16 Apr Economic Opportunity Index – Health Care Statistics
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Health and Social Safety Net: A Brief on Major Findings from Hope Street Group’s Economic Opportunity Index. EOI Health Care Statistics ...
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01 Apr Building The Opportunity Economy: An American Dream Agenda for the First 100 Days (Economic Opportunity Index)
How much opportunity do Americans have today compared to 25 years ago? How does opportunity compare across gender and racial groups? What will matter most in ensuring opportunity in America in the future? The Economic Opportunity Index (EOI) is a tool for measuring the extent to which Americans...
01 Feb Closing our Educational Achievement Gaps: Fostering Innovation in K-12 Education
Friday, February 1st, 2008 America’s education system is losing ground internationally. In 2006, American 15-year olds ranked 25th out of 30 industrialized countries in math and 21st in science. Meanwhile, taxpayers pay an estimated $1 billion annually to cover remedial college courses simply because a high...
16 Jan “Restoring Principles to the Housing Market: A Three- Part Strategy for Sub-prime Mortgage Reform”
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 As a steppingstone to the middle class, homeownership is at the core of the American Dream. Homeownership stabilizes neighborhoods, helps families and individuals build wealth, and keeps the U.S. economy strong. However, the recent mortgage crisis has decreased homeownership rates and threatens...
03 Jan Ending Corporate Favoritism: Reforming Corporate Taxes & Subsidies to Create a Level Playing Field
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 Executive Summary The Opportunity America’s corporate tax code is a mess. At 39%, our top tax rate is among the highest in the world, but loopholes mean that many companies pay nothing.1 This system hurts our economy in several ways. High corporate tax rates encourage...
15 Dec Compete, Don’t Retreat: Promoting Opportunity and Growth through Open & Fair Trade
Saturday, December 15th, 2007 Anti-trade rhetoric, once largely limited to populist policymakers and street protestors, has become a fixture in the political debate on both sides. Republicans and Democrats alike, spurred by surveys indicating that a majority of Americans are opposed to free trade agreements, are...
12 Dec Harvesting the Returns of Quality Preschool
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 Presidential candidates, take note. Voters want a leader who envisions a strong and prosperous American 21st century and who will do whatever necessary to make that positive future a reality. The public’s negative response to the presidential veto of S-CHIP reflects broad...
18 Oct Hope Street Group Recommends Universal Preschool
Thursday, October 18th, 2007 In its most recent policy paper, “Investing in America’s Future: Harvesting the Returns of Quality Preschool,” Hope Street Group (HSG), a policy exchange made up of business, political, and civic leaders focusing on economic opportunity and prosperity, recommends establishing a federal fund...
25 Aug Personal and Family Savings Policy Brief
Introduction to the Issue Personal and family savings enhance American economic prosperity by supplying the investment capital that is necessary to ensure long-term economic growth and job creation, while reducing dependence on more volatile sources of capital such as lending by foreign central banks. Equally important,...
08 Aug Omidyar Network Awards a $1 Million Grant to Hope Street Group
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 The Hope Street Group, a non-partisan policy research organization founded and operated by young business leaders from the private sector, announced today that Omidyar Network has awarded a $1 million grant to provide general operations support over three years and a one-time...