EPI Viewpoints Archive 2005
January 13, 2005

Viewpoints archive - 2005

Viewpoints are listed below in chronological order. To browse by topic, please click here.
See also Lessons (weekly New York Times education column by Richard Rothstein) and articles by EPI economists published in The American Prospect.

Union declines hurt all workers
By Lawrence Mishel and Ross Eisenbrey
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN SALT LAKE TRIBUNE ON DECEMBER 12, 2005. ]

America must think twice about the automobile manufacturing situation
By William E. Spriggs
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE FLINT JOURNAL ON DECEMBER 4, 2005. ]

Help with health care costs, factory changes would save jobs
By Ross Eisenbrey
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE DETROIT FREE PRESS ON DECEMBER 4, 2005. ]

Flat Note from the Pied Piper of Globalization: Jeff Faux reviews Thomas Friedman's book, The World Is Flat
By Jeff Faux
[POSTED TO VIEWPOINTS ON NOVEMBER 21, 2005.]

Taming the spending beast: How can Congress reassert control over the U.S. budget? Downsize defense
By Max B. Sawicky
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE RIVERSIDE PRESS-ENTERPRISE ON NOVEMBER 20, 2005. ]

Principles and Priorities for Rebuilding New Orleans (Joint Statement by Black Social Scientists)
By William Spriggs et al.
[POSTED TO VIEWPOINTS ON OCTOBER 26, 2005.]

The Next Great Theft?
By Max B. Sawicky
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN TOMPAINE.COM ON OCTOBER 13, 2005. ]

Alternative is no solution: On average, charter students don't do better than public counterparts.
By Lawrence Mishel and Martin Carnoy
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE USA TODAY ON OCTOBER 4, 2005. ]

Job Slayers or Fact Slayers? The Wall Street Journal's flawed argument against raising the minimum wage
By Jeff Chapman
[POSTED TO VIEWPOINTS ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2005.]

Family and Medical Leave Act under assault: New restrictions, narrower definition of 'serious illness' pushed by business groups
By Ross Eisenbrey
[THIS OP-ED ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL  ON AUGUST 4, 2005.]

A new Social Security rationale?
By William E. Spriggs
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN SACRAMENTO BEE ON JULY 15, 2005 ]

Economic conditions affecting Social Security and the merits of pre-funding
By Lee Price
[ TESTIMONY BEFORE THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' SUBCOMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SECURITY, COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, JUNE 21, 2005 ]

Lifting cap on Social Security taxes would rescue retirement program
By Lawrence Mishel
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE JOURNAL STAR (IL) ON MAY 15, 2005 ]

The 21st century workplace: Preparing for tomorrow’s employment trends today
By Jared Bernstein
[ PRESENTED BEFORE THE U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS ON MAY 26, 2005 ]

Reaction and response: Answers to Towers Perrin's "Corrections and Clarifications"
[ RELEASED ON MAY 25, 2005 AS A RESPONSE TO TOWERS PERRIN'S REBUTTAL OF EPI'S BRIEFING PAPER THE FRIVOLOUS CASE FOR TORT LAW REFORM ]

Social Security: Why put a critical middle class program at risk?
By Lee Price
[ PRESENTED AT THE SOCIAL SECURITY PRESS BRIEFING ON CAPITOL HILL ON MAY 6, 2005 ]

Lessons from the Social Security debate
By Jared Bernstein and Mark Greenberg
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE NATION'S ONLINE EDITION ON APRIL 26, 2005 ]

Coming soon to your mailbox: Government misinformation
By Amy Chasanov
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE LONE STAR ICONOCLAST ON MARCH 23, 2005 ]

Bush plays down SSA benefits to widows, disabled
By William E. Spriggs
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE ON MARCH 6, 2005 ]

Policymakers ignore job-growth issues
By Jared Bernstein
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE ON FEBRUARY 23, 2005 ]

Setting the wrong course: Personal Reemployment Accounts fail to address the real needs of jobless workers
By Amy Chasanov and Andrew Stettner
[ FIRST APPEARED IN VIEWPOINTS ON FEBRUARY 15, 2005 ]

The 'ticking budget' facing the US
By Max B. Sawicky
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE UK EDITION OF BBC NEWS ONLINE ON FEBRUARY 7, 2005 ]

Testimony on a proposal to raise the Maryland minimum wage SB 89
By Jeff Chapman
[ TESTIMONY BEFORE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE MARYLAND STATE SENATE, FEBRUARY 10, 2005 ]

Do charter schools cut it? No
By Lawrence Mishel
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ON JANUARY 16, 2005 ]

The State of Working America: Co-author Jared Bernstein featured on NPR's Fresh Air
By Jared Bernstein
[ POSTED TO VIEWPOINTS ON JANUARY 13, 2005 ]