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Job losses ballooned in final quarter of 2008

January 9, 2009

For analysis of the latest employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, check out EPI's Jobs Picture. READ MORE

Education Accountability Policy in the New Administration

December 19, 2008

The Obama administration and Congress must decide what to do about re-authorization of the school accountability provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), now two years overdue. This new EPI Policy Memo analyzes the failures of NCLB's accountability rules, and sketches out new directions that could renew a commitment to accountability in a way that avoids NCLB's distortion of American public education. READ MORE

Rescue plan for Main Street

December 17, 2008

The economy is undeniably in dire straits and needs help. EPI outlines a comprehensive rescue plan for these times—one that can get Main Streeters on their feet and back to work, thus easing the impact of recession and helping to get the economy back on solid ground. Read the EPI Policy Memo requested by the Obama transition team, A Rescue Plan for Main Street, for the full details.

A feeble recovery, updated

December 9, 2008

Given the official declaration of recession, EPI has updated and released its report comparing the latest economic expansion to previous ones. By almost every measure, the latest recovery was among the worst for workers in modern times.

A tough economy, by the numbers

October 31, 2008

By many measures, the U.S. economy has steadily worsened since the beginning of 2008. EPI economists have compiled a one-page reference guide to that decline, featuring data on wages, employment, bankruptcy filings, pensions and foreclosures.

The burden of outsourcing

October 16, 2008

The U.S. non-oil trade deficit eliminated or displaced up to 5.6 million jobs in 2007, according to a study by EPI economist Robert Scott. An interactive map shows that no state is immune to the corrosive effect of the deficit. READ MORE

Employer-sponsored health coverage declines continue

October 16, 2008

Since 2000, 4 million workers and their families have lost their employer-sponsored insurance, which has declined in every one of the last six years, according to an EPI Briefing Paper by Elise Gould. An interactive map shows the losses state-by-state.

Comparing candidate health care proposals

September 7, 2008

This EPI Policy Memo distills the implications of Obama's and McCain's health care plans, based on research findings from the Tax Policy Center. Graphs and concise text draw out each plan's outcomes regarding cost, coverage, and efficiency.

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