Biography
Asha Banerjee joined EPI’s research team as an economic analyst in 2021. She works on issues of budget, taxes, and government spending. Her research and advocacy seek to understand the persistent racial disparities and uneven economic outcomes from existing government programs, policies, and legislation in order to propose new ideas and solutions. Previously, Banerjee was a policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), focusing on the impact of austerity policies on communities of color, an equitable economic recovery for workers in low-wage industries, and student debt cancellation as a tool for racial and economic justice.
Education
Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Economic and Social History, University of Oxford
B.A., Economics and History, Columbia University
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Pandemic safety net programs kept millions out of poverty in 2021, new Census data show
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Will secular stagnation return? The stakes for current economic debates and fiscal policy
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Rising inflation is a global problem: U.S. policy choices are not to blame
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Understanding economic disparities within the AAPI community
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Inequality’s drag on aggregate demand: The macroeconomic and fiscal effects of rising income shares of the rich
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Abortion rights are economic rights: Overturning Roe v. Wade would be an economic catastrophe for millions of women
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Much has changed since the first May Day, but building worker power and combating racism and xenophobia remain just as important
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Unions are not only good for workers, they’re good for communities and for democracy: High unionization levels are associated with positive outcomes across multiple indicators of economic, personal, and democratic well-being
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States are choosing employers over workers by using COVID relief funds to pay off unemployment insurance debt: Policymakers shouldn’t be afraid to increase taxes on employers to improve unemployment insurance
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Setting higher wages for child care and home health care workers is long overdue
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How to boost unemployment insurance as a macroeconomic stabilizer: Lessons from the 2020 pandemic programs
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All pain and no gain: Unemployment benefit cuts will lower annual incomes by $144.3 billion and consumer spending by $79.2 billion
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Black and brown workers saw the weakest wage gains over a 40-year period in which employers failed to increase wages with productivity
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Social insurance programs cushioned the blow of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020
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The racist campaign against ‘critical race theory’ threatens democracy and economic transformation
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State and local American Rescue Plan funds should be used to support an equitable recovery for workers
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Care workers are deeply undervalued and underpaid: Estimating fair and equitable wages in the care sectors