by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 8, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
You don't get to be an actor by being shy, so it should not have surprised me that Olivia Russell would do something attention-getting while she was serving me and a guest earlier this week at the Carolina Kitchen, a small chain restaurant in Washington's Brentwood...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 7, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The right-wing argument that we shouldn't increase the minimum wage because doing so especially hurts the job prospects of young and low-skilled workers is not standing up to scrutiny. The latest evidence comes from two University of Delaware economists who have...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 5, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
Rev. Reuben Eckles is worried about what the Federal Reserve is going to do next. He has a lot of reasons to, in fact – members of the New Day Christian Church in Wichita, Kan., where he is pastor. The decisions that Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen and her board of...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 4, 2014 | Conservatism, Jobs and Growth
The New York Times' Neil Irwin today identified the five sectors of the economy that are serving as a drag on growth. As it turns out, his conclusions about the reasons the economy "keeps underperforming" tie directly to what we've been saying about conservatives...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 30, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
When a recent study by the Russell Sage Foundation revealed that the median American household had lost a third of its net worth in the decade between 2003 and 2013, while those at the very top saw significant gains, it was the latest evidence that the economy has...
