The following feeds and links are intended to keep current with the latest and most compelling policy discourses occurring in the nation. They are not intended to advocate for a specific policy, but to provide factual information to educate the public. As Thomas Jefferson said: “An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic.”
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Research finds the domestic outsourcing of jobs leads to declining U.S. job quality and lower wages
The domestic outsourcing of jobs in the United States is fast becoming a dominant explanation for the destruction of the
New research shows California Paid Family Leave reduces poverty
The United States remains the only industrialized nation without a national paid leave program, despite evidence that these programs can
Weekend reading: “Recession Ready?” edition
This is a post we publish each Friday with links to articles that touch on economic inequality and growth. The
Brad DeLong: Worthy reads on equitable growth, August 9–15, 2019
Worthy reads from Equitable Growth: There is a strange gap: A discipline such as economics, which aims at achieving
Extensive nonstandard work hours among U.S. low-income mothers hinder their kids’ enrollment in center-based childcare
Significant income-based disparities in kids’ enrollment in center-based early childcare and education persist in the United States. Two well-documented reasons
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The road not taken: Housing and criminal justice 50 years after the Kerner Commission report
Last year, on the 50th anniversary of “Kerner Commission” report, the Economic Policy Institute, collaborating with the Haas Institute forWhy Eugene Scalia is the wrong person for the job
Working women and men need and deserve a Secretary of Labor—somebody who will look out for their interests, protect themWhat to Watch on Jobs Day: Are there signs of wage acceleration?
Remember that ad from the 1980s where that woman keeps asking “Where’s the beef?” I’m feeling a little like herNot just ‘no heat’ but signs of cooling: The case for FOMC rate cuts has real merit
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s July 10 testimony before the House Financial Services Committee was unlike any hearing featuring hisIt’s not trickling down: New data provides no evidence that the TCJA is working as its proponents claimed it would
The strongest economically-respectable argument from proponents of the Trump administration’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was that corporate tax
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CEOs Say Shareholders Won’t Be No. 1 Anymore. Turns Out They Already Weren’t.
Dean Baker
The Washington Post, August 20, 2019China Did Not Trick the US — Trade Negotiators Served Corporate Interests
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 19, 2019Who is to Blame for Argentina’s Economic Crisis?
Mark Weisbrot
The New York Times, August 19, 2019Progressive Policies May Hurt the Stock Market. That’s Not a Bad Thing.
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 12, 2019The Return of the Right in Latin America
Alexander Main
Jacobin, August 2019