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Reuters/Fred - Prouserob seekers use computers to search for jobs in California

From Prison to Work: Overcoming Barriers to Reentry

Friday, December 05, 2008
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

On December 5, The Hamilton Project will host a policy discussion on the challenges of prisoner reentry featuring remarks by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin and a keynote address by U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D-Va.). The event will also feature a policy roundtable with a diverse group of experts on the need for a national prisoner reentry strategy. Read More

Labor

UPCOMING EVENT: Improving the Measurement of Poverty

Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi - Boy plays with his sister as he waits for his father to pick up supplies from a point of distribution

Improving the Measurement of Poverty

Tuesday, December 09, 2008
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

On December 9, The Hamilton Project will host a policy forum and release a new discussion paper on the need for a new national poverty measure. In their paper, co-authors Rebecca M. Blank of the Brookings Institution and Mark H. Greenberg ofGeorgetown University propose a new poverty measure that better reflects the actual economic conditions of low-income Americans. Hamilton Project Advisory Council members Roger C. Altman of Evercore Partners and Robert Reischauer of the Urban Institute will open the forum and lead the discussion. Read More

U.S. Poverty, U.S. Economy

Recent Event

Paul Morigi - Lawrence Summers, Greg Ip, Sheila Bair and Eric Mindich at a Brookings event.

The Future of Housing and Credit Markets

Tuesday, September 23, 2008
8:45 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

Financial chaos highlights housing and credit market problems that policy-makers must address. A Hamilton Project discussion on September 23 featured FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair, Eton Park Capital Management CEO Eric Mindich and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers. Video clips and full event audio are now available. Read More

Mortgage Market, Housing, U.S. Economy, Financial Markets, Financial Institutions

Advisory Council Member Alan Blinder on TARP

Advisory Council member Alan Blinder testified before the House Financial Services Committee, focusing on the current economic troubles and the importance of properly pursuing and implementing the legislative goals of the Troubled Assets Relief Program. Read More

Advisory Council Member Gene Sperling on Economic Stimulus

Advisory Council Member Gene Sperling testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, focusing on the potential for temporary increases in healthcare and Medicaid funding as part of an overall stimulus package. Read More

Research and Commentary

Facilitating Shared Appreciation Mortgages to Prevent Housing Crashes and Affordability Crises

Andrew Caplin, Noël B. Cunningham, Mitchell Engler, Frederick Pollock, September 2008

If current trends continue, today’s default crisis will soon be followed by an affordability crisis as an ever-increasing number of American households find themselves locked out of credit and unable to transition to homeownership. In this paper, Andrew Caplin, Nöel Cunningham, Mitchell Engler and Frederick Pollock argue that development of shared appreciation mortgage (SAM) markets would moderate the impending decline in homeownership and lower the risk of future housing crashes. Read More

The Hamilton Project

$25,000 Awarded to Students in Hamilton Project Policy Innovation Prive Competition

The Hamilton Project announced the winners of the 2008 Hamilton Project Policy Innovation Prize. Nathan Punwani, a recent graduate of Lehigh University, is the winner of the undergraduate prize and Robert Nelb, a student at Yale University, is the winner of the graduate-level prize. Kaitlyn Murphy of the University of Maryland and James Coan of Princeton University were chosen as runners-up in the competition. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin, a founding member of The Hamilton Project Advisory Council, will award the prizes to Punwani and Nelb at an event in Washington, DC on December 5th. Read More

Upcoming Events

From Prison to Work: Overcoming Barriers to Reentry
December 5, 2008
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
The National Press Club, Washington, DC

Improving the Measurement of Poverty
December 9, 2008
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
The Phoenix Park Hotel, Washington, DC

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