David Cooper
Economic Analyst
Publications by David Cooper
Blog
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May 20, 2013 | Nostalgic for the Gatsby era? (Surprise! You’re living in it.)
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May 10, 2013 | The best thing for mom this Mother’s Day: a raise
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April 8, 2013 | Leaked ESPN memo asks employees to take one for the team
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March 5, 2013 | A $10.10 minimum wage would give economy (and more low-wage workers) a bigger boost
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Feb. 15, 2013 | Putting a $9 minimum wage in context
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Jan. 31, 2013 | How raising Maryland’s minimum wage will benefit workers and boost the state’s economy
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Jan. 7, 2013 | Strengthening the EITC and raising the minimum wage should go hand-in-hand
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Dec. 26, 2012 | Minimum wage indexing protects nearly a million low-wage workers this New Year
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Nov. 14, 2012 | New Census poverty data shows what is at stake in the fiscal debate
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Nov. 13, 2012 | One million veterans would benefit from raising the minimum wage to $9.80
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Oct. 4, 2012 | Checking Alabama’s ‘status’: HB 56 no cure for a sick labor market
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Sept. 27, 2012 | A ‘lost decade’ for nearly every state
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Sept. 20, 2012 | 2011 American Community Survey shows continuing hardship throughout the U.S.
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May 11, 2012 | Paging the congressional ophthalmologist
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April 13, 2012 | A rising tide for increasing minimum wage rates
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April 1, 2012 | One million workers stand to benefit from NY’s proposed minimum wage hike
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March 6, 2012 | Cuts to state and local governments are particularly hard on women
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Feb. 16, 2012 | Congress’ arbitrary ‘compromise’ on UI benefits
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Jan. 30, 2012 | Austerity’s effect on state job growth
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Dec. 23, 2011 | A minimum wage milestone
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Nov. 23, 2011 | As Thanksgiving nears, some “perspective” on poverty
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Nov. 14, 2011 | How many jobs could Congress save in my state through 2012?
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Nov. 9, 2011 | Census tries to better identify poverty and finds what? More of it
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Sept. 29, 2011 | Government losses a big part of state unemployment increases
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Sept. 22, 2011 | American Community Survey paints a bleak landscape
Report
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March 13, 2013 | Raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 would give working families, and the overall economy, a much-needed boost
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Nov. 15, 2012 | Pulling Apart: A state-by-state analysis of income trends
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Aug. 14, 2012 | How raising the federal minimum wage would help working families and give the economy a boost
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June 21, 2012 | Assessing the economic benefits of increased investment in Los Angeles’s public transit infrastructure
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May 2, 2012 | The public-sector jobs crisis: Women and African Americans hit hardest by job losses in state and local governments
Economic snapshot
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March 14, 2013 | Even at $10.10, minimum wage would be lower than it could be, given economy’s growth
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Jan. 4, 2012 | Most minimum-wage workers are not teenagers
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Nov. 17, 2011 | New poverty measure highlights positive effect of government assistance
Economic Indicators
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Aug. 17, 2012 | Sluggish job growth reflected in state unemployment rates
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March 30, 2012 | State unemployment data show continuing positive trends
Commentary
May 15, 2013 | The Case for Raising the Minimum Wage: If we’re going to live in one unified America, we need an economy that works for all Americans