Progressive Growth

Transforming America’s Economy through Clean Energy, Innovation, and Opportunity

The Center for American Progress offers a fiscally responsible investment plan to:

Grow our economy through the transformation to a low-carbon economy and leadership in innovation, technology, and science.

Recreate a ladder of economic mobility so that Americans may make a better life for themselves and their families, and America may be a land with a thriving and expanding middle class prospering in the global economy. An overview of the entire plan can be found in:

Progressive Growth
Transforming America’s Economy through Clean Energy, Innovation, and Opportunity
By John Podesta, Sarah Rosen Wartell, and David Madland

Other reports detailing aspects of the challenges and recommendations in the Progressive Growth plan are:

Capturing the Energy Opportunity
Creating a Low-Carbon Economy
By John Podesta, Todd Stern, and Kit Batten

A National Innovation Agenda
Progressive Policies for Economic Growth and Opportunity through Science and Technology
By Tom Kalil and John Irons

Opportunity and Security for Working Americans
Creating the Conditions for Success in the Global Economy
By Louis Soares, Andrew Jakabovics, and Tim Westrich (forthcoming)

Virtuous Circle
Strengthening Broad-Based Global Progress in Living Standards
By Richard Samans and Jonathan Jacoby

Responsible Investment
A Budget and Fiscal Policy Plan for Progressive Growth
By David Madland and John Irons

Other reports developing these and other new ideas will be published as part of the Progressive Growth series of economic policy proposals from the Center for American Progress. The first, "Serving America: A National Service Agenda for the Next Decade," by Shirley Sagawa, was published in September 2007. Future reports will include: "New Strategies for the Education of Working Adults," by Brian Bosworth (forthcoming); and "Social Entrepreneurship and Impact: Creating a Climate to Foster Social Innovation," by Michele Jolin.