Papers

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Transitioning to a New U.S. International Economic Policy: Toward a ‘Global Deal’ to Revive and Broaden the Benefits of Growth

Center for American Progress (CAP), IDS

Instead of expending scarce political capital on economically marginal free trade agreements, the new administration should focus on retooling and realigning the full spectrum of international aid, trade, and monetary policies so that they collectively serve to strengthen aggregate demand worldwide by building a larger, more prosperous global and US middle class.

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Virtuous Circle: Strengthening Broad-Based Global Progress in Living Standards

Center for American Progress (CAP)

First of three policy briefs published at CAP proposing a fundamental, effectively post-neoliberal, shift in global economic integration and related US policies, re-anchoring them in the broader objective of raising the living standards and purchasing power of median households in developed and developing countries alike.