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Archive: Reports
Mining for Profits in International Tribunals
Corporate lawsuits against governments over resource rights continue to increase.
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America Is Not Broke
How to pay for the crisis while making the country more equitable, green, and secure.
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China’s Looming Economic Crisis
The Chinese economy continues to grow at a fast pace. But signs of distress lurk just below the surface.
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War: The Wrong Jobs Program
Can we run our economy on military spending?
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America Loses: Corporations That Take “Tax Holidays” Slash Jobs
Some of America’s most flush corporations are demanding a tax holiday on their profits sitting offshore. But the last holiday produced a nasty hangover.
Read moreCapital Controls and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The first trade agreement to be negotiated by the Obama administration should allow governments to control volatile capital flows.
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Executive Excess 2011: The Massive CEO Rewards for Tax Dodging
CEOs rake it in while their corporations dodge taxes.
Read moreWhat Kinds of Federal Spending Create the Most Good Jobs?
Some are arguing that the military budget can’t be cut because it will cost jobs. This summary of a 2009 study shows that, compared to other forms of federal spending, the military budget is a very poor job creator indeed.
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How to Liberate America from Wall Street Rule
The most powerful master is the one who rules unseen and unmentioned.
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Reorienting U.S. Security Strategy in South Asia
The Obama administration’s approach to the Afghan war is too narrowly focused. Instead, the administration should focus on India-Pakistan rapprochement as the hallmark of a cohesive South Asia strategy.
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Report of the Task Force on a Unified Security Budget for the United States
With military cuts now on the negotiating table, here’s a set of expert recommendations on what to cut and yet keep us safe and secure.
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Has the Rendition Program Disappeared?
The Obama administration promised to reverse the Bush-era policies on terrorism. But the president has spent most of his time reversing himself.
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Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools in the U.S.: Reducing the Deadly Risks of Storage
The price of fixing America’s nuclear vulnerabilities may be high, but the price of doing too little is incalculable.
Read moreHow Do International Trade and Investment Rules Affect Public Finance for Development?
Government efforts to finance job creation and other public goods can clash with subsidies restrictions in trade agreements.
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