Issues & Policy / Economics

Grab hold of the levers

History is talking

History is talking

Animate Background

fire extinguisher

Immigration

Cooler heads

The next president should use his or her authority and leadership to reset the debate by de-escalating the inflamed national discourse on this subject and ratcheting down the stakes on immigration policy, with the ultimate goal of passing substantive and durable reform.

Anna O. Law

CUNY Brooklyn College

The Presidency

First Words: Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981

In his first speech as president, Ronald Reagan laid out his conservative agenda in optimistic tones

Thomas van der Voort

Miller Center

Alice Rivlin recording her oral history interview

Economic Issues

Deficit reduction in Bill Clinton's first budget

Listen as Alice Rivlin remembers the budget debates of President Clinton's first year

Tom van der Voort

Miller Center

Economic Issues

What a drag: inequality and the economy

Derek S. Hoff argues that the next president should emphasize the macroeconomic benefits of reducing inequality

Derek S. Hoff

University of Utah

Taxation

Treating America’s Fiscal Myopia

Ajay K. Mehrotra argues that the next president should more clearly connect tax and spending policies

Ajay K. Mehrotra

American Bar Foundation

Franklin Roosevelt preparing to deliver his first fireside chat

Finance and Banking

FDR's first fireside chat: the banking crisis

The first of FDR's 30 fireside chats addressed the banking crisis in a uniquely personal way

Bryan Craig

Miller Center