November 19, 2009
A new paper looks at how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has helped state and local governments so far, and why much more is needed now to prevent large budget shortfalls and higher unemployment in the next few years.
November 12, 2009
America's people of color are less likely to have the sort of "good jobs" that pay decent wages and provide health care and retirement benefits.
November 10, 2009
A proposed new budget commission with fast-track powers could open the door to cutbacks in Social Security and other social insurance programs.
November 10, 2009
New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the ratio between job seekers and job openings improved slightly in September.
November 6, 2009
More historical context and demographic detail on the U.S. job market and October's 10.2% unemployment rate.
November 4, 2009
Research shows strong connection between racial segregation and high-risk lending.
October 30, 2009
A few important details of the legislation could determine the success -- or failure -- of the public insurance option, and reform in general.
October 29, 2009
A multitude of evidence makes clear that most of GDP's third quarter growth can be traced to the Recovery Act, and that the long-term health of the economy is going to depend on pushing forward—not pulling back—with even more stimulus measures.
October 29, 2009
A new Policy Memo proposes several options to improve the quality and integrity of the data reported to Recovery.gov by federal contractors receiving Recovery Act funding.
October 27, 2009
A new EPI report shows that employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) has declined every year since 2000, currently leaving 45.7 million people under 65 without any coverage and estimates suggest another 10 million people will be without ESI by 2010 unless the economy makes an unpredicted swift rebound or there is large-scale health reform.
October 23, 2009
This review of the current evidence finds that there is still a need to better understand how schools can support and enhance the work of the teachers who staff them.
October 22, 2009
Deficit spending, when directed toward positive investments such as infrastructure and high-quality education, can generate important returns for future generations.
October 21, 2009
New state unemployment data shows that while Michigan continues to have the highest jobless rate in the nation, Arizona has actually lost a larger portion of jobs. Unemployment rose in 23 states and the District of Columbia in September; 14 states and Washington D.C. now have double-digit unemployment.
Tables showing total unemployment, as well as the rate of job loss by state are attached.
October 20, 2009
House and Senate committees have spent the past several months drafting health reform legislation. Now comes the challenge of merging competing bills. As it stands, the Senate HELP reform bill looks far superior to recent proposal from Senate Finance panel.
October 20, 2009
In response to the unemployment crisis, EPI has proposed a tax credit designed to create millions of jobs over the next two years.
October 13, 2009
Richard Rothstein examines recent statements by the Secretary of Education in regards to the future of No Child Left Behind.
October 9, 2009
Time after time, the labor-rights provisions of trade deals like NAFTA and CAFTA fail the workers they were designed to protect. EPI's new Briefing Paper, Sustaining Workers' Bargaining Power in an Age of Globalization, released as part of its Agenda for Shared Prosperity, lays out a plan to remedy this problem.
October 9, 2009
There are now 6.3 job seekers per job opening, according to new government data.
October 8, 2009
"I consider President Obama to be in the situation of having inherited a burning apartment building," EPI President Lawrence Mishel told Congress in testimony where he projected that unemployment would continue to rise at least through the middle of 2010, and outlined how the government could do more to preserve and create jobs. READ MORE
October 8, 2009
In the midst of a global recession, subsidies to Chinese glass are increasing. This new report documents the explosive growth of China's glass and glass products industry and the government subsidies that have bolstered this growth from 2004 to 2008.
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