Economy

A Call for Innovation: Maintaining America’s “Software” While Pooling Global Talent

By Elizabeth Laferriere In the State of the Union address President Barack Obama challenged his countrymen to “out-innovate” the rest of the world and “make America the best place on Earth to do business.” His emotive rhetoric appealed to the perception of America’s entrepreneurial spirit: “what we can do – what America does better than […]

Interview with Alice Rivlin

by Ryan Greenfield and Chris Schreck Alice Rivlin is currently a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a visiting professor at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute. Formerly Chair of the Congressional Budget Office during the ‘70’s and ‘80’s, Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Clinton, and Vice Chair of the […]