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June 11, 2008

Capital Flows
Global FDI Policy

Overview Foreign investment has been a principal engine of global economic growth in recent years. Foreign investment, though, is not immune to the sort of resistance that we are seeing wi…

Council Special Report by David M. Marchick and Matthew J. Slaughter Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

June 22, 2007

Labor and Employment
The Case for Wage Insurance

Overview The openness of the United States to trade and technological innovation, as well as the flexibility of its labor market, has fueled impressive growth. In such an economy, workers are…

Council Special Report by Robert J. LaLonde Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

May 7, 2007

International Organizations
Reform of the International Monetary Fund

Overview The International Monetary Fund’s purpose and scope of work have changed dramatically since its founding after World War II. Whereas at first the Fund aimed to maintain monetary and ex…

Council Special Report by Peter B. Kenen Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

April 2, 2007

Immigration and Migration
The Economic Logic of Illegal Immigration

Overview Immigration reform is one of the most divisive issues confronting U.S. policymakers. The rise in the number of illegal immigrants in the United States over the past ten years—from five…

Council Special Report by Gordon H. Hanson Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

March 16, 2007

Trade
The United States and the WTO Dispute Settlement System

Overview The Doha negotiations have stalled since last summer, and, as the November elections in the United States highlighted, American advocates of economic nationalism are growing in strength. …

Council Special Report by Robert Z. Lawrence Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies