Latest Policy Papers

FINANCIAL REFORM: The Consumer Financial Protection Agency
February 16 : Given the role played by the financial sector in the Great Recession of 2008-2009, the case for reform of the financial...
EDUCATION: Summary and Analysis of President Obama’s Education Budget Request
February 02 : President Barack Obama submitted his second budget request to Congress on February 1st, 2010. The detailed budget...
ECONOMICS: A Proposal for Genuine Financial Reform
January 26 : "Is the president finally getting serious about real financial reform? Last Thursday, Obama called for the biggest...
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Books from New America

Cornered

Barry C. Lynn's latest book Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction traces the consolidation of power in nearly every sector of the American economy.

Lynn joined New America for a discussion of his book this week.



Who Broke America’s Jobs Machine?

Image courtesy of The Washington Monthly

In the cover story of the March/April issue of the Washington Monthly, New America's Barry Lynn and Phil Longman argue that corporate consolidation is crippling job creation in America.

Counterterrorism

Al-Qaeda Central: New America’s Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative and Foreign Policy magazine teamed up for a conference on the current state of the threat from al-Qaeda’s Afghanistan- and Pakistan-based central leadership.

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Recent Blog Posts

You Won't See This in California...
Joe Mathews
February 28, 2010
Forging a Vision on a Foggy Day
Maria Sotero
February 26, 2010
How to Teach Kids Money Matters
Justin King
February 26, 2010
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