Opinion pieces and speeches by EPI staff and associates.

EPI in the Blogosphere

More Reasons to Worry about McCain-onomics 
By Jared Bernstein
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE BLOG ON APRIL 15, 2008. ] 


Pennsylvania stagnation: Is NAFTA the culprit?
By Rob Scott
[ THIS PIECE WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED IN NYTIMES.COM BLOG ON APRIL 15, 2008.]


Fed Lowers Benchmark Interest Rate by 50 Points (a satire...)
By Jared Bernstein
[ THIS PIECE ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON MARCH 18, 2008. ]

The teaching penalty
By Sean Corcoran
[ THIS PIECE ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN EDUWONKETTE BLOG OF THE EDUCATION WEEK ON MARCH 7, 2008. ]

The Self-Inflicted Recession
by Nancy Cleeland and Jared Bernstein
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE HUFFINGTON POST ON MARCH 7, 2008. ]

Extending Unemployment Benefits is a No-Brainer
by Nancy Cleeland and Ross Eisenbrey
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE HUFFINGTON POST ON FEBRUARY 5, 2008. ]

Recessions and Unemployment
by Jared Bernstein
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON FEBRUARY 2, 2008. ]

Three Quick Notes Re Matters Economic
by Jared Bernstein
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON JANUARY 30, 2008. ]

A 'Mild' Recession?!? Sez Who?
by Jared Bernstein
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON JANUARY 23, 2008. ]

The Economy Just Keeps Going "Bump!"
by Jared Bernstein
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON JANUARY 22, 2008. ]

Politics Trumps Economics...And It's a Good Thing!
by Jared Bernstein
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON JANUARY 19, 2008. ]

Science and the 2009 Budget: Federal Budgets Matter Tremendously for Science
By John Irons
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE SCIENCE PROGRESS ON JANUARY 23, 2008. ]

Don't Wait to Boost the Economy
by Nancy Cleeland
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE HUFFINGTON POST ON JANUARY 15, 2008.]

Better Late Than Never
by Jared Bernstein and Lawrence Mishel
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON JANUARY 15, 2008. ]

Reinventing Myself in a Changing Journalistic Landscape
by Nancy Cleeland
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE HUFFINGTON POST ON JANUARY 11, 2008.]

Stimulus 101
by Jared Bernstein
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON JANUARY 7, 2008. ]

The Labor Market is Flashing Recession
by Jared Bernstein
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON JANUARY 4, 2008. ]

Best and Worst of 2007, Economic Policy Version
by Jared Bernstein
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON DECEMBER 24, 2007.]

Boy, Have We Got an Inequality Problem
by Jared Bernstein
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON DECEMBER 13, 2007.]

Whoopi Goldberg is Wrong and Greedy
by Jared Bernstein
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON DECEMBER 10, 2007.]

The Recession Analysis I Haven't Seen, Or Why We May be About to Make Economic History
by Jared Bernstein
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON DECEMBER 2, 2007.]

Whither Go Real Wages?
by Jared Bernstein
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON NOVEMBER 15, 2007.]

Block that Extrapolation
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON NOVEMBER 7, 2007.]

Our ?Look Good, Feel Bad? Economy
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON NOVEMBER 4, 2007.]

The Death of Conservative Economic Policy: Part II
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON OCTOBER 29, 2007.]

Obituary: Conservative Economic Policy
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON OCTOBER 19, 2007.]

The Republicans Pretend to Debate Economic Policy
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON OCTOBER 10, 2007.]

Spinning Jobs at the White House
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON OCTOBER 5, 2007.]

Notes from the Road
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2007.]

Job Growth Hits the Wall as Financial Turmoil Hits the Job Market
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2007.]

Too Little, Too Late?
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON AUGUST 29, 2007.]

Is "The Productivity Miracle" History?
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON AUGUST 25, 2007.]

White House Incomprehensible on Inequality
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON AUGUST 21, 2007.]

Toy Story, Global Version
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON AUGUST 15, 2007.]

United We Sit
by Max Sawicky
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON AUGUST 15, 2007.]

What Does it All Mean?
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON AUGUST 10, 2007.]

Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut
by Max Sawicky
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON AUGUST 8, 2007.]

In Praise of Mighty Markos
by Max Sawicky
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN PAJAMASMEDIA.COM ON AUGUST 8, 2007.]

Economic Update: It Ain?t Pretty
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON AUGUST 5, 2007.]

Let Us Not Reason Together
by Max Sawicky
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON JULY 31, 2007.]

The Original Porkbusters
by Max Sawicky
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN PAJAMASMEDIA.COM ON JULY 19, 2007.]

The Ten Boxes of Heterodoxy, or Why Economics Sucks
by Max Sawicky
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON JULY 11, 2007.]

More Bureaucrats, Please
by Max Sawicky
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN PAJAMASMEDIA.COM ON JULY 5, 2007.]

Take Back America, Please
by Max Sawicky
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON JUNE 20, 2007.]

Immigration? A surging birth rate? Social Security will do fine
by Max Sawicky
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN PAJAMASMEDIA.COM ON JUNE 6, 2007.]

The best theory money can buy
by Max Sawicky
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON JUNE 3, 2007.]

The trouble with economics
by Max Sawicky
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON MAY 31, 2007.]

Straw men and low bars
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON MAY 31, 2007.]

Bada bing! Equilibrium!
by Max Sawicky
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON MAY 29, 2007.]

Old Europe works
by Max Sawicky
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN PAJAMASMEDIA.COM ON MAY 24, 2007.]

Time to trim the hedge
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON MAY 23, 2007.]

Gas prices: Too high or too low?
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON MAY 20, 2007.]

Hey Buddy, Can You Spare Some Change (Theory)?
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON MAY 17, 2007.]

The signs are pointing toward recession
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON MAY 11, 2007.]

Much ado about no change
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TAPPED ON MAY 9, 2007.]

France: One step forward, two steps back
by Max Sawicky
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN PAJAMASMEDIA.COM ON MAY 7, 2007.]

The Post Gets It Wrong: Edwards' Poverty Policy is Just What's Needed
by Jared Bernstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TMP CAFE BLOG ON MAY 7, 2007.]

Healthy? Don't Click!
by Max Sawicky
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN PAJAMASMEDIA.COM ON APRIL 25, 2007.]

Clinton Saves But Nixon Invests: There are jobs only the government can do or fund. So why aren't these getting done?
by Max Sawicky
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN PAJAMASMEDIA.COM ON APRIL 11, 2007.]

Back to Substance
by Jeff Faux
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON MARCH 3, 2007.]

Answering Mark
by Jeff Faux
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON MARCH 2, 2007.]

Which World is the Real One?
by Jeff Faux
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON MARCH 2, 2007.]

Dodging the Question
by Jeff Faux
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE BLOG ON MARCH 1, 2007.]

Moving on to globalization's central political question
by Jeff Faux
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE BLOG ON FEBRUARY 28, 2007.]

Two Thin Reeds
by Jeff Faux
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON FEBRUARY 28, 2007.]

Missing the Point #2
by Jeff Faux
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON FEBRUARY 27, 2007.]

Missing the Point #1
by Jeff Faux
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON FEBRUARY 27, 2007.]

Confronting Davos: The Class Politics of Global Governance
by Jeff Faux
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TPM CAFE ON FEBRUARY 26, 2007.]