In a “great” economy, people don’t live paycheck-by-paycheck.
Jared Bernstein
Jared Bernstein is an economist and senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. He was formerly chief economist to Vice President Joe Biden and a member of President Barack Obama’s economic team.
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Everywhere’s in Play: Ballot Initiatives and the Midterms
Even red state voters go against free-market dogma when economic well-being is on the ballot.
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#MeToo and Women’s Economic Empowerment
Low-wage women workers are the most vulnerable to harassment and abuse. Herewith, some policies to better protect them.
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There Is No ‘Trump Economy,’ Especially in Workers’ Paychecks
Unless you’re in the top few percent, Trump’s mark on the economy isn’t pretty.
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Protect the Dreamers
Congress should pass a clean Dream Act that gives young DACA recipients a path to citizenship and take other steps to improve the lives of immigrants and bolster communities and the economy.
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Real Tax Reform: What It Is and What It Isn’t
Trump’s proposed tax cuts, mostly on corporations and the wealthy, will do nothing to help the people who elected him president.
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Democrats’ ‘Better Deal’ on Trade Is Better Than What We Have Now
But it has a way to go before it truly makes our trade policy fair and open.
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Does the Fed Think Black Lives Matter?
Putting the brakes on the economy would disproportionately damage black America.