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Question A:

A substantial increase in defense spending largely funded by government borrowing would deliver a measurable boost to economic growth over the next five years.

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Source: Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
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Question B:

Increasing public investment in defense R&D would generate substantial technological spillovers and productivity gains in addition to the boost to national military capabilities.

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Source: Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
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Question C:

The market power of defense suppliers substantially raises procurement costs without adding to military capabilities.

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Source: Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
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Economic Growth, Development, & Productivity

July 29, 2026

Defense Spending

Europe

Defense Spending

Question A:

A substantial increase in defense spending largely funded by government borrowing would deliver a measurable boost to economic growth over the next five years.

Responses

Source: European Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
Methodology

Question B:

Increasing public investment in defense R&D would generate substantial technological spillovers and productivity gains in addition to the boost to national military capabilities.

Responses

Source: European Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
Methodology

Question C:

The market power of defense suppliers substantially raises procurement costs without adding to military capabilities.

Responses

Source: European Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
Methodology

Economic Growth, Development, & Productivity

July 29, 2026

Tax Alpha Investment Strategies

Finance

Tax Alpha Investment Strategies

This Finance survey examines (a) Aggressive use of tax alpha investment strategies that use long-short strategies to enhance loss realization, as well as accounting treatments that allow generation of losses that can offset ordinary income, offers substantial additional returns for high net worth investors over a ten-year horizon; (b) Aggressive use of tax alpha investment strategies that use long-short strategies to enhance loss realization, as well as accounting treatments that allow generation of losses that can offset ordinary income, is leading to substantial reductions in government revenue from high net worth investors

Finance and the Economy

July 29, 2026

The Fed’s New Approach: The Balance Sheet

On Global Markets

The Fed’s New Approach: The Balance Sheet

The Fed has a larger balance sheet than was once the case. Dramatically so, as the chart below makes clear. This is a result of a series of policy decisions made over the last two decades; namely three rounds of quantitative easing (QE) carried out between 2008 and 2014; and then an additional period of […]

Articles

July 27, 2026

The Fed’s New Approach: Communications

On Global Markets

The Fed’s New Approach: Communications

The Fed has a new chair and, it would seem, one with a very different approach to his predecessors. While much of the attention has, understandably, been focused on the traditional question of how hawkish or dovish Kevin Warsh will be on rates, there are deeper issues at play. In (at least) a couple of […]

Articles

July 17, 2026

Brexit: Ten Years On

On Global Markets

Brexit: Ten Years On

To mark the tenth anniversary of the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union, the Clark Center’s US and European Economic Experts Panels recently looked – once again – at the vexed issue of Brexit. Brexit is one of those issues which has the potential, at least in the UK, to provoke a fierce […]

Articles

July 10, 2026

The UK and Europe

Europe

The UK and Europe

This European survey examines (a) Ten years after the Brexit referendum, the UK has experienced substantially lower growth than it would have done had it remained in the European Union; (b) The UK would be substantially richer ten years from now if it immediately began negotiations and domestic preparations with the aim of fully rejoining the European Union

Democracy, Government, & Public Policy

June 30, 2026

The UK and Europe

This US survey examines (a) Ten years after the Brexit referendum, the UK has experienced substantially lower growth than it would have done had it remained in the European Union; (b) The UK would be substantially richer ten years from now if it immediately began negotiations and domestic preparations with the aim of fully rejoining the European Union

Democracy, Government, & Public Policy

June 30, 2026

New Fed Chair

Finance

New Fed Chair

This Finance survey examines (a) If the Federal Reserve under Kevin Warsh were to reduce its balance sheet by at least $1 trillion over the next 12 months, it would measurably improve the functioning of financial markets over his four-year appointed term as chair; (b) If the Federal Reserve under Kevin Warsh were to provide substantially less forward guidance and communication than it has done in the recent past, it would measurably improve the functioning of financial markets over his four-year appointed term as chair

Financial Markets & Banking

June 30, 2026

European Autonomy

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European Autonomy

Earlier this month, the European Union unveiled its rather unimaginatively named European Technological Sovereignty Package. One imagines that had this been a proposal emanating from the US Congress, it would have had a punchier and more bombastic name; the Safeguarding America Act or some such. Name aside, though, the package was certainly ambitious. As European […]

Articles

June 26, 2026

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