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Expertise: Budget and fiscal policy, public finance, macroeconomics, work and family issues, energy and environmental economics
Michael Madowitz is an economist at American Progress whose work has focused on labor markets, financial markets, tax policy, household budgeting in different phases of life, and a variety of environmental economics topics.
In addition to his work in support of the Economic Policy team, Madowitz conducts research for peer-reviewed publications in the fields of environmental economics, public finance, and macroeconomics. He served as a dissertation fellow with Resources for the Future, where he researched the implications of energy taxes at the state level, and as a senior research assistant with the Brookings Institution, where he worked on the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity.
Madowitz comes to American Progress from the University of California, San Diego, where he earned a master’s degree in applied mathematics and will defend his dissertation in economics in the coming months. At UC San Diego, he studied macroeconomics, econometrics, and public economics, and conducted research on carbon taxes, state and local budget policy, renewable energy, and gas taxes. As a teaching assistant, he taught courses on macroeconomics, fiscal and monetary policy, environmental economics, and a variety of topics courses.
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| The Fed’s Oil and Gas Bailout Is a Mistake | Center for American Progress | July 31, 2020 |
| The Need for Direct Assistance to Local Governments in Response to the Coronavirus | Center for American Progress | May 26, 2020 |
| Same-Sex Couples Experience Higher Unemployment Rates Throughout an Economic Recovery | Center for American Progress | May 5, 2020 |
| A Coronavirus Recovery Demands Substantial, Durable Aid for State and Local Governments | Center for American Progress | April 17, 2020 |
| Social Distancing To Fight the Coronavirus Saves Lives and Preserves the U.S. Economy | Center for American Progress | March 31, 2020 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-October 2019 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | October 31, 2019 |
| Yes, it’s time to try a new approach | Chicago Tribune | October 17, 2019 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-September 2019 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | October 3, 2019 |
| Trump’s Corporate Tax Cut Is Not Trickling Down | Center for American Progress | September 26, 2019 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-August 2019 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | September 5, 2019 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-July 2019 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | August 1, 2019 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-June 2019 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | July 3, 2019 |
| The Importance of Automatic Stabilizers in the Next Recession | Center for American Progress | June 17, 2019 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-May 2019 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | June 6, 2019 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-April 2019 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | May 2, 2019 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-March 2019 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | April 4, 2019 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-February 2019 Jobs Day Release | Center for American Progress | March 7, 2019 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-January 2019 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | January 31, 2019 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-December 2018 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | January 3, 2019 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-November 2018 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | December 6, 2018 |
| The State of the Labor Market for Latinas: Pre-October Jobs Day Release | Center for American Progress | November 1, 2018 |
| Will the Fed’s Rate Hikes Show Up in Tomorrow’s GDP Release? | Center for American Progress | October 25, 2018 |
| The State of Youth in the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-September 2018 Jobs Day Release | Center for American Progress | October 4, 2018 |
| Under President Trump, Workers Continue to Struggle | Center for American Progress | September 11, 2018 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-August 2018 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | September 6, 2018 |
| Workers’ Wages Remain Stagnant Despite Gains to Top Earners | Center for American Progress | August 9, 2018 |
| The State of Unions in the Labor Market: Pre-July 2018 Jobs Day Release | Center for American Progress | August 2, 2018 |
| GDP Is Growing, but Workers’ Wages Aren’t | Center for American Progress | July 26, 2018 |
| On the Ground in Puerto Rico | Center for American Progress | July 11, 2018 |
| The State of the LGBTQ Community in the Labor Market: Pre-June 2018 Jobs Day Release | Center for American Progress | July 5, 2018 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market for Mothers: Pre-May 2018 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | May 30, 2018 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-April 2018 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | May 3, 2018 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-March 2018 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | April 5, 2018 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-February 2018 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | March 8, 2018 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-December 2017 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | January 4, 2018 |
| Will Trump pick a Fed chair who would undermine his agenda? | MarketWatch | October 31, 2017 |
| A new Fed head would expose Trump’s empty promises on trade | Fox Business | October 27, 2017 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-September 2017 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | October 5, 2017 |
| How Obamacare fooled the Federal Reserve | MarketWatch | September 25, 2017 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-August 2017 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | August 31, 2017 |
| Economy needs to create 4.4 million more jobs | MarketWatch | July 31, 2017 |
| 6 Must-Ask Questions of All Nominees for the Federal Reserve System | Center for American Progress | July 27, 2017 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-July 2017 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | July 6, 2017 |
| The economic news we aren’t talking about | MarketWatch | June 7, 2017 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-May 2017 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | May 4, 2017 |
| What Comes Next for the Richmond Fed? | Center for American Progress | April 27, 2017 |
| Strange Things Are Afoot at the Richmond Fed | Center for American Progress | April 6, 2017 |
| Does the Trump administration have what it takes to keep job growth on track? | MarketWatch | March 21, 2017 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-March 2017 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | March 9, 2017 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-January 2017 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | January 5, 2017 |
| Building a 21st Century Economy | Center for American Progress | December 16, 2016 |
| The Limitations of Monetary Policy as a Financial Stability Tool | Center for American Progress | December 14, 2016 |
| The Fed Relies on Healthy Banks to Transmit Monetary Policy | Center for American Progress | December 12, 2016 |
| In Reality, Monetary Policy Is More Complicated Than the Traditional View | Center for American Progress | December 12, 2016 |
| The Traditional Explanation for How Monetary Policy Affects the Economy | Center for American Progress | December 12, 2016 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-November 2016 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | November 3, 2016 |
| The Fed should let the economy run some more | MarketWatch | October 20, 2016 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-October 2016 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | October 6, 2016 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-August 2016 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | August 4, 2016 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-July 2016 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | July 7, 2016 |
| State Examples of the Hidden Cost of a Failing Child Care System | Center for American Progress | June 21, 2016 |
| Calculating the Hidden Cost of Interrupting a Career for Child Care | Center for American Progress | June 21, 2016 |
| Jobs report tells Fed: Stop forcing rate hikes | MarketWatch | June 15, 2016 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-June 2016 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | June 2, 2016 |
| New overtime rules will help workers, their families, and the economy | MarketWatch | May 18, 2016 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-May 2016 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | May 5, 2016 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-April 2016 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | March 31, 2016 |
| The Federal Reserve should let the economy keep growing | MarketWatch | March 15, 2016 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-March 2016 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | March 3, 2016 |
| As voters choose a president, economy sends mixed signals | MarketWatch | February 17, 2016 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-February 2016 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | February 4, 2016 |
| What’s so good about flat wage growth? | MarketWatch | January 20, 2016 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-January 2016 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | January 7, 2016 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-December 2015 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | December 3, 2015 |
| Fed shouldn’t normalize rates before the economy is back to normal | MarketWatch | November 12, 2015 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-November 2015 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | November 5, 2015 |
| Let’s Not Reinvent the Wheel in Puerto Rico | Center for American Progress | October 30, 2015 |
| Too Hot to Handle | Center for American Progress | October 22, 2015 |
| Long-Termism or Lemons | Center for American Progress | October 21, 2015 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-October 2015 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | October 1, 2015 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-September 2015 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | September 3, 2015 |
| The Birds and the Bees of the Fed’s Rate Hike Debate | Morning Consult | August 24, 2015 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-August 2015 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | August 6, 2015 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-July 2015 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | July 1, 2015 |
| What can we learn from Kansas? | MarketWatch | June 10, 2015 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-June 2015 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | June 4, 2015 |
| We need the Fed to be credible | MarketWatch | May 14, 2015 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-May 2015 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | May 7, 2015 |
| April’s Employment Report Stings with Disappointment | Center for American Progress | April 6, 2015 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-April 2015 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | April 2, 2015 |
| Another Strong Jobs Day Means It’s Back to Econ 101 at the Fed | Center for American Progress | March 9, 2015 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-March 2015 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | March 5, 2015 |
| The Good Employment Numbers Beg the Question—More Jobs, More Problems? | Center for American Progress | February 9, 2015 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-February 2015 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | February 5, 2015 |
| New Numbers but Same Story: Economy Growing but Wages Flat | Center for American Progress | February 2, 2015 |
| The Government Should Begin to Measure America’s Powerful Outdoor Economy | Center for American Progress | January 21, 2015 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-January 2015 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | January 8, 2015 |
| Continued Job Gains Are Sweet Music, and There Is Reason to Hope It’s Not the Same Old Song for Wages | Center for American Progress | December 8, 2014 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-December 2014 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | December 4, 2014 |
| It Would Be Great to Have Better Critics | Center for American Progress | November 20, 2014 |
| Everything but the Wages: One Major Step Short of a Robustly Healthy Labor Market | Center for American Progress | November 10, 2014 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-November 2014 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | November 6, 2014 |
| New GDP Numbers Show an Economy Chugging Along but Still Lagging | Center for American Progress | October 31, 2014 |
| The Good News of Accelerating Job Growth is Tempered by Lagging Wages | Center for American Progress | October 6, 2014 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-October 2014 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | October 2, 2014 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-September 2014 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | September 4, 2014 |
| Fact Sheet: 5 Things You Should Know About Powder River Basin Coal Exports | Center for American Progress | August 19, 2014 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-August 2014 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | July 31, 2014 |
| Federal Coal Leasing in the Powder River Basin | Center for American Progress | July 29, 2014 |
| Switching from a Gas Tax to a Mileage-Based User Fee | Center for American Progress | July 11, 2014 |
| With Job Growth Accelerating and Unemployment Falling, the Labor Market is Looking More Robust | Center for American Progress | July 3, 2014 |
| What Have We Learned About Austerity Since the Great Recession? | Center for American Progress | May 30, 2014 |
| It’s time to stop eating local | Orange County Register | May 14, 2014 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-May 2014 Jobs Release | Center for American Progress | May 1, 2014 |
| How the Ryan Budget Fails Our Economy by Failing Economics | Center for American Progress | April 9, 2014 |
| The State of the U.S. Labor Market | Center for American Progress | April 3, 2014 |
| Boosting Adult Educational Skills Can Grow the Middle Class | Center for American Progress | November 12, 2013 |
| Protecting the Taxpayer’s Share of Natural Resource Revenues on Public Lands and Oceans | Center for American Progress | November 8, 2013 |
| What Should We Expect if the United States Defaults? | Center for American Progress | October 10, 2013 |
