Robert Z. Lawrence
Albert L. Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment, Harvard Kennedy School
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Albert L. Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment, Harvard Kennedy School
The Hamilton Project hosted a discussion on what the government can do to foster market-based solutions to major risks. Markets that could potentially mitigate or reduce some of the biggest risks faced by the American people and their broader communities are nonexistent or underutilized.
Akash Deep and Robert Z. Lawrence propose an affordable federal instrument that could mitigate the adverse impact of tax-revenue shocks on communities by allowing them to buy tax-base insurance.