Michael Spence surveys a variety of economic development models, highlighting the problems of long-term sustainability inherent to each.

Peter Orszag discusses trends in U.S. jobs data that show large businesses are expanding their workforces at a more rapid clip than small businesses.

Unions are declining, and the working and middle classes are paying the price. Reviving labor won't be easy -- but doing so is critical to preserving America's economic and social health.

Jagdish Bhagwati and Francisco Rivera-Batiz suggest that interstate competition for illegal labor will force states with tough illegal immigration policies to soften their stances.

The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property was signed on March 20, 1883 and was revised or amended on various occasions, the last of which was on September 28, 1979.

The Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks was adopted on June 27, 1989; it was amended in October 2006 and November 2007. It concerns the international registration of trademarks and is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization.

The Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks was signed in 1891, revised at Brussels in 1900, Washington in 1911, the Hague in 1925, London in 1934, Nice in 1957, Stockholm in 1967, and amended in 1979. It concerns the international registration of trademarks and is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization.

President Obama formed the Council on Jobs to provide differing perspectives and non-partisan advice on bolstering the economy through fostering job creation, innovation, growth, and competitiveness. At this CFR meeting, experts discuss the Council's work and recommendations.

Jeffrey Zients, Robert Wolf, and Garrick Utley discuss the present situation of the US economy and what the US President is doing about it.

President Obama formed the Council on Jobs to provide differing perspectives and non-partisan advice on bolstering the economy through fostering job creation, innovation, growth, and competitiveness. At this CFR meeting, experts discuss the Council's work and recommendations.

North Carolina, which was struck harder by the loss of manufacturing than another other state, offers a realistic guide for communities across the United States with how best to adapt to this new era of growing international competition.

Sebastian Mallaby considers how the advent of smart supercomputers raises tough questions about inequality and jobs.

Peter Orszag uses counterintuitive findings about second jobs in America to underscore the importance of using real data when examining the labor market.

President Obama gave these remarks at a UAW conference on February 28, 2012 in Washington, DC.

China's cheap labor is reaching a tipping point, writes New York Times' Michelle Dammon Loyalka. Is Obama right to suggest that manufacturing may return to the United States?

Michael Hodin says the path to fiscal sustainability lies in funding research programs and healthy aging initiatives that reduce the government outlays needed to care for an aging population.

Jagdish Bhagwati recommends developing nations avoid emigration restrictions to stem the outflow of their skilled workers.

Two controversial U.S. anti-piracy bills have spotlighted the growing challenge of how to protect intellectual copyrights, particularly across international borders, without compromising Internet freedom.

The ILO Abolition of Forced Labor Convention of 1957 was adopted on June 25, 1957 by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation and entered into force on January 17, 1959.

Peter Orszag examines recent U.S. trends in retirement to better understand how the weak economy is affecting older workers.