Economy
Monday, May 27, 2013
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3/7/2012
Research Study
Executive Summary
For nearly eighty years, the U.S. Export-Import Bank has been the lender of last resort for U.S. companies seeking to sell their goods abroad. Ex-Im Bank, as it is called, provides loans, loan guarantees, insurance and other forms of credit when
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Features
1/17/2012
Research Study
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During the Cold War, the U.S. military acquired a vast network of public-sector industrial facilities and private-sector suppliers. Over time, a division of labor emerged between
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3/17/2010
The United States historically has been the dominant supplier of commercial transports -- airliners -- to the global market. As recently as 20 years ago, Boeing and other U.S. companies controlled 85%
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3/8/2010
Executive Summary
Recent developments have advanced the likelihood that voters in Puerto Rico may soon vote on a sequence of ballot initiatives that could result in the granting of statehood status. Should Puerto Rico
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Economy Articles
| 9/14/2009 |
Issue Brief
The World Trade Organization has determined that European Union countries used illegal subsidies in enabling Airbus to build airliners that compete with planes made by Boeing. The practical effect of
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| 8/24/2009 |
Issue Brief
If you’re a Democrat or Independent, you may have one prejudice that doesn’t embarrass you a bit: you dislike nuclear power. Gallup polls consistently find that about 59% of Americans overall support
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| 8/20/2009 |
Research Study
New information technologies make it possible to put in place a “smart grid” capable of two-way communication and many more functions to control supply and demand.
A smart grid can help prevent black-outs,
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| 8/18/2009 |
Research Study
After dominating global industrial activity for a century, the United States is losing its edge in manufacturing to other nations. Over the last 30 years, manufacturing has fallen from a quarter to an
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| 5/18/2009 |
Newsmax.com
There were two big ideas that changed the world in the 1980s: Supply-side economics and a bold strategy for winning the Cold War. One was the handiwork of Jack Kemp, the other of Ronald Reagan.
It’s
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| 4/30/2009 |
Research Study
The Third-Party Logistics (3PL) industry plays a central role in managing domestic and global supply chains. With approximately 35,000 jobs in the United States (not including warehouse employees), 3PL
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| 4/7/2009 |
Research Study
What is the cost to the United States economy attributable to a lack of basic English skills? There are currently over 11 million English learners living in the United States, including over 5 million
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| 2/10/2009 |
Issue Brief
Last week, two of the best-sourced reporters on the defense beat wrote stories indicating that the Pentagon may be getting an early start on cutting weapons programs. On February 5, Jason Sherman of InsideDefense.com
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| 1/22/2009 |
Issue Brief
The day after his inauguration, President Barack Obama awoke to find himself in charge of a government that is spending 25% of gross domestic product but taking in only 17%. At least, that's what the
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