Series
NEXT
NEXT is made up of in-depth, commissioned academic research papers that look at trends that will shape policy over the coming decades. In particular, we are aiming to unpack some of the prevailing assumptions that routinely define, and often constrain, Democratic and progressive economic and social policy debates.
In this series, we seek to answer the central domestic policy challenge of the 21st century: how to ensure American middle-class prosperity and individual success in an era of ever-intensifying globalization and technological upheaval. It’s the defining question of our time, and one that, as a country, we’re far from answering.
Each paper dives into one aspect of middle-class prosperity—such as the workplace, education, retirement, or the safety net. And by doing that, we’ll be able to help push the conversation toward a new, more modern understanding of America’s middle-class challenges—and spur fresh ideas for a new era.
Promoting Rural Entrepreneurship and Rural Economic Development
Neil A. Belson
White Working-Class Men in a Changing American Workforce
Stephen Rose
Innovator's Dilemma: IPO or No?
Shai Bernstein
Empowering Equality: 5 Challenges Faced by Women Entrepreneurs
Susan Coleman, Alicia Robb
Having a Stake: Evidence and Implications for Broad-based Employee Stock Ownership and Profit Sharing
Joseph Blasi, Douglas Kruse, Richard Freeman
Rise of the Angel Investor: A Challenge to Public Policy
Josh Lerner, Antoinette Schoar
Geographies of Inequality
Joel Kotkin
GLUT: The U.S. Economy and the American Worker in the Age of Oversupply
Daniel Alpert
Student Loans and Graduation from American Universities
Rachel E. Dwyer
The End of the American Dream? Student Loan Debt and Homeownership Among Young Adults
Jason N. Houle, Lawrence M. Berger
Jobless Recoveries
Henry Siu, Nir Jaimovich
A Less Dynamic American Economy: What's Going On?
Ian Hathaway, Robert Litan
Net Gains and Losses: A Modern Labor Market and a New Deal Welfare State
Eva Bertram
The Fatherhood Bonus and The Motherhood Penalty: Parenthood and the Gender Gap in Pay
Michelle J. Budig
Moving to Opportunity: The Effects of Concentrated Poverty on the Poor
Jens Ludwig
The Secret Behind College Completion: Girls, Boys, and The Power of Eighth Grade Grades
Thomas A. DiPrete, Claudia Buchmann
$1 Trillion and Rising: A Plan for a $10K Degree
Anya Kamenetz
A Tale of Two Clones
Richard Freeman
Post-Corporate: the Disappearing Corporation in the New Economy
Gerald Davis
Dancing with Robots: Human Skills for Computerized Work
Frank Levy, Richard Murnane
Wayward Sons: The Emerging Gender Gap in Labor Markets and Education
David Autor, Melanie Wasserman
The Next Phase: Ushering in a New Era of American Retirement
John C. Scott