Facing States
Then-Governor Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Infrastructure challenges facing states at the Investing in America’s Infrastructure: From Bridges to Broadband Hamilton Project event.
Nancy Cordes Moderates Panel Discussion on Physical Infrastructure
CBS News Transportation and Consumer Safety Correspondent Nancy Cordes leads panel discussion on physical infrastructure at the Investing in America’s Infrastructure: From Bridges to Broadband Hamilton Project event.
Lawrence Summers on Stimulus for Infrasture Investment
Charles W. Eliot University Professor of Harvard University Lawrence H. Summers calls for fiscal stimulus on infrastructure investments at the Investing in America’s Infrastructure: From Bridges to Broadband Hamilton Project Event.
Robert Rubin on Investing in America’s Infrastructure
Robert Rubin gives opening remarks and discusses the importance of investing in America's infrastructure at the Investing in America’s Infrastructure: From Bridges to Broadband Hamilton Project event.
Glenn Hutchins Moderates Discussion on Telecommunications Infrastructure
Silver Lake Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Glenn Hutchins moderates panel discussion on how to make bettter use of the wireless spectrum and share the benefits more broadly at the Investing in America's Infrastructure: From Bridges to Broadband Hamilton Project event.
Promoting Opportunity and Growth Through Science, Technology, and Innovation: Event Photos
The Hamilton Project convened a policy discussion to examine the importance of science and technology to meeting the challenges of the 21st century and introduced proposals to enhance U.S. expertise and competitiveness in these areas.
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