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PPI | Front & Center | January 5, 2009
Imports as Inputs
By Doug Karmin
The assumption that all imports are bad because they compete against U.S.-based companies is flawed, and needs to be examined.
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Policy Report | July 9, 2008
Winning in the World Economy II
The DLC's Global Economy Project, chaired by Rep. Greg Meeks (D-N.Y.), presents a comprehensive white paper that offers a foundation for a progressive response to the global economy and the challenges and opportunities it poses for America. The paper combines comprehensive analysis of issues with practical and ambitious policy ideas in competitiveness, trade policy, domestic food safety, global environmental governance, and other issues.
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The Wall Street Journal | Opinion | June 9, 2008
Confessions of a Pro-Trade Democrat
By Al From
America can compete, win and prosper in the global marketplace. Shaping an economic strategy to achieve that should be among the next president's highest priorities.
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Soft Skull Press | Book | November 21, 2007
Freedom From Want
By Edward Gresser
In this provocative new book, Gresser shows how his fellow liberals who look to put the brakes on globalization have unwittingly turned their backs on the poor, and have abandoned a tradition heralded by Roosevelt, Kennedy, and Clinton.
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DLC | New Dem Dispatch | October 16, 2007
Trade, Technology, and Middle-Class Jobs
Getting the basic facts straight on the actual impact of trade and technology on middle class jobs is more important than ever. That's why the Progressive Policy Institute has just published two important papers on the subject.
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The Miami Herald | Opinion | October 12, 2007
Follow Principles of Fair Globalization
By Rep. Gregory Meeks and Ed Gresser
Can Democrats agree on trade? Our party has been divided on the topic for 40 years, often bitterly. But next month's vote on a free-trade agreement with Peru shows that consensus may not be out of reach.
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PPI | Policy Report | October 3, 2007
The Facts on Trade Deficits and Jobs
By Doug Karmin
Any policy that seeks to save American jobs by reducing imports is likely to be counterproductive.
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PPI | Policy Report | October 3, 2007
The Truth About Middle Class Jobs
By Stephen J. Rose
Despite increased trade and globalization, America is not losing middle class jobs.
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PPI | Policy Report | September 7, 2007
Spoiled
By Jessica Milano
Each year, 76 million Americans get sick from eating spoiled, contaminated, or adulterated food, resulting in roughly 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths. In this paper, PPI offers five simple ideas to improve food safety.
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DLC | New Dem Dispatch | July 20, 2007
Idea of the Week: A Progressive Economic Message
There is truly a choice to be made in handling our country's econonic challenges between a populism that relies on Americans' fears, and a progressivism that seeks positively to turn fear into hope.
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DLC | Project Description | June 20, 2007
Global Economy Project
The Project will develop progressive national policies designed to help preserve America's role as the global economic leader in the 2010s, and to help workers and families manage the stresses and take advantage of the opportunities created by the rapidly evolving global economy.
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The Democratic Strategist | Column | May 9, 2007
Populist, Social Democrat or Progressive? The Democrats' Choice on Trade
By Will Marshall and Ed Gresser
On trade, a better model for today's Democrats is the Progressives, who came after the populists. They agitated for fundamental reforms in government and society that went with, rather than against, the grain of industrial transformation and urbanization. That is why they succeeded where populists failed -- in gaining power and governing.
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DLC | Blueprint Magazine | April 23, 2007
Lou Dobbs is Wrong!
By Edward Gresser
America is losing manufacturing jobs, but that doesn't mean it is de-industrializing. Quite the contrary.
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PPI | Testimony | April 18, 2007
"Is 'Free Trade' Working?"
By Edward Gresser
Testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade and Tourism.
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DLC | New Dem Dispatch | February 9, 2007
Lou Dobbs Is Wrong, But ...
Lou Dobbs is wrong about open trade policies decimating America's manufacturing base. But the anxieties he reflects are very real, and must be addressed boldly and immediately.
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PPI | Policy Report | February 9, 2007
Healthy Factories, Anxious Workers
By Edward Gresser
American industry is evolving very quickly, and its very success is eroding old sources of security for workers. We need to address the anxieties brought about by these changes with public policies that are grounded in an accurate diagnosis of the problem that is causing them.
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DLC | New Dem Dispatch | February 1, 2007
Idea of the Week: A Fresh Start For Trade Policy
It's clear the damage done to America's position in international trade under the Bush administration must be quickly reversed, and a new domestic bargain must be struck to restore public confidence in our country's ability to remain competitive in the global economy.
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DLC | Blueprint Magazine | January 4, 2007
Curing Globaphobia
By Will Marshall
A growing economy is supposed to help political incumbents. But instead of profiting from prosperity in the 2006 elections, Republicans got flattened by a mighty gust of globaphobia.
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DLC | Blueprint Magazine | January 4, 2007
The Politics of Globalization
By Mark J. Penn and Thomas Z. Freedman
Voters see globalization as a mixed bag -- low prices, but shaky jobs. Politicians must show they can make it all work.
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DLC | New Dem Dispatch | December 22, 2006
Globalization and Its Discontents
In an important new analysis of public opinion on globalization, pollster Mark Penn and former Clinton White House advisor Thomas Freedman have outlined the cross-cutting pressures arising from globalization, and the complex and often ambiguous attitudes of Americans from various economic sectors and ideological perspectives.
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