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Will Workers Survive State Budget Belt-Tightening?

By MATTHEW SHERMAN
CEPR
January 11th, 2009
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Issue Brief : December 2008 takes up the job losses expected without proper allocations to states in the Economic Recovery Plan. more »

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Executing the Main Street Economic Recovery Program Equitably

By Susan Ozawa
December 22, 2008

Given the male dominated nature of construction and heavy manufacturing involved in infrastructure projects Eileen Appelbaum, at the School of Management and Labor Relations and Director of the Center for Women and Work recommends that proposals pushing infrastructure investment include construction of child care centers and additional space to accommodate expanded pre-K programs. more »

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Change.gov Discussion on the Main Street Recovery Program

By Susan Ozawa
December 15, 2008

Participate in the discussion about the Main Street Recovery Program on Change.gov.

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Collapsing Bridges, Sinking Levees. It’s (Past) Time to Invest

By Eric Lotke
July 31, 2008

Our nation’s infrastructure is dying of old age and neglect. The solution is obvious: Repair and rebuild. We can't allow conservatives to have us running scared from this issue.

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Obama’s Home And The Report Is Out: China Takes Us To School

By Eric Lotke
November 19, 2009

President Obama is home from China and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission today releases its 2009 report to Congress. What have we learned? That we need to pay attention because we’re getting schooled. more »

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The Problem With A Jobs Bill – And Everything Else

By Dave Johnson
November 18, 2009

The country needs a jobs program and needs it right now. Cash for Caulkers would be a good start. A new Civilian Conservation Corps would be another. But let's not allow a jobs program to cover over the need for real changes in the structure and core principles of our economy. more »

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What Chinese Currency Manipulation Looks Like

By Eric Lotke
November 12, 2009

As President Obama packs for China, I thought I’d draw him a picture of how China is manipulating its currency.
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New Unemployment, Old Solutions

By Eric Lotke
November 6, 2009

Today’s unemployment data contain gloomy news. Gloomy, but expected. The interpretation of the data is even worse. more »

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Green Shoots. For Whom?

By Eric Lotke
November 5, 2009

Today’s “Productivity and Costs” data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics contain what looks like good news. But keep the cork in the bottles.

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Greenwald: WaPo thinks wars are more important than health care.

By Glenn Greenwald
From salon.com
October 25th, 2009

salon.com — Glenn Greenwald reveals the depraved "logic" behind the beltway media establishment in his latest entry. According to the Washington Post, it's perfectly acceptable to be trillions of dollars in debt to finance the crumbling empire's wars abroad, but wholly unacceptable to invest in genuine health care reform because it would create massive debt.

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