The economic crisis is the most pressing domestic public-policy challenge facing the U.S. today. The Manhattan Institute is vigorously promoting a return to market-based principles as the only route to true recovery.

The Manhattan Institute provides a resource for readers who want a better understanding of economic fundamentals. Our scholars advance free-market solutions and economic growth on all levels. Nicole Gelinas, the Searle Freedom Trust Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal, is a leading expert on urban economics and finance, municipal and corporate finance, and business issues. Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a Manhattan Institute senior fellow and contributing editor of RealClearMarkets.com, is an expert on labor economics, economic regulation, and tax policy. Completing our expertise are senior fellows Edmund J. McMahon and Steven Malanga, who write on federal, state, and local tax and budget issues.

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Issue Areas

Labor Economics – Americans' top concern is jobs, and MI scholars have testified in Congress and written extensively on how to increase employment. Ideas include streamlining regulations; granting residency permits to entrepreneurs who have a track record of creating jobs in America; and removing the $2,000 tax on employers, effective 2014, who don't offer the right kind of health insurance.

Recession and Recovery – Although the recession ended in June 2009, GDP is growing only at one percent. The unemployment is still above 9 percent, with 44 percent of the unemployed out of work for six months or more. MI scholars are exploring what went wrong with the $1 trillion "stimulus," and how to move the economy to a stronger growth path.

Events
INCOME INEQUALITY IN THE U.S.: How Much Should We Be Concerned?	Supply-Side Economics: From the Reagan Era To Today	A Conversation with Paul Ryan	The Limits of Monetary Policy
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