The Earned Income Tax Credit subsidizes low-wage employers and increases low-wage work.
Teresa Ghilarducci
Teresa Ghilarducci is the Bernard L. and Irene Schwartz Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research and director of the New School’s Retirement Equity Lab (ReLab).
Posted inEconomic Policy
Republicans Moving Fast to Block Retirement Security
Congressional Republicans have set out to undo an Obama administration rule that makes it easier for states and cities to expand retirement options for private-sector workers.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Senior Class: America’s Unequal Retirement
One of the cruelest manifestations of widening inequality happens in life’s final quarter.
Posted inSpecial Report
The Collapse of Secure Retirement
The dream of a modestly middle-class retirement is fading.
Posted inFeatures
Forget Retirement. Get to Work.
A popular myth is that because we live longer, we should work longer. But while Americans indeed enjoy longer life spans, a great many are not happy to be in the paid workforce. They are working not for the social or intellectual stimulation but out of plain economic need. They are working because America’s pension […]