Reviving Economic Growth: A Cato Online Forum
In conjunction with the conference on the future of U.S. economic growth, the Cato Institute has organized a special online forum to explore possible avenues for pro-growth policy reforms. We have reached out to leading economists and policy experts and challenged them to answer the following question:
If you could wave a magic wand and make one or two policy or institutional changes to brighten the U.S. economy’s long-term growth prospects, what would you change and why?
Their answers can be found in the brief essays below.
This forum serves as a brainstorming session, not a blueprint for policy change. We have assembled an eclectic group of contributors from across the ideological spectrum to give readers exposure to a broad range of views and stimulate creative thinking about reform alternatives. These essays should not be construed as representing the views of the Cato Institute; furthermore, we are confident that there is considerable disagreement among the contributors regarding the merits of the ideas presented here. But by casting the net broadly, we hope to encourage fresh thinking about the daunting challenges facing the U.S. economy — and, with luck, to uncover surprising areas of agreement across the usual ideological divisions.
Experts:
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Dean Baker
Center for Economic and Policy Research
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Heather Boushey
Washington Center for Equitable Growth
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Tyler Cowen
George Mason University
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Lee Drutman
New America
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Susan Dudley
George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center
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Richard Florida
University of Toronto
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William Gale
Brookings Institution
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William Galston
Brookings Institution
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Edward Glaeser
Harvard University
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Jagadeesh Gokhale
Cato Institute
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Robin Hanson
George Mason University
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Douglas Holtz-Eakin
American Action Forum
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Morris Kleiner
University of Minnesota
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Arnold Kling
Cato Institute, Mercatus Center
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Robert Litan
Brookings Institution
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Michael Mandel
Progressive Policy Institute
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Jim Manzi
Manhattan Institute
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Donald Marron
Urban Institute, Tax Policy Center
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Megan McArdle
Bloomberg View
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Jeffrey Miron
Harvard University, Cato Institute
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Enrico Moretti
U.C.-Berkeley
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Ramesh Ponnuru
National Review, American Enterprise Institute
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Jonathan Rauch
Brookings Institution
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Reihan Salam
National Review
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Michael Strain
American Enterprise Institute
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Scott Sumner
Bentley University
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Steven Teles
Johns Hopkins University