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| 1932 || || Leadership || {{w|Robert Brookings}} dies in {{w|Washington, D.C.}} at the age of 82. His book ''The Way Forward'' is published just before his death, in which Brookings calls for the more equal distribution of wealth.<ref name="A CENTURY OF IDEAS"/>
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| 1934 || || Literature Publication || The {{w|Brookings Institution}} publishes the two first volumes of the four works titled ''The Distribution of Wealth and Income in Relation to Economic Progress'' (informally known as the “capacity studies”). The first volume is entitled ''America’s Capacity to Produce'', the second, and the second ''America’s Capacity to Consume''. The works focus on production and consumption capacity, capital, and market speculation in the 1920s. These studies would become a major guide to the United States economy for policymakers for much of the decade.<ref name="ession of the 1">{{cite web |title=Brookings’s analysis and recommendations on the Great Depression of the 1930s |url=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brookings-now/2016/10/24/brookings-great-depression/ |website=brookings.edu |accessdate=4 November 2019}}</ref>
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| 1935 || || Literature Publication || The {{w|Brookings Institution}} publishes the two last volumes of the four works titled ''The Distribution of Wealth and Income in Relation to Economic Progress'': ''The Formation of Capital'' and 'Income and Economic Progress''. These two volumes are authored by {{w|Harold G. Moulton}} alone.<ref name="ession of the 1"/>
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| 1935 || || Publication || The Brookings Institution publishes a detailed analysis of the {{w|National Recovery Administration}} NRA, which was established by president {{w|Franklin D. Roosevelt}} in 1933. The authors conclude that the NRA impeded economy recovery after the Depression.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hurtgen |first1=James R. |title=The Divided Mind of American Liberalism |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=a5O21s0Z8T4C&pg=PA31&lpg=PA31&dq=%22in+1935+the+brookings+institution%22&source=bl&ots=PpdIPxlqJF&sig=ACfU3U1rwJTrJrzzS2YFKCTBYGkjPmtOfg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiHtJOPmdPlAhUVHbkGHfYfBR0Q6AEwBXoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%201935%20the%20brookings%20institution%22&f=false}}</ref><ref name="A CENTURY OF IDEAS"/>
| 2009 || || Publication || A joint effort between Brookings and the {{w|American Enterprise Institute}} issues ''The Continuity of the Presidency'', the second of a set of reports on how to carry on the functions of government in the event of a massive and catastrophic attack on the main institutions of the {{w|United States Government}}.<ref name="A CENTURY OF IDEAS"/>
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| 2009 || || Assistance || Brookings experts contribute with ideas on how best to recover from the {{w|Great Recession}} with a steady stream of analysis and recommendations on fiscal and monetary stimulus plans, as well as the automotive and banking bailouts.<ref name="A CENTURY OF IDEAS"/>
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| 2010 || || Collaboration || Brookings expert and former {{w|United States Ambassador to the United Nations}} {{w|Susan Rice}}, serves as an editor for the book ''Confronting Poverty: Weak States and U.S. National Security'', which highlights how the effects of poverty in fragile states can spill over borders and threaten U.S. national security.<ref name="A CENTURY OF IDEAS"/>
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| 2011 || || Publication || {{w|E.J. Dionne}} and {{w|William Galston}} at Brookings play an influential role with their report ''A Half-Empty Government Can't Govern'', which informs the {{w|United States Senate}} the passage of the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011, which becomes law in the same year.<ref name="A CENTURY OF IDEAS"/>
| 2011 || || || A joint effort between Brookings and the {{w|American Enterprise Institute}} issues ''The Continuity of the Supreme Court'', the third of a set of reports on how to carry on the functions of government in the event of a massive and catastrophic attack on the main institutions of the {{w|United States Government}}.<ref name="A CENTURY OF IDEAS"/>
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| 2012 || || Publication || Brookings scholar {{w|Carol Graham}} publishes ''Happiness around the World: The Paradox of Happy Peasants and Miserable Millionaires'', in which she studies happiness across developed and developing countries.<ref name="A CENTURY OF IDEAS"/>
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| 2012 || || Program launch || The Brookings Institution launches the Global Cities Initiative as a joint project with {{w|JPMorgan Chase}}. The five-year project aims to help leaders in U.S. metropolitan areas reorient their economies toward greater engagement in world markets.<ref name="A CENTURY OF IDEAS"/>
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| 2013 || || Assistance || Experts at Brookings assist on the development of the next generation of the {{w|United Nations}}’ Millennium Development Goals, contributing to their mission to improve the lives of people worldwide.<ref name="A CENTURY OF IDEAS"/>
| 2013 || || International expansion || Brookings opens in India its third overseas office, the New Delhi Center. Organized and staffed in large part by Indian nationals, it serves as a platform for relevant and productive research centered on India’s changing role in the world.<ref name="A CENTURY OF IDEAS"/><ref>{{Cite news| url= http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/tea-with-bs-strobe-talbott-president-brookings-institution-113042600957_1.html| title= Tea with BS: Strobe Talbott|last=Datta|first=Kanika|date=2013-04-26|work=Business Standard India| access-date=2 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brookings.in|title=Brookings India| website= Brookings India|language=en-US|access-date=2 October 2019}}</ref>
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| 2015 || || Collaboration || The Brookings' {{w|Center for Universal Education}} joins the {{w|Michelle Obama}}'s initiative Let Girls Learn, which aims at helping adolescent girls attain "a quality education that empowers them to reach their full potential".<ref name="A CENTURY OF IDEAS"/>
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| 2015 || || || United States President {{w|Barack Obama}} promotes the Automatic IRA to increase workers' retirement security. The idea originates in research by the Retirement Security Project at Brookings.<ref name="A CENTURY OF IDEAS"/>
