Philip Levy

American Enterprise Institute

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Resident Scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute and teacher of International Trade at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs; former trade-policy advisor to John McCain during his 2008 presidential campaign; former senior economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisers (2003-2005) and member of the Policy Planning Staff at the State Department

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During his White House  news conference  today, President Obama insisted again that infrastructure, especially high-speed rail, will be essential to getting the US economy back on…

Is China Becoming the World's New Civil Engineer?

During his White House news conference today, President Obama insisted again that infrastructure, especially high-speed rail, will be essential to getting the US economy back on…

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Once again today, President Obama insisted that infrastructure, especially high-speed rail, will be essential to getting the US economy back on track.

Is China Becoming the World's New Civil Engineer?

Once again today, President Obama insisted that infrastructure, especially high-speed rail, will be essential to getting the US economy back on track.

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Two hundred workers are staging a sit-in at a Chicago factory after the Bank of America cut off the company's credit.  The bank got $25 billion in taxpayer funds, but the workers only…

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