Issues & Policy / Economics

Grab hold of the levers

A new president can harness the power of the nation’s economy

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Can startups save the american dream?

Jobs and Economy

Can startups save the American dream?

AOL founder and CEO of Revolution, LLC Steve Case and former Chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina co-chaired the Milstein Symposium's second commission. Its focus was on improving the middle class through entrepreneurship via a series of actionable, nonpartisan, and effective ideas.
The transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP): a multilateral perspective

Trade

The transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP): a multilateral perspective

The Miller Center hosted the 2013 Mortimer Caplin Conference on December 2 in Washington, DC.The conference was organized to provide key stakeholder groups—government officials, business and labor leaders, trade experts, and scholars—from the United States and European Union a forum for constructive dialogue on a transatlantic free trade agreement.
Statue of Liberty torch

Immigration

The way forward on immigration reform

Among the most contentious of today’s policymaking challenges is the issue of immigration. Comprehensive reform has languished for more than a decade, locked in political stalemate, despite near consensus that the nation’s immigration system is fundamentally broken.
sparks from manufacturing

Jobs and Economy

Building a nation of makers

Former Governor Haley Barbour (R-MS) and former Governor and Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) co-chaired the Milstein Symposium's first commission. Its focus was on improving the middle class through reforms to new manufacturing that are actionable, nonpartisan, and effective. 
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Infrastructure

A blueprint for presidential leadership

The Miller Center has released A Blueprint for Presidential Leadership, a report offering the president seven bold ideas to alter the trajectory in transportation policy.
Bankruptcy debate

Economic Issues

Bankruptcy: National discussion and debate series

Since 2010, seven U.S. cities and counties have filed for bankruptcy, and analysts predict more may be in the offing. Far from being isolated incidents of a few profligate municipalities, the global economic downturn has demonstrated the sobering reality of fiscal imbalance, one that is threatening larger cities and even countries around the world.