Today on TAP: As a share of the economy, profits hit an all-time high, and wages for the bottom 90 percent an all-time low.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
COVID-19 Relief Funds Fuel Employer Tax Breaks
Instead of helping workers, states steer pandemic emergency dollars to employers to help them pay down unemployment insurance debt.
Posted inTAP
A Closer Look at the Labor Market
Today on TAP: The job recovery is on track, but not in the health and education professions.
Posted inTAP
Latest Jobs Report: More Ammo for Build Back Better
Today on TAP: The recovery is broadly on track but needs all the help it can get.
Posted inWorking in America
The Great Escape
Why workers are quitting their jobs, after the trauma of the pandemic
Posted inEconomic Policy
Biden’s Recovery Is on Track
And that’s no reason to reduce Build Back Better, but every reason to fully fund it.
Posted inTAP
Fed Resists Pressure to Hike Rates
Today on TAP: Will this be sufficient for Biden to reappoint Jerome Powell as Fed chair?
Posted inEconomic Policy
What’s Causing the Weird Inflation?
And is there anything Biden can do to make it subside before it adds to the Democrats’ woes in 2022?
Posted inWorking in America
The Restaurant-to-Cannabis Pipeline
For many service workers, COVID-19 provided the opportunity to leave food retail and take up employment in the cannabis industry.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Biden’s Build Back Better Plan Is First and Foremost a Jobs Plan
All that public investment rebuilds infrastructure, greens the economy, and supports caregiving—but mainly it creates at least four million good jobs.
