The Clear Benefits of a Higher Wage
From the New York Times Editorial Board: Republicans sputtered with outrage when the Congressional Budget Office said that immigration reform would lower the deficit, strengthen Social Security and speed up…
From the New York Times Editorial Board: Republicans sputtered with outrage when the Congressional Budget Office said that immigration reform would lower the deficit, strengthen Social Security and speed up…
From the Brookings Institute “Metropolitan Opportunity Series” Papers: In December 2013, President Obama gave a speech on economic mobility, in which he called income inequality and lack of upward mobility…
From the New York Times Blog “DealBook” by Steven Davidoff: Big paydays on Wall Street often come under laserlike scrutiny, while Silicon Valley gets a pass on its own compensation…
From the New York Times by Annie Lowrey: A popular Democratic proposal to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, championed by President Obama, could reduce total employment by…
From the NYT “Economix” Blog” by Uwe Reinhardt: Last week a brouhaha erupted over a passage in Appendix C of a Congressional Budget Office report, Budget and Economic Outlook 2014-24.…
President Obama’s State of the Union Address last week highlighted a number of themes that focused on creating more opportunities for working Americans by streamlining the tax code, providing financial…