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ECONOMIC GROWTH: The Progressive Case for Corporate Tax Reform
January 26 : In his January 2012 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama called for cutting taxes for companies that...
ASSET BUILDING: We Save, We Go to College
January 19 : “Creating a Financial Stake in College” is a four-part series of reports that focuses on the relationship between...
ASSET BUILDING: Does Structural Inequality Begin with a Bank Account?
January 12 : “Creating a Financial Stake in College” is a four-part series of reports that focuses on the relationship between...
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Analyzing the State of the Union

Senior Schwartz Fellow Rosa Brooks talks about what Obama's speech said -- or didn't say -- about his foreign policy "grand strategy."

Marc Goldwein, policy director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, discusses what the president's economic propsals mean for the federal debt.

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Intelligence Squared

israel-palestine-promo.jpgShould the U.N. admit Palestine as a full member state? Intelligence Squared U.S. hosted a debate on Jan. 10 in New York to argue whether Palestine deserves recognition as a state.

A video of the debate is availalbe at Intelligence Squared U.S.

New America's Daniel Levy, who argued for the motion, lays out his view that Israeli policy toward Palestinians actually harms the Jewish state in an article for Slate.