The Jobs That Weren’t Saved
Source: Sean Gregory, Time, May 18, 2017 …. If Trump’s Carrier deal was a reminder of how the bully pulpit could be used to make the private sector bend, Rexnord’s closure shows its limits–and offers a...
View ArticleThe fall of the US middle class and the hair-raising ascent of Donald Trump
Source: Steven Pressman, Real-World Economics Review, no. 78, March 2017 …. This paper focuses on one particular political consequence of a shrinking middle class. It contends that this was a key...
View ArticleWithout Strong Unions, Middle-Class Families Bring Home a Smaller Share
Source: Alex Rowell and David Madland, Center for American Progress, September 14, 2017 New data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that in 2016, the median U.S. household earned $59,039, a 3.2 percent...
View ArticleA Vision for a High-Wage America
Source: Michael McCormack and Jeff Madrick, The Century Foundation, October 16, 2017 From the summary: America has deliberately chosen to be a low-wage society since the 1970s. This status was not...
View ArticleThe Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes
Source: Andrew Aurand, Dan Emmanuel, Diane Yentel, Ellen Errico, Marjorie Pang, National Low Income Housing Coalition, March 2018 About the Gap Report Each year, the National Low Income Housing...
View ArticleUnited Way ALICE Project
Source: United Way, 2018 The United Way ALICE Project provides a framework, language, and tools to measure and understand the struggles of the growing number of households in our communities that do...
View ArticleWhy Rich Kids Are So Good at the Marshmallow Test
Source: Jessica McCrory Calarco, Atlantic, June 1, 2018 Affluence—not willpower—seems to be what’s behind some kids’ capacity to delay gratification. …. …. Ultimately, the new study finds limited...
View ArticleOut of Reach 2018
Source: Andrew Aurand, Dan Emmanuel, Diane Yentel, Ellen Errico, Jared Gaby-Biegel, Emma Kerr, National Low Income Housing Coalition, June 2018 From the press release: …. The Out of Reach report shows...
View ArticleProsperity Now Scorecard
Source: Prosperity Now Scorecard, 2018 The Prosperity Now Scorecard is a comprehensive resource featuring data on family financial health and policy recommendations to help put all U.S. households on a...
View ArticleChild Care Expenses Make Middle-Class Incomes Hard to Reach
Source: Robert Paul Hartley, Beth Mattingly, Christopher T. Wimer, Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire, August 2018 From the press release: About nine percent of working...
View ArticleIncome data from the Census may not tell full story on middle-class trends
Source: Gary Burtless and Christopher Pulliam, Brookings Institution, Up Front, September 17, 2018 …. The resulting news stories deserve our attention, but it is important to keep a vital question in...
View ArticleMapping Interface Provides Neighborhood-Level Information on Children’s Outcomes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Release Number CB18-TPS.48, October 1, 2018 The U.S. Census Bureau, in collaboration with Raj Chetty and Nathan Hendren from Harvard University and John Friedman from Brown...
View ArticleThe Cost of Employer Insurance Is a Growing Burden for Middle-Income Families
Source: Sara R. Collins and David C. Radley, Commonwealth Fund, December 7, 2018 Recent national surveys show health care costs are a top concern in U.S. households. While the Affordable Care Act’s...
View ArticleUnder Pressure: The Squeezed Middle Class
Source: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), ISBN 9789264150348 (PDF),April 2019 From the abstract: Middle-class households feel left behind and have questioned the benefits of...
View ArticleForget Your Middle-Class Dreams
Source: Alex N. Press, Jacobin, March 29, 2019 When it comes to workplace organizing, there’s no such thing as a “privileged” worker. You’re either with your coworkers or you’re against them. ….. ….....
View ArticleState of the Union: Millennial Dilemma
Source: Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, May 2019 The annual Poverty and Inequality Report provides a unified analysis that brings together evidence across such issues as poverty, employment,...
View ArticleAmericans Aren’t So Optimistic About Economic Mobility
Source: James Devitt, Futurity, June 25, 2019 Americans overestimate the future income for children from wealthy and middle-income families, but underestimate that of children from poor ones, according...
View ArticleMoving Upward and Onward: Income Mobility at Historically Black Colleges and...
Source: Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI), September 2019 From the press release: More students experience upward mobility at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)...
View ArticleThese 3 Policy Failures Are Killing the American Dream
Source: Eric Levitz, New York Magazine, October 7, 2019 ….After reading the Times’ report and other recent analyses of our postindustrial discontents, I’ve come to think that the decline of America’s...
View ArticleThe United States Prosperity Index 2019
Source: Legatum Institute, 2019 From the introduction: A new United States Prosperity Index (USPI), published by the Legatum Institute, reveals that prosperity has increased across America over the...
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