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Weekend reading: Raise the minimum wage edition
This is a post we publish each Friday with links to articles that touch on economic inequality and growth. The
Economic policy guides to reduce inequality for the 2020 U.S. election-year presidential and congressional transition
Change is coming to Washington, D.C. No matter who wins the presidential and congressional elections in 2020, a new set
Scholars and advocates say racial disparities and worker power are key to the coronavirus recession and to long-term U.S. economic recovery
The coronavirus recession took root in a U.S. economy already characterized by profound economic and racial inequality, deeply inadequate public
Why minimum wages are a critical tool for achieving racial justice in the U.S. labor market
Overview The minimum wage is one of the primary tools for raising the wages of low-income workers. This was the
Lisa Cook, Hilary Hoynes, and Atif Mian join Equitable Growth Steering Committee
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth announced today that three distinguished economists—Lisa D. Cook of Michigan State University, Hilary Hoynes
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Moral policy = good economics: What’s needed to lift up 140 million poor and low-income people further devastated by the pandemic
Seven months into a global pandemic, U.S. families are suffering: 225,000 lives have been lost, 30 million workers have lostSenate Republicans have failed struggling families: It is cruel, and bad economics, to withhold stimulus aid
Another 1.1 million people applied for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits last week, including 751,000 people who applied for regular stateCounties that pivoted to Trump had lower wage growth than other counties
In the home stretch to next week’s election, a number of articles have attempted to rebut claims that the TrumpLatina Equal Pay Day: Essential Latina workers face substantial pay gap during COVID-19 pandemic
October 29 is Latina Equal Pay Day, marking how far into 2020—nearly 11 months—the typical Latina must work to makeDebunking the specious claims underlying Missouri’s anti–collective bargaining law
Next month, the Missouri Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case about collective bargaining for public-sector workers in Missouri.
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Politicians Have Lied about Social Security. The US Must Elect Someone Who'll Fight for It
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian, February 2, 2020