Publications by John Irons
Blog
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Nov. 22, 2011 | The supercommittee’s real failure
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Nov. 15, 2011 | How will the market react to a supercommittee “failure?”
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Nov. 8, 2011 | Free money
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Nov. 3, 2011 | There’s more to inequality than education
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Oct. 21, 2011 | Macroeconomic Advisers: Republican “jobs” plan creates no jobs
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Sept. 23, 2011 | Effective tax rates, now in color!
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Sept. 21, 2011 | Helping out the Fed
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Sept. 15, 2011 | Young children and unemployment
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Sept. 8, 2011 | A quick look at the job impact of the president’s proposals
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Sept. 8, 2011 | President’s new initiatives could boost employment by more than one million, on top of impact from extensions of temporary provisions
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Sept. 7, 2011 | Job impact: Rough rule of thumb
Report
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Oct. 11, 2011 | Assessing the job impact of guidelines for marketing food and beverage products to children
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July 19, 2011 | Flaws call for rejecting Crain and Crain model
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April 12, 2011 | Regulation, employment, and the economy: Fears of job loss are overblown
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Aug. 2, 2010 | Fiscal Consolidation Should Wait Until Economic Recovery is on Track
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July 26, 2010 | Government Debt and Economic Growth
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March 31, 2010 | No crisis in confidence—Evidence shows U.S. creditors still think U.S. debt remains safest in world
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Feb. 2, 2010 | Understanding the President’s FY 2011 Budget
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Jan. 29, 2010 | A first look at the budget freeze
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Oct. 29, 2009 | Recovery.gov recipient reporting on jobs—Problems and recommendations
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Sept. 30, 2009 | Economic scarring: The long-term impacts of the recession
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Aug. 20, 2009 | The 2009 budget deficit—How did we get here?
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April 7, 2009 | Transportation investments and the labor market: How many jobs could be generated and what type?
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April 7, 2009 | Green investments and the labor market: How many jobs could be generated and what type?
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April 7, 2009 | Tools for Assessing the Labor Market Impacts of Infrastructure Investment
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Dec. 17, 2008 | A rescue plan for Main Street
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Dec. 9, 2008 | A Feeble Recovery: The fundamental economic weaknesses of the 2001-07 expansion
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Nov. 25, 2008 | Bringing us from bad to better: Next stimulus plan must be adequate in scale and implemented quickly
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Oct. 21, 2008 | The false fiscal dilemma: History shows that the economy is big enough to stabilize financial market
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Sept. 29, 2008 | Bailout plan must help the middle class and grow the economy
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May 15, 2008 | Making the case—again—for an economic rebound
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Jan. 11, 2008 | Strategy for economic rebound: Smart stimulus to counteract the economic slowdown
Economic snapshot
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Dec. 21, 2011 | 11 telling charts from 2011
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Aug. 5, 2011 | The debt ceiling deal’s net impact on jobs
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Sept. 30, 2009 | Lost investment during a recession can prolong pain
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Aug. 25, 2009 | Economic downturn largest contributor to deficit woes
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Aug. 5, 2009 | Clunkers program drives economic, environmental gains
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July 1, 2009 | Mass layoffs at highest level since at least 1995
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Jan. 7, 2009 | How long would a job-market recovery take?
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April 9, 2008 | Corporate tax declines and U.S. inequality
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Nov. 7, 2007 | Fixing the Alternative Minimum Tax
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Sept. 5, 2007 | Typical families see income and earnings decline
Testimony
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Nov. 17, 2011 | Testimony before the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Ad Hoc Hearing on Job Creation
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Oct. 12, 2011 | Food Marketing: Can ‘Voluntary’ Government Restrictions Improve Children’s Health?
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June 30, 2010 | Deficit reduction should take a back seat to job creation
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Nov. 19, 2009 | Tracking the Money: How Recovery Act Recipients Account for their Use of Stimulus Dollars
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Oct. 29, 2008 | Infrastructure Investment and Economic Recovery (testimony)
Commentary
Nov. 2, 2011 | Cutting taxes for the rich never ends well
Aug. 1, 2011 | What’s missing from the debt ceiling debate? Jobs
July 28, 2011 | Five things to remember in the debt ceiling debate
June 24, 2011 | Showdown over the debt ceiling not about economics or jobs
June 23, 2011 | More economic support is desperately needed
May 4, 2011 | Opposing view: Rich take home more, pay less
Feb. 17, 2011 | EPI addresses the critics
Feb. 14, 2011 | Statement on the President’s budget for fiscal year 2012
Dec. 1, 2010 | Co-chairs’ policy approach to deficit reduction destined for rejection
Nov. 10, 2010 | Peterson-Pew Commission’s debt target is misguided, dangerous
Sept. 16, 2010 | “Yet another reminder of the severity of the Great Recession”
Aug. 17, 2010 | Let the tax cuts for the rich expire
July 27, 2010 | Use Revenue from Top to Fund Stimulus
March 22, 2010 | Historic moment for health care
Feb. 1, 2010 | Budget reflects weakened economy, EPI analysis shows
Jan. 29, 2010 | Tomorrow’s Recovery.gov Numbers Won’t Tell Whole Job Creation Story
Nov. 19, 2009 | Tracking the Money: How Recovery Act Recipients Account for their Use of Stimulus Dollars
Nov. 3, 2009 | How tax policy could help promote prosperity
Oct. 14, 2009 | Recovery.gov’s jobs data: A (very) partial monty
Aug. 20, 2009 | Roots of deficit pre-date Obama
June 17, 2009 | Raising cap on social security tax best way to fix shortfall
May 18, 2009 | Tax policy as stimulus
May 7, 2009 | Shrinking loopholes
Feb. 26, 2009 | President Obama’s budget: An honest path to sustainability
Feb. 12, 2009 | EPI statement on economic recovery package
Jan. 14, 2009 | Recovery plan creates millions of jobs by any estimate
Jan. 8, 2009 | Call for urgent action is justified by economic trends
Oct. 29, 2008 | Infrastructure Investment and Economic Recovery (testimony)
Oct. 16, 2008 | Bailout imperfect but necessary
March 20, 2008 | Cap and Lease Carbon