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HEALTHCARE: Patient Decision Aids and Shared Decision Making
September 16 : Every medical treatment comes with the possibility of both benefits and harms. Understanding these tradeoffs is...
ECONOMIC GROWTH: Losing Middle America?
September 15 : Is the American Dream of opportunity and increasing prosperity out of reach for the average American worker? What is...
AMERICAN STRATEGY: Whither Command of the Commons?
September 13 : Introduction: Command of the Commons and U.S. PrimacyIn 1805, British Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated a combined Franco...
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Go Big on Deficit Reduction

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The Committee for a Reponsible Federal Budget has gathered over 60 business leaders, experts, and former government officials to push Congress to exceed its mandate to cut deficits "go big" on reducing U.S. debt. The effort has turned some heads and, as the super committee begins its work, there's hope lawmakers will heed this call to action.

As more emerges, keep apprised of updates by visting CRFB's blog "The Bottom Line."

Recently at New America

In this excerpt from the event "Reflections on the Post-9/11 Decade," Steve Coll and Peter Bergen offer their thoughts on the state of the country and the War on Terror now 10 years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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Next Social Contract

middleclass_homes.jpgAs more and more gloomy economic news piles on, it's becoming clearer and clearer that the middle class in the U.S. is in a major crisis. What happens if the job market polarizes into high-paying and low-paying jobs, widening income inequality?

The Next Social Contract Initiative series, Losing Middle America, examines the polarization of the labor market, growing wage inequality, and the causes of these phenomena in both the United States and other wealthy countries.