Publication

State of Play: Proxy Season 2024

In this report, CAS highlights 21 upcoming annual meetings where our benchmarking raises concerns about the pace of progress on energy...

Part of the series Financing the Energy Transition

A First Look at Student Debt Cancellation

The first analysis of the policy-driven student debt cancellation that has been enacted over the last several years.

Part of the series Millennial Student Debt

News Coverage of Phenomenal World’s Brazil Launch with Adam Tooze

Widespread coverage of Brazilian Minister of Finance Fernando Haddad's comments during the launch event.

Labor Market Policy and the Energy Transition: A Problem Statement

"Can skilled labor supply expand at the necessary pace to green our energy system, without wasting an opportunity to negotiate...

Part of the series Labor Market Policy and the Energy Transition

Nuclear Memo

"JFI modeling suggests that, even with existing reactor designs, greenfield nuclear power plants can be a competitive source of clean,...

Part of the series Financing the Energy Transition

The Tax Liability Red Herring: Defending Child Tax Credit Reforms

Analysis responding to the latest Congressional debates: Insisting CTC improvements go to families who have federal tax liability would ensure...

Part of the series Policy Microsimulations

Responding To the Bipartisan Child Tax Credit Expansion Critics: The Tenuous Evidence Behind Work Disincentives

This report attempts to explain comprehensively why objections to the CTC reforms on the grounds of disincentivizing work are mistaken.

Part of the series Policy Microsimulations

Bipartisan Child Tax Credit Expansion: Analysis of the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024

Congressional tax negotiators have announced an agreement to expand the Child Tax Credit (CTC). The proposal significantly increases benefits for...

Part of the series Policy Microsimulations

Student Debt Relief for Borrowers with Negative Amortization

The first installment of Part 14 in the Millennial Student Debt Series, this report analyzes systemic issues in student debt non-repayment...

Part of the series Millennial Student Debt

Now hiring: Assistant Editor, Phenomenal World

Phenomenal World (PW) is seeking a part-time assistant editor to join its editorial team.

The Impact of Families with No Income on an Expanded Child Tax Credit

Breaking down the benefits of the expanded CTC by income group.

Part of the series Policy Microsimulations

Student Debt and Homeownership Barriers in Washington, D.C.

Part 13 in the Millennial Student Debt Series, this collaborative report sheds light on the intertwined challenges of student loan debt...

Part of the series Millennial Student Debt

Mexico’s Petroleum Hedging Program as Counter-Cyclical Insurance

A new report and modeling exercise point to the possible relevance of this successful petroleum hedging strategy to other exporting...

Cash at the State Level: Guaranteed Income Through the Child Tax Credit

Eleven states have passed refundable CTCs ranging in value from $300 to $1,750 per eligible child.

Phenomenal World Event: Varieties of Derisking

On industrial policy, state capacity, macrofinance, and the green transition.

We Take Mumbucas: Charting the Complementary Currency That’s Transforming a Brazilian City

A new report by Andrea Gama and interactive visualization from Francis Tseng.

Part of the series Social Wealth Seminar

The Repayment Pause and the Continuing Crisis of Non-Repayment

Part 12 in the Millennial Student Debt Series, this report analyzes student loan repayment during the pandemic repayment moratorium.

Part of the series Millennial Student Debt

The Polycrisis in the news

The Polycrisis returns to the New York Times.

New Phenomenal World series: Market Microstructures

JFI Fellow Elham Saeidinezhad has launched a new series on Phenomenal World consisting of interviews with market-makers and analysis of...

Municipal Bank of LA: Interactive Balance Sheet Simulator

The simulator enables the public to allocate resources among the proposed public bank lending programs, testing cost and profit assumptions...

Part of the series Municipal Public Banking

Municipal Bank of LA: Clean Energy Portfolio Options

Paired with new federal incentives through the Inflation Reduction Act, this briefing covers ways a public bank could crucially accelerate...

Part of the series Municipal Public Banking

Municipal Bank of LA: Financial Justice Portfolio Options

This briefing analyzes innovative financing mechanisms that could help employees purchase small businesses from a "silver tsunami" of retiring owners...

Part of the series Municipal Public Banking

Municipal Bank of LA: Democratic Governance Frameworks

A briefing by Michael McCarthy of the Berggruen Institute on deliberative democracy for public finance and investment.

Part of the series Municipal Public Banking

Municipal Bank of LA: Housing Solutions and Portfolio Options

An analysis of how a public bank in Los Angeles could support the city’s broader infrastructure, housing, and sustainability...

Part of the series Municipal Public Banking