Ted Gayer, vice President and director of the Economic Studies Program at Brookings and the Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow, forecasts the top economic issues in the upcoming year. Tune in to hear more about the labor market, wages, and productivity growth in 2016. Gayer also outlines which economic issues the presidential candidates should be talking about in the elections and how much impact the president has in economic policy decisions. Also in this podcast: “What’s Happening in Congress” with John Hudak, senior fellow in Governance Studies and deputy director of the Center for Effective Public Management. And also get to know Mike Hansen, senior fellow and deputy director of the Brown Center on Education Policy, during our “Coffee Break.” Show Notes: Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife among white non-Hispanic Americans in the 21st century (Case/Deaton study) Top Economic Stories of 2015 (from Economic Studies Program) Subscribe to the Brookings Cafeteria on iTunes, listen on Stitcher, and send feedback email to [email protected].