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Baker Briefing: Houston’s Looming Budget Crisis

The city of Houston’s budget is at a tipping point. For five consecutive years, the city outspent its revenues by $100–$200 million each year. With stop-gap options drying up, city officials must plot out a more sustainable plan for the longer term. How did Houston find itself in this budgetary bind, and where must city officials go from here? 
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early childhood education
Center for Public Finance | Report

Prime for Overhaul: Policy Tools for Solving the Child Care Crisis  

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Open business
McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth | Quick Take

What Do Third Ward Business Owners Think About Economic Development in Their Community?

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Property Taxes
Center for Public Finance | Working Paper

75 Years of Research on the Property Tax

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China + Economy
Center for Energy Studies | Policy Brief

The US-China Economic Relationship Needs ‘Robust De-Risking,’ and a Little Strategic ‘Decoupling’

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Arab Gulf Map
Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Center for Energy Studies | Research Paper

The Arab Gulf Helps Fuel the Global Economy. What It Means for the Energy Transition

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Center for Energy Studies | Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Commentary

The Arab Embargo 50 Years Ago Weaponized Oil to Inflict Economic Trauma — Sound Familiar?

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Panama canal
Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Issue Brief

Supply Chain Alternatives for Ocean Shipping if Climate Change-driven Water Shortages Persist at the Panama Canal

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Farm Worker
Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Research Paper

How Granting Amnesty to Undocumented Immigrants Could Boost the US Labor Market

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AI Taxes
Center for Public Finance | Issue Brief

AI and Taxes — A Work in Progress: Part 1

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