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Preamble
Throughout our nation’s history, Americans have found the courage to do right by our children’s future. Deep down, every American knows we face a moment of truth once again. We cannot play games or put off hard choices any longer. Without regard to party, we have a patriotic duty to keep the promise of America to give our children and grandchildren a better life.

For Rent: The Ongoing Perils of Commercial Real Estate
An ABTV Industry Watch Report

As the economic recession has pummeled the overall economy, it has decimated the Commercial Real Estate industry. With the general economy showing signs of stabilizing, government, financial institutions, industries and investors have turned from handling the emergency triage of the immediate economy-threatening financial crises of the recent past to identifying and managing the crises on the horizon. While the residential real estate industry has been the poster child for the struggles of the financial markets, the Commercial Real Estate industry must now face its own challenges.

Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar Jill Shankleman conducted a six-month research project to examine the impact of China's oil and mining companies' recent overseas expansion on the governance of resource wealth.

Farewell to Cheap Capital?
The implications of long-term shifts in global investment and saving

The recent bursting of the global credit bubble followed three decades in which capital became progressively cheaper and more readily available. Today, interest rates remain very low for several reasons, including economic weakness in developed economies, little demand for new credit by heavily indebted households, and central bank monetary policies aimed at stimulating growth. Many people have come to believe that low interest rates now are the norm.

Payment Card Networks under Assault
How Capping Interchange Fees Will Hurt Consumers, Charities, Community Banks, and Credit Unions

Executive Summary
In recent years, the use of credit and debit cards to purchase goods and services has surged in the United States, and American consumers pay with “plastic” now more than ever before.

The growth in popularity of payment cards has benefi ted greatly both consumers and retailers. Innovations in electronic payment networks have improved the efficiency of business transactions, enabled seamless and secure digital commerce, and provided consumers with valuable tools for saving money and managing personal finances.

The 2010 State New Economy Index
Benchmarking Economic Transformation in the States

Introduction
While every state continues to experience the impacts of the economic downturn and resulting recession, it will be many years before we understand the full nature and causes of the financial crisis. But it appears that one of the contributing factors to both the crisis and the anemic nature of the recovery has been the weakened position of the U.S. economy in global markets.

This relatively untold story of the recession and recovery is, in fact, perhaps one of the major developments in the U.S. economy, one that will have significant impacts on state economies for decades into the future—particularly if the nation continues to ignore the issue.

Executive Summary
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