Sanjay Patnaik

Dec 3, 2024 | brookings.edu | Janice Eberly |Sanjay Patnaik |Jón Steinsson |Conor Walsh

The clean energy transition has quietly pushed ahead in recent decades, with solar and wind energy accounting for almost 15% of total U.S. energy production in February 2024. The benefits of this transition on climate change have been celebrated, but less acknowledged have been the potential economic benefits.

Dec 21, 2023 | brookings.edu | Chloe East |Benjamin H. Harris |Sanjay Patnaik |Louise Sheiner

With 2023 winding down, we asked six Brookings experts to take a moment to look back on some of the biggest economic policy developments of 2023 and the ways they expect them to evolve in 2024. Explore their reflections on fiscal policy, the social safety net, climate economics, and more below. On some dimensions, the U.S. labor market appears to have mostly recovered from the COVID-19 shock and to be stronger than before.

Jun 22, 2023 | brookings.edu | Kevin Rennert |Sanjay Patnaik

As Congress moves forward on the budget for fiscal 2024, it does so with the knowledge that the budget lens will be a defining factor in every policy decision it will make. Congress judiciously considers the financial effects of proposed legislation through a process known as “budget scoring.” However, policymakers currently lack the tools to weigh equally important, long-term policy impacts on the great challenge of our generation: climate change.

Jun 21, 2023 | mothernature.news | Kevin Rennert |Sanjay Patnaik

By Kevin Rennert, Sanjay PatnaikAs Congress moves forward on the budget for fiscal 2024, it does so with the knowledge that the budget lens will be a defining factor in every policy decision it will make. Congress judiciously considers the financial effects of proposed legislation through a process known as “budget scoring.” However, policymakers currently lack the tools to weigh equally important, long-term policy impacts on the great challenge of our generation: climate change.

Jun 20, 2023 | brookings.edu | Kevin Rennert |Sanjay Patnaik

As Congress moves forward on the budget for fiscal 2024, it does so with the knowledge that the budget lens will be a defining factor in every policy decision it will make. Congress judiciously considers the financial effects of proposed legislation through a process known as “budget scoring.” However, policymakers currently lack the tools to weigh equally important, long-term policy impacts on the great challenge of our generation: climate change.