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Economists as Apologists
Too much of the profession operates as the ideological department of predatory capitalism. Read more
Biden’s Unheralded War on Poverty
By creating a full-employment economy, Biden enabled millions of low-wage workers to raise their pay. Read more
Life in the Real Economy
Two new studies—one on poverty wages, one on the declining share of revenues going to workers—are at once authoritative and mind-boggling. Read more
Those ‘Wage Increases’ Stories Miss the Big Picture
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. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
Wage Suppression as the Prime Driver of Deepening Inequality
No, the culprit isn’t automation or skills or technology. The wage gap reflects a widening power gap. EPI’s latest report explains how it works. Read more
Another Reason for a $15 Minimum Wage—Social Security
Today on TAP: A minimum-wage hike would boost Social Security tax receipts Read more
A Tax Hike That Would Play Well at the Polls
Today on TAP: The Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act Read more
Republican Courts and Labor Rights
Today on TAP: A new resource from EPI Read more
Trump’s War on Workers
From silencing their voices to depressing their incomes to endangering their lives, the president has consistently abused working Americans. Read more
When the Politics of Class Turned Upside Down
Fifty years ago, the Republicans began laying claim to the white working class. Read more
‘Find Something New’
The perennial and bogus claims of a skills gap are the Trump administration’s latest alibi for high unemployment. Read more
Millions of U.S. Workers Still Unemployed as Enhanced Benefits Set to Expire
The CARES Act added $600 to weekly unemployment checks, but that goes away July 26, and Congress hasn’t moved to extend it. Read more
How the Corona Crisis Liberated Massive Public Spending: A Prospect Roundtable
Five distinguished economists comment on the role of deficits and debts in preventing a depression. Read more
Robert Kuttner, Joseph E. Stiglitz, James K. Galbraith, Heather Boushey, Josh Bivens & Gerald Epstein Economic Policy
How to Combat the Coronavirus Recession
It is time to get serious about the economic policy response. Read more
Democratic Socialism—American Style
Prospect editors discuss the new edited volume ‘We Own the Future.’ Read more
Under Trump, Income Growth Slows Across U.S., Including in Key Battleground States
Forty-eight states saw real median household income growth decline in Trump’s first two years, some dramatically. Read more