The Breakthrough Institute: Economy and Social Policy

Economy and Social Policy

Manufacturing Growth: Advanced Manufacturing and the Future of the American Economy
A new report by the Breakthrough Institute and Third Way argues that the United States needs to rethink its approach to manufacturing to incentivize and enhance next generation "advanced manufacturing" and worker training.

October 2011

Presentation: "Where Good Technologies Come From"
From hybrid crops to blockbuster drugs, nuclear power to wind power, and microchips to the Internet, government support was critical to the productive public-private partnerships that spawned so many revolutionary American technologies.

December 2010

Where Good Technologies Come From: Case Studies in American Innovation
Where do good technologies come from? The history of American innovation shows that an active partnership between the public and private sectors has been key to developing breakthrough technologies, which have driven generations of economic prosperity. In an updated report, the Breakthrough Institute explores this partnership through a set of case studies in American innovation.

December 2010

Climate Psych: A Review of the Psychological and Economic Factors that Shape Attitudes on Global Warming
Authored by Nordhaus and Shellenberger using data from American Environics. (PDF)

May 2009

Obama Needs an Economic Philosophy
Teryn Norris and Adam Zemel in the Huffington Post.

February 2009

The Danger of Green Stimulus
A cautionary note about losing sight of climate objectives amidst all the fervor about green jobs and green stimulus. ... Jesse Jenkins and Teryn Norris in the Huffington Post.

January 2009

Deficit Spend to Remake the U.S. Economy
Teryn Norris in the San Francisco Chronicle.

December 2008

Fresh Start: A Proposal to Rebuild LIves through the Redemptive Power of Work
This document was created in the Fall of 2006 by The Breakthrough Institute, The Center for American Progress, and American Environics. (PDF)

November 2006

Putting Government Back to Work: A Proposal to Restore Civic Pride
A Proposal to Restore Civic Pride. (PDF)

November 2006

Toward a Renewed Social Contract
A Proposal to Frame the Debate and Advance a Progressive Values Agenda Around Preparedness and Reconstruction in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina (PDF)

November 2006

Health Care for Hybrids
Investing in Oil Savings, Retiree Health Care, and a Revitalized Auto Industry for a Stronger America by Bracken Hendricks, Ted Nordhaus, Roland Hwang and Nick Shipley. (PDF)

June 2005

Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility. A new politics for a new century, one focused on aspirations, not complaints, possibility, not limits. Coming October 4, 2007