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Collaboration in the Rural West

A forest collaborative, tribal government, environmental group and stewardship organization in Idaho and Oregon together explore how tension brought about by changes in natural resource management and local economies has catalyzed new alliances among interests that have been polarized for decades.

BY Doug Decker, Senior Fellow, Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University

Blog Post

07.22.2019
US Economy

How Do Rich Neighborhoods Exist So Close to Poor Ones?

The research of Harvard economist Raj Chetty shows that the scale of inequality is incredibly small.

BY Joe Pinsker

Blog Post

06.26.2019
US Economy

What Innovation Really Means

Efosa Ojomo, senior research fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, is a 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival speaker.

BY Efosa Ojomo

Blog Post

06.05.2019
US Economy

Rural Development Hubs Executive Summary

This executive summary explains why Rural Development Hubs are important, how they work, and what it takes to do that work. It also discusses policy levers and enabling environments that can strengthen Rural Development Hubs, and that foster community and economic development that advances both equity and prosperity.

BY Community Strategies Group

Publication

05.13.2019
US Economy

All Workers Deserve Simplified Tax Filing

This tax day, we have highlighted a number of challenges that U.S. taxpayers face navigating the current tax filing system and shared some ways to help taxpayers file accurately and expediently, regardless of their work arrangement.

BY Shelly Steward

Blog Post

04.15.2019
US Economy

Improving Opportunity Through Minimum Zoning Mandates

Dramatic differences in income, productivity, and housing costs within the United States make geographic mobility important for spreading prosperity. State-level Minimum Zoning Mandates (MZMs) allowing landowners to build at a state-guaranteed minimum density, even in municipalities resistant to development, would be an effective means of encouraging denser housing development.

BY Joshua D. Gottlieb

Longform

02.04.2019
US Economy

Economic Strategy for Higher Wages and Expanded Labor Participation

We propose two alternative policy options for promoting increased earnings and employment of low-income households: expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) among childless workers, and implementing a wage subsidy for low-income workers that would be administered through employers.

Longform

02.04.2019
US Economy

Expanding Economic Opportunity for More Americans

The American economy is stronger today than it has been in many years. But our nation’s economic performance has not been even, and prosperity is not as widespread as it once was.

BY Aspen Economic Strategy Group

Longform

02.04.2019
US Economy

Expanding Economic Opportunity for Americans

Bipartisan Policies to Increase Work, Wages, and Skills

Longform

02.04.2019
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