The Biggest Economic Stories of the Dec ade, Congress’s Startling Year, and More

January 2, 2020

The period from 2010 to 2020 saw the longest economic recovery on record, but there’s more to the past ten years than the Great Recession. As we begin a new decade, Brookings experts share their thoughts on the economic stories that shaped the last one, from health care spending to teen employment.

“The world is at a crossroads, where one turn can make all the difference.” Amid global conflicts, democratic backsliding, and societal divisions, Kaushik Basu says that all of the world’s citizens have a role to play in averting an even darker decade.

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