Economic snapshot
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Positive Jobs Trend: Involuntary Part-Time Work Is Falling, Voluntary Part-Time Work Is Rising
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Five Years Since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: The Downward Spiral of Public Investment
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Three-fifths of all income growth from 1979-2007 went to the top 1%
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Data on income gains support 99ers’ gripes
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Trade deficit with Mexico has resulted in 682,900 U.S. jobs lost or displaced
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Metropolitan areas with highest rates of Hispanic unemployment
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White-collar unemployment double its pre-recession level for almost 2.5 years
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Trends in median wealth by race
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Huge disparity in share of total wealth gain since 1983
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New college grads losing ground on wages
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Unemployment rate remains extremely high
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Highest-income households can afford to pay more in taxes
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The debt ceiling deal’s net impact on jobs
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Blacks have highest unemployment among foreign-born workers
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COLA cut would hurt oldest retirees the most
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Social Security provides the majority of income for three-fifths of Americans age 65+
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Proposed NSD spending levels dangerously low
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Employment during the economic recovery
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Work and leave policies
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Lack of jobs, not lack of skills, explains underemployment rate
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Wage growth slows to a crawl
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The Bush Tax Cuts Disproportionately Benefitted the Wealthy
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Government regulations save lives on the job
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We Aren’t Going Broke
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What goes into a budget deficit?
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Poorest teens have hardest time finding summer jobs
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Mexico trade deficit costs jobs in every state
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The People’s Budget: A Responsible Budget Plan
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Are more young people “sheltering in school” now than before?
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Taxes on the wealthy have gone down dramatically