Globalization Initiative

NDN's Globalization Initiative was established to promote economic growth and restore broad-based prosperity in our globalized economy. Chaired by Dr. Robert Shapiro, Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs under President Bill Clinton, the program works toward modernizing our healthcare and energy policies; investing in 21st century skills for our workers and students, rebuilding America's infrastructure; and accelerating innovation across the economy. NDN also plays a major role in the debate over how to best manage the Great Recession and the crises impacting our housing and financial markets.

Visit the Globalization Initiative blog for more of our ongoing work.

Visit Globalization Initiative Chair Robert Shapiro's blog.

Visit Globalization Initiative Deputy Policy Director Jake Berliner's blog.

Features

A Lost Decade for Everyday Americans
Thu, Dec. 17 - In this paper, Jake Berliner, Deputy Policy Director of NDN's Globalization Initiative, argues that everyday Americans are at the end of a “lost decade” and explains the still misunderstood causes of the virulence of the recession.
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The Key to the Fall Debate: Staying Focused on the Economy
Thurs, Sept 3 - The last few months have not been good ones for Democrats, but there is a roadmap for how they can get back on track, and it revolves around staying relentlessly focused on the economy and the struggle of every day people.
The Key to the Fall Debate: Staying Focused on the Economy
A Stimulus for the Long Run
By Robert Shapiro and Simon Rosenberg, November 14, 2008 - Congress and President-elect Obama can use the stimulus not only to create more jobs, but to do so in ways that will drive the development of a 21st century economic infrastructure.
Keep People in Their Homes
By Simon Rosenberg and Robert Shapiro, September 23, 2008 - This narrative setting essay argues that leaders must do more to staunch the foreclosure crisis, which was at the heart of the financial meltdown.
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NDN Endorses the Global Poverty Act
April 30, 2008 - NDN President Simon Rosenberg announced that NDN is endorsing the Global Poverty Act, which was introduced by U.S Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) and passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last year.
The Idea-Based Economy and Globalization
By Robert Shapiro, January 23, 2008 - U.S. companies and workers lead the world in developing and applying new intellectual property, a critical advantage in innovation that policymakers should seek to advance in the age of globalization.
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U.S. Infrastructure
Michael Moynihan looks at the current state of public investment in infrastructure and proposes a set of measures to restore our national political will and improve funding mechanisms to rebuild and advance U.S. infrastructure.
U.S. Infrastructure
Economic Strategies & Globalization
This presentation details the results of extensive polling conducted by NDN and Benneson Strategy Group in October of 2007 on the American public's opinions about globalization and the changing economy.
NDN Poll: Americans’ Views of the Present and Future Economy - Anxiety and Opportunity
NDN, a progressive think tank and advocacy organization, completed a national survey on the economy and globalization on October 15th. This memo is the second of two memos outlining key findings and analysis from the poll.
NDN Poll: Clamoring for Change, Persistent Pessimism, Democrats Dominating on Economic Issues
NDN, a progressive think tank and advocacy organization, completed a national survey on the economy and globalization on October 15th. This is the first of two memos outlining key findings and analysis from the poll.