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Don’t believe economic lies that Trump peddles this election

August 8, 2016 Editor

From today’s NYT article on Trump’s economic policy speech: “But the economic agenda Mr. Trump described included many traditionally Republican policies that offer little to no direct benefit to working-class Americans, while…

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Voodoo Econ, the Next Generation

October 6, 2014 Editor

From yesterday’s NYT “Opinion” by Paul Krugman: Even if Republicans take the Senate this year, gaining control of both houses of Congress, they won’t gain much in conventional terms: They’re already able…

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What the Poverty Rate Tells Us About the Overall Economy

September 16, 2014 Editor

From yesterday’s NYT “The UpShot” Blog by Jared Bernstein: On Tuesday, the Census Bureau will tell us whether the share of population that’s officially in poverty went up, down or stayed…

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Growth Without Jobs

August 3, 2014 Editor

From yesterday’s NYT editorial: In a statement last Wednesday — just hours after the government reported headline-grabbing economic growth of 4 percent in the second quarter —the Federal Reserve said it would continue…

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Germany and the Minimum Wage

July 8, 2014 Editor

From the New York Times Editorial Board: The federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is obviously too low. So is the Democrats’ proposed increase to $10.10 an hour by…

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The Clear Benefits of a Higher Wage

February 20, 2014 Editor

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 economic growth. They called…

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Brookings study finds income inequality in America’s largest cities

February 20, 2014 Editor

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 “the…

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Minimum Wage Increase Would Have Mixed Effects, CBO Report Says

February 19, 2014 Editor

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 500,000…

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SOTU 2014 focuses on jobs, fairness

February 4, 2014 Editor

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…

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House GOP shuts down government, harming workers and economy alike

October 2, 2013 Editor

The federal government remains in partial shut down today after the House GOP, spurred on by a fringe element of Tea Party extremists, refused to pass legislation authorizing a budget…