Aligning corporations and financial markets with the public interest and ensuring that all corporations are playing by the same rules. Our team focuses on strengthening financial regulations and matters of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG).
Government
Supporting a progressive recovery, American industries, and supply chains are all crucial to creating a stronger and more inclusive economy. Our team examines the progress being made toward an equitable economic recovery and advocates for policies that promote wealth-building by all.
Workers
Working to encourage the growth of union memberships and facilitating sectoral bargaining. Our efforts focus on executive and administrative reforms, modernizing union and labor laws, and building power for workers at all levels of government.
The Business, Government, and Workers team is committed to producing robust investments in people, jobs, physical capital, and the environment to achieve more inclusive and sustainable growth. We partner with experts from different fields and walks of life to ensure our efforts help create an economy that works for all.
Lessons From New Zealand’s New Sectoral Bargaining Law
Unions and policymakers in New Zealand are seeking a solution to address stagnant wages, rising economic inequality, and low productivity after the failures of worksite-only bargaining—and the United States can learn from their efforts.
The Benefits of Skills-Based Hiring for the State and Local Government Workforce
Skills-based practices can spur an equitable recovery in the state and local government workforce by ensuring that positions are open to all qualified applicants.
How Biden’s American-Style Industrial Policy Will Create Quality Jobs
The Inflation Reduction Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act are key pillars of a transformative industrial policy platform.
Testimony Before the US Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Todd Phillips testified before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry about S. 4760, the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act.
Effective Inflation Control Requires Supply-Side Policy
Fed inflation policy, which relies on demand reduction, needs to be augmented by supply-side actions; otherwise, there will be avoidable losses in output and employment.
The Inflation Reduction Act Provides Pathways to High-Quality Jobs
Incorporating labor and workforce training standards into this historic climate policy will ensure that the transition to a clean energy economy is built with good jobs.
David Madland discusses California's FAST Recovery Act, which gives the state's fast-food workers a seat at the negotiating table to help set industrywide standards.
Fed should supervise foreign banks like their U.S. counterparts
Lilith Fellowes-Granda argues that, for the sake of financial stability, the Federal Reserve should supervise foreign banks as they do their U.S. counterparts.
