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Policy Briefs
Ashley Tjhung

The Conservative Attack on Federal Agency Power

Erosion of Chevron deference would be a massive win for corporations and the conservative legal movement, at the expense of the public interest.

Environmental Standards and the GSP: A Proposal

The United States has long granted trade preferences to developing countries that meet various criteria. These criteria, which are stipulated by the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), have changed with time — reflecting U.S. economic and foreign policy priorities.  While the criteria
Research
David Callahan
Cristina Vasile

Environmental Standards and the GSP: A Policy Brief

The United States has long granted trade preferences to developing countries that meet various criteria. These criteria, which are stipulated by the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), have changed with time — reflecting U.S. economic and foreign policy priorities. While the criteria include
Policy Briefs
David Callahan
Cristina Vasile

The Operation, Impact, and Future of the U.S. Preference Programs

Testimony of Margrete Strand Ranges, Director of the Sierra Club's Responsible Trade Program Demos, in collaboration with a variety of environmental groups, including the Sierra Club, helped prepare the following testimony presented at the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the operation
Testimony and Public Comment
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for International Environmental Law
Defenders of Wildlife
Sierra Club

Six Principles for True Systemic Risk Reform: A Policy Brief

Comprehensive and meaningful systemic risk reform must undo many of the ill-advised deregulatory measuresof the past 20 years, including the four key changes wrought by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.

Policy Briefs
Nomi Prins
Heather C. McGhee

A Brief History of the Glass-Steagall Act

Background on one of the landmark pieces of financial reform legislation associated with Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.

Research
James Lardner

Government, The Economy and We, The People

Creating Public Will to Shape an Economy that Works for All
Policy Briefs
Topos Partnership

Promoting Broad Prosperity: A Topos Strategy and Research Brief

Since the Spring of 2007 and continuing into the Summer of 2009, Public Works: The Demos Center for the Public Sector and the Topos Partnership have collaborated on a Ford Foundation-funded effort to create a new public conversation on the role of government in the economy. This effort has included
Research
Meg Bostrom
Joe Grady

Is Everyone Else Doing It? Indiana's Voter Identification Law in International Perspective

From the Harvard Law and Policy Review  
Research
Tova Andrea Wang

Interim Study to Examine the Issue of Election Day Registration: Testimony of Allegra Chapman

Demos Democracy Program Counsel Allegra Chapman's testimony before the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature on the benefits of Same Day Registration.
Testimony and Public Comment

The Squeeze Is On: The Impact of the Recession on Young People

Even before the Great Recession of 2008, today's young adults were on track to have the dubious distinction of being the first generation in a century not likely to end up better off than their parents. Stagnant wages, job insecurity, the decline in employer sponsored health insurance and retirement
Policy Briefs
Jose Garcia
Algernon Austin