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Press Release | September 14, 2009
Marshall Joins NED Board of Directors
Progressive Policy Institute President Will Marshall has joined the Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
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Press Release | September 14, 2009
Mike Signer Joins PPI to Chair Clean Energy Task Force
Mike Signer, former candidate for the 2009 Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, today joins the Progressive Policy Institute to chair the Clean Energy Task Force.
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Press Release | February 18, 2009
PPI Statement on the Inclusion of High-Speed Rail in Stimulus Bill
PPI Senior Fellow Paul Weinstein releases a statement on the $8 billion for the development of high-speed rail included in President Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus plan signed this week.
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Press Release | January 15, 2009
PPI Offers Ideas for Obama's Policy Agenda
President-elect Barack Obama takes office next week with an economic crisis, record unemployment, and an unstable Middle East looming -- and Americans are clamoring for quick, effective action in every area. The president-elect needs more than political will to make effective change in America -- he needs ideas.
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Press Release | December 18, 2008
Wall Street Regulations for the 21st Century
The latest in PPI's Memos to the Next President series, "Smarter Regulation for Financial Markets," outlines regulatory changes that the next administration can make to put the market back on track - without strangling innovation or growth.
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Press Release | December 16, 2008
Bet on a Sure Thing: Invest in Pre-K
In the latest in PPI's Memos to the Next President series, "Investing in Early Education for Future Growth," co-authors Loranne Ausley and Katie McMinn Campbell outline the benefits of high-quality pre-K, including reducing high-school dropout rates, criminal activity, and welfare-dependency. They propose ways for the next administration to work with state programs to expand pre-K, retain talented teachers, and get parents involved early in their children's education.
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Press Release | December 12, 2008
"Greening" Homes to Stimulate the Economy
The latest in PPI's Memos to the Next President series, "Energy Efficiency as Economic Stimulus," outlines how spending on efficiency, which is cheaper than efforts to increase energy supply, will create new jobs at a time when job losses continue to climb.
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Press Release | December 10, 2008
Security Spending Leaves U.S. Vulnerable to the Next Attack
In the latest in PPI's Memos to the Next President series, "National Security Planning for the Long Term," Jim Arkedis, Director of PPI's National Security Project, proposes that the next administration strengthen U.S. defenses by finding the proper balance between military spending and our arsenal of civilian security resources.
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Press Release | December 5, 2008
Bayh: Reduce Risk of Attack with Nuclear-Fuel Bank
In the latest in PPI's Memos to the Next President series, Creating a Nuclear-Fuel Bank, Senator Evan Bayh proposes that the next administration push forward with an international nuclear-fuel bank to fulfill the legitimate need for nuclear power in developing nations, while keeping the process transparent and preventing nations from using energy needs as a smokescreen for weapons development.
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Press Release | December 2, 2008
Trade Policies Could Stem Mideast Unrest
The latest in PPI's Memos to the Next President series, "Achieving Peace and Prosperity in the Greater Middle East -- One Tariff-Free Towel at a Time," traces the failure of past Middle East policies and outlines a plan to stabilize the region by encouraging globalization. Gresser advocates waiving tariffs on goods from moderate Middle Eastern nations that denounce terrorism and cooperate in regional peace efforts.
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Press Release | November 24, 2008
Ending Child Hunger Can Stimulate the Economy
In the long term, a well-fed population performs better in school, works more productively, and spends less on health care. According to a new PPI report, efforts to end hunger now would also directly improve the economy faster than Bush's 2008 stimulus package and streamline federal bureaucracy.
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Press Release | November 17, 2008
Three-Step Tax Reform
In "From Tax Cuts to Tax Reform," the the latest in the Progressive Policy Institute's (PPI) Memos to the Next President series, Paul Weinstein calls for sweeping tax reforms and offers a three-step plan that includes consolidating existing tax breaks, funding meaningful middle-class tax cuts with a securities-transaction tax, and simplifying business taxation.
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Press Release | November 7, 2008
Dealing with Nuclear Waste
In "America's Nuclear Waste and What to Do with It," the the latest in the Progressive Policy Institute's (PPI) Memos to the Next President series, Mark Ribbing and Bill Magwood call on the next president to begin investing in options that can reduce and recycle nuclear waste so nuclear energy can continue to meet America's energy demands and expand its role as a non-climate changing energy source.
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Press Release | November 7, 2008
Take NATO Global
PPI President Will Marshall calls on the next president to transform NATO from a North American and European pact to a global alliance of free nations. Marshall discusses how expanding NATO will bring new benefits to member states -- such as greater strength and influence; increased resources for collective safety; and enhanced international legitimacy.
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Press Release | October 28, 2008
U.S. Health Care System Wastes $700 Billion on Unneeded Tests
In "Improving Health Care -- by 'Spreading the Mayo'," the latest in the Progressive Policy Institute's (PPI) Memos to the Next President series, PPI Scholar David Kendall recommends that the next president issue a 'Mayo Challenge' to strive for patient care standards as good and economical as those of the world-renowned Mayo Clinic beginning with a shift from the current system of managed healthcare to an integrated system.
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Press Release | October 22, 2008
A Post-Partisan Solution to Fixing Social Security
In "A Progressive Fix for Social Security," the latest installment in PPI's "Memo to the Next President" series, Bob Pozen calls on the next president to make significant changes in the Social Security system arguing for progressive solutions which would tailor benefits to the needs of the recipients, while maintaining purchasing power for all beneficiaries.
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Press Release | October 17, 2008
New Report on Middle East Policy: "Hard-Power" Budget Dwarfs "Soft Power" 14 Times Over
Shadi Hamid suggests that while the next administration promises to bring a revitalized foreign policy strategy in the Middle East, they must strive for the support of the Arab and Muslim people, rather than their repressive governments. In "Necessary Risks" Hamid proposes a new approach to support greater democracy in the region.
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Press Release | October 14, 2008
A Global Environmental Watchdog with Teeth
In "Establishing a Global Environmental Organization (GEO)s," the latest installment in PPI's "Memo to the Next President" series, PPI Senior Scholar Jan Mazurek, Ph.D. and PPI Director of the Project on Trade and Global Markets Edward Gresser take a hard look at the current, disjointed state of environmental enforcement and the need for accountability for international agreements.
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Press Release | October 9, 2008
New Report: Scientific Atrophy Threatens American Economy
The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) paper released today, "Short-Changing Our Future: America's Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish Approach to Supporting Tomorrow's Scientists," examines whether America is ready to lead in the race for new technology with an aging and underfunded academic research system.
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Press Release | October 8, 2008
Lobbyists Spend $5 Million on Each Congressman -- Next President Must Embrace Reform
PPI's New Memo to the Next President Calls for Attack on "Politics as Usual"
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