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Principles for the relief and recovery phase of rebuilding the U.S. economy: Use debt, go big, and stay big, and be very slow when turning off fiscal support
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The economy President-elect Biden is inheriting: More than 26 million workers—15.5% of the workforce—are being directly hurt by the coronavirus downturn
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Nearly a year into the pandemic and unemployment claims remain 17 million above their pre-pandemic levels: Congress must pass $1.9 trillion relief bill
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Projected state and local revenue shortfalls are shrinking, but the value of substantial federal aid to state and local governments is not
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Achieving Economic and Racial Justice for Black Workers: Policy Priorities for 2021 and Beyond
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Wages grew in 2020 because the bottom fell out of the low-wage labor market: The State of Working America 2020 wages report
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The Biden relief and recovery proposal spends the right amount: Concerns over the pace of its spend-out make sense, but even these concerns are overstated and easy to address
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Learning during the pandemic: Lessons from the research on education in emergencies for COVID-19 and afterwards
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Unemployment insurance claims rose last week: Congress must act before mid-March, or millions will lose benefits
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There are 18 million more continuing UI claims than one year ago: Congress must pass relief package
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Actions the Biden administration and Congress can take to better protect farmworkers
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A stalled recovery: Hires fall in the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
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CBO analysis confirms that a $15 minimum wage raises earnings of low-wage workers, reduces inequality, and has significant and direct fiscal effects: Large progressive redistribution of income caused by higher minimum wage leads to significant and cross-cutting fiscal effects
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The Biden rescue plan is neither risky nor a distraction from structural issues
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The economy Trump handed off to President Biden: 25.5 million workers—15.0% of the workforce—hit by the coronavirus crisis in January
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News from EPI › The U.S. labor market remains 9.9 million jobs below pre-pandemic levels
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What to watch on jobs day: The giant job deficit left by the pandemic
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Unemployment claims topped 1.1 million last week: Congress must pass bold relief measures to keep crucial programs from expiring
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Learning during the pandemic: Making social and emotional learning front and center
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1.3 million people applied for unemployment insurance last week: Policymakers must pass crucial relief and recovery measures
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President Biden inherits a weak labor market due to inadequate COVID-19 response: Biden and Congress must make stimulus its first priority
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The U.S. economy could use some ‘overheating’: Biden’s relief and recovery plan meets the scale of the economic crisis
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News from EPI › President-elect Biden’s relief and recovery proposal would be a lifeline to workers and their families
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The economy President-elect Biden is inheriting: 26.8 million workers—15.8% of the workforce—are being directly hurt by the coronavirus crisis
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News from EPI › December jobs report provides a clear picture of Trump’s failed handling of the economy
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How to organize in the anti-union South
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What to watch on jobs day: Little to no improvement in December and huge losses over 2020
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First UI claims of 2021 are still higher than the worst of the Great Recession
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News from EPI › Trump administration finalizes regulation that will cost tipped workers more than $700 million annually
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News from EPI › The congressional relief bill is an important step toward addressing the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Unemployment insurance claims continue to climb: Congress must pass a stimulus package to prevent millions of people from being left with nothing