Media clips

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• The Fed at the Crossroads

  It is appropriate to raise rates when the economy shows signs of overheating, as measured by inflation in wages and prices. Currently, there are no such signs. Wages have long stagnated, even for college-educated workers. As for prices, the Fed’s preferred annual inflation measure was recently 1.5 percent, well below its 2 percent target.

  The New York Times October 23, 2014
• What Republicans don’t get about the minimum wage
  The Washington Post October 23, 2014
• Economist: Skills, Tech Gap Can’t Explain Inequality
  Wall Street Journal October 21, 2014
• Working into their 70s: the New Normal for Boomers
  Al Jazeera America October 20, 2014
• At Detroit’s border, a barrier separates the haves from have-nots
  Los Angeles Times October 20, 2014
• The Racist Housing Policies That Built Ferguson
  The Atlantic October 20, 2014
• Citing U.S. values, Yellen says troubled by rise in economic inequality
  Reuters October 20, 2014
• Microsoft CEO’s remarks about raises shouldn’t just be unsettling to women
  The Washington Post October 17, 2014
• Americans want tough but fair enforcement of regulations
  McClatchy October 17, 2014
• $10.10 Minimum Wage Would Save The U.S. Government $7.6 Billion A Year
  The Huffington Post October 17, 2014