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- May 27, 2021
- 3 min
New Research: US Workers, Consumers & Businesses Paid for Trump's Trade War with China
Economists have been crunching the data regarding the impact of former President Donald Trump's trade war with China. As widely predicted...
- Apr 4, 2021
- 2 min
Economists Broadly Support Biden's Infrastructure Plan as an Engine for Jobs & Economic Growth
Economists have started to weigh in on President Biden's infrastructure initiative and the response has been broadly supportive. It will...
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
New Study Shows That Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Don't "Trickle-Down" But Do Increase Income Inequality
New research shows that 50 years of "trickle-down" economics didn't actually do anything for the working class, but it did make the rich...
- Feb 26, 2021
- 2 min
The Minimum Wage, Public Opinion, & the Lost Art of Political Compromise
Even though we now know that it can't be included in President Joe Biden's Covid relief package, a minimum wage increase should be fairly...
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
New Research Finds that Minimum Wage Hikes Don't Negatively Impact the Job Market
Conservative opposition to a minimum wage increase is based, they say, on its negative impact on the job market. They argue that...
- Dec 17, 2020
- 3 min
New Study: 50 Years of "Trickle Down" Tax Cuts Didn't Help Workers & Made Inequality Worse
"Trickle Down Economics" is the basis of modern conservative economic theory. Since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, adherents have...
