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Last night, President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address, putting forth his policy agenda to the 112th Congress on issues. Since its launch in 2006, The Hamilton Project has developed targeted policy proposals that touch on many of these areas, which we offer as a resource to policymakers in response to specific ideas mentioned by the President last evening.
Examining data about the current state of the economy and job growth in June, Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney look at the role innovation could play in aiding the faltering economy by increasing productivity, boosting wages, and improving the quality of life for American families.
During the last century, medical, technical, and business innovations have driven economic growth, increased wages, and improved living standards in the United States. In recent years, however, those gains have stagnated. The Hamilton Project examines the role of innovation in driving the U.S. economy, including its historical importance, the current pace of growth, and opportunities for investments to benefit America’s future.
John M. Deutch proposes a series of best practices for government support of U.S. technology demonstration and a new institution, the Energy Technology Corporation, that would be responsible for managing and selecting technology demonstration projects.
In this paper, the Center for American Progress (CAP) and The Hamilton Project (THP) outline three proposals to help address the long-run imperative of creating jobs and improving wages in the United States.
This paper argues that we must confront the challenges that pose a greater risk to our long-run prosperity than the Great Recession. America’s future growth requires reprioritizing expenditures toward increasing workforce productivity, innovation and infrastructure, savings, and government effectiveness.
Two market problems in addressing climate change are lack of private incentive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and underinvestment by industry in R&D. This proposal addresses these issues through permanent R&D tax credits and support for research institutions.
Jon M. Peha outlines policies through which government could facilitate the expansion of broadband infrastructure into unserved communities. He argues that these policy reforms would move America closer to the goal of universal access to broadband Internet.
Philip J. Weiser argues that our spectrum policy has failed to facilitate an optimal and efficient use of this important resource. He identifies a new direction for spectrum policy reform to catalyze more efficient uses of spectrum.
To better secure the benefits of education, this paper outlines an evidence-based education strategy that emphasizes new investments in some areas (such as early education) and structural reforms in others (such as the teacher tenure system).
In the past 40 years, as the pace of innovation has slowed, American workers have experienced lower growth rates of productivity and compensation.
Technological and medical innovations have drastically reduced the mortality rate and increased life expectancy in the United States
The United States lags far behind other countries in training students in the STEM fields that advance scientific and technological innovations.
Since the advent of computers, consumers have enjoyed greater bang for their buck as computers have become increasingly powerful.
Michael Greenstone's recent testimony before the Joint Economic Committee on the importance of Research and Development (R&D).
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What new breakthrough sciences and technologies are next on the horizon for the U.S. economy, and what role can policy play in creating a positive environment to promote innovative developments? On June 28, The Hamilton Project at Brookings hosted a forum on the future of innovation in the United States which explored the challenges to, and opportunities for, furthering advancements to create jobs and spur economic growth.
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.
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.
In the past 40 years, as the pace of innovation has slowed, American workers have experienced lower growth rates of productivity and compensation.
Technological and medical innovations have drastically reduced the mortality rate and increased life expectancy in the United States
The United States lags far behind other countries in training students in the STEM fields that advance scientific and technological innovations.
Since the advent of computers, consumers have enjoyed greater bang for their buck as computers have become increasingly powerful.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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