Amanda Logan
Research Associate
Amanda Logan is a Research Associate with the economic policy team at American Progress. Her work largely focuses on issues surrounding lower- and middle-income American families, including prices for necessities, wages and benefits, economic distress, and how they view economic policy. Amanda has discussed economic policy issues on TV, radio, and web programs, and served as a guest blogger on several websites. Her work has been referenced in national media outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, U.S. News and World Report, CNN, and "NBC Nightly News," and she has also co-authored several academic journal articles.
Amanda has been with American Progress since 2006, first working as a Special Assistant for Economic Policy. Prior to joining American Progress, she interned with the Center for Economic and Policy Research, the European Parliament, the National Low Income Housing Coalition, and the Idaho National Laboratory. A native of Idaho Falls, ID, Amanda graduated summa cum laude from Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA with a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science.
Email: alogan /@\ americanprogress.org
Articles by Amanda Logan
- Signals on the Fritz, June 24, 2009
- Labor Market Not Looking too Cheery, to Say the Least, April 14, 2009
- Ask the Expert: A Close Look at Payday Lending, April 7, 2009
- Who Borrows From Payday Lenders?, March 26, 2009
- The Mirage Of Hispanic Job Growth, March 11, 2009
- Las minorías y el mercado laboral en la recesión , February 18, 2009
- Minorities Struggle in the Labor Market, February 18, 2009
- The State of Minorities: The Recession Issue, January 16, 2009
- Job Mayhem in Financial Services, December 16, 2008
- Holiday Spending Isn't Looking Too Cheery This Year, December 12, 2008
- From a Trickle to a Flood, December 11, 2008
- Investing for Widespread, Productive Growth, December 2, 2008
- Millennials Are More Progressive and More Similar on the Economy, October 27, 2008
- Joe the Plumber Done Right, October 22, 2008
- Millennial Economics: It Don’t Matter if You’re Black or White (or Hispanic), October 6, 2008
- The Climb Gets Steeper, October 3, 2008
- Wall Street Leads to Your Street, October 1, 2008
- An Update on the State of Minorities, September 25, 2008
- America's Middle Class Still Losing Ground, July 30, 2008
- The Progressive Generation: How Young Americans View Economic Issues and Why It Matters, July 28, 2008
- Running on Fumes, June 30, 2008
- Bankruptcies Back on the Wrong Track, June 27, 2008
- Ask the Expert: Young Americans and the Economy, June 3, 2008
- The Progressive Generation, May 6, 2008
- The State of Minorities, April 29, 2008
- El Estado de las Minorías, April 29, 2008
- Bush's Bankruptcy Legacy: Three Years and Nearly 1.5 Million Bankruptcy Filings Later, April 17, 2008
- Slowing Productivity Growth Requires Boosting Business Investment, March 5, 2008
- Housing Downer: Economic Woes Require Targeted Government Action, February 13, 2008
- The Conservative Agenda: Serving African Americans?, January 17, 2008
- You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch, December 19, 2007
- The Gas Grinch That Stole Thanksgiving, November 19, 2007
- A Looming Holiday Headache...Times Three, November 16, 2007
- Ignoring Productivity At Our Peril, August 3, 2007
- Your Pain, Their Gain, May 25, 2007
- Pain in the Gas: Volatile Gasoline Prices Wreak Havoc on Household Finances, May 23, 2007
- Dealing with the Trade Deficit, May 10, 2007
