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New Great Recession data suggest Congress should go big to spur a broad-based, sustained U.S. economic recovery
Overview As federal policymakers debate President Joe Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, critics now argue that it will
Executive action to-do list for achieving strong, stable, and broad-based U.S. economic growth
When the Biden administration was handed the keys to the White House in January, it also was handed a number
Executive action to improve U.S. economic measurements
Overview The rise of economic inequality over the past four decades has changed the U.S. economy in fundamental ways. Unfortunately,
Brad DeLong: Worthy reads on equitable growth, February 23–March 1, 2021
Worthy reads from Equitable Growth: 1. Across a remarkably large chunk of the United States, employers seem to think that
Research on race and consumption shows why racial disparities in Unemployment Insurance receipt are detrimental to economic recovery in the United States
It’s well-established that Black and Latinx workers who lose their jobs are less likely to access Unemployment Insurance benefits than
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The Senate must pass the $1.9 trillion relief and recovery plan with the UI provisions extended to October 3
Another 1.2 million people applied for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits last week, the last week of February. This included 745,000What to watch on jobs day: Who has been hurt by the pandemic recession—and why we should ignore wage growth for now
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release its latest jobs report on the state of the laborWhat we learned from the UK case rendering Uber drivers employees
The recent United Kingdom Supreme Court ruling that Uber drivers are employees, and not entrepreneurs or independent contractors, is noteworthySix ways the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act restores workers’ bargaining power
When it was passed in 1935, the National Labor Relations Act declared that its purpose was to promote the practiceNearly a year into the pandemic and unemployment claims remain 17 million above their pre-pandemic levels: Congress must pass $1.9 trillion relief bill
Another 1.2 million people applied for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits last week, including 730,000 people who applied for regular state
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