Planning for the Future in an Uncertain Economy
This week, Ed sits down with CAP Senior Economist Gbenga Ajilore to discuss warning signs in the economy, what they might mean, as well as some of the contributing factors.
Ending Special Tax Treatment for the Very Wealthy
Trump’s Trade Deal and the Road Not Taken
Blueprint for the 21st Century
Building Progressive Infrastructure
Toward a Robust Competition Policy
Racism and Sexism Combine To Shortchange Working Black Women
The fight for Black women’s equal pay must address race and gender biases that erode Black women’s wages and undermine their ability to thrive.
Corporate Governance and Workers
Power within corporations has shifted away from Main Street in favor of Wall Street, but collective bargaining, competition, tax fairness, and corporate long-termism can help American capitalism do better.
Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Oregon
In order to advance economic security for women and families in Oregon, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Minnesota
In order to advance economic security for women and families in Minnesota, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Maine
In order to advance economic security for women and families in Maine, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Louisiana
In order to advance economic security for women and families in Louisiana, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Illinois
In order to advance economic security for women and families in Illinois, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Connecticut
In order to advance economic security for women and families in Connecticut, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in California
In order to advance economic security for women and families in California, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in Alabama
In order to advance economic security for women and families in Alabama, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
White Elephant Watch: Vol. 5
Interstate 11 would lead to more low-density, auto-dependent development, produce significant environmental harms, and fail to address metropolitan area congestion in Phoenix and Tucson.
Systemic Inequality: Displacement, Exclusion, and Segregation
The United States must reckon with the racism built into its housing system in order to ensure that all Americans have the opportunity to build wealth.
Systematic Inequality and Economic Opportunity
Eliminating racial disparities in economic well-being requires long-term, targeted interventions to expand access to opportunity for people of color.
Simulating How Progressive Proposals Affect the Racial Wealth Gap
Most policy interventions, even those that are seemingly large or ambitious, are insufficient to close the racial wealth gap.