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Economic Snapshot: August 2015 Report
David Row helps his 8-year-old son Lestat learn to ride a bicycle as a homeless man reads outside a homeless shelter in Los Angeles on September 14, 2011. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

Economic Snapshot: August 2015

America’s middle class deserves a shot at real economic security, and it is about time that policymakers make it happen.

Christian E. Weller, Jackie Odum

Economic Snapshot: July 2015 Report
New York State Trooper Maxine Mendez, left, speaks to Xiaojiao Zuo about employment opportunities during a U.S. Chamber of Commerce jobs expo in New York on June 30, 2015. (AP/Mary Altaffer)

Economic Snapshot: July 2015

Middle-class economic stability for all is the key to stronger economic growth and should be front and center on policymakers’ agendas.

Christian E. Weller, Jackie Odum

Economic Snapshot: June 2015 Report
A jobseeker listens to an employer during a job fair in Sunrise, Florida, June 2015. (AP/Alan Diaz)

Economic Snapshot: June 2015

Policymakers need to create real economic security by fighting the twin evils of massive income inequality and anemic economic growth.

Christian E. Weller, Jackie Odum

Economic Snapshot: May 2015 Report
A corporate recruiter speaks with job applicants during a job fair in Chicago, April 2015. (AP/M. Spencer Green)

Economic Snapshot: May 2015

Policymakers need to build on successes of past progressive policies by implementing measures that raise wages and boost productivity growth.

Christian E. Weller, Jackie Odum

April 2015 Report
Job seekers fill out job applications at a Bed Bath & Beyond table at a job fair in Miami Lakes, Florida, October 2014. (AP/Alan Diaz)

April 2015

Policymakers need to build on successes of past progressive policies by implementing measures that raise wages and boost productivity growth.

Christian E. Weller, Jackie Odum

March 2015 Report
A roofer works under the midday sun in Gilbert, Arizona, in July 2014. (AP/File)

March 2015

Policymakers need to build on successes of past progressive policies by implementing measures that raise wages and boost productivity growth.

Christian E. Weller, Jackie Odum

February 2015 Report
Instructor Lavinda Young, left, helps Fabian Perez, center, and Lazaro Chaviano, right, with their resumes during a job fair at the Hospitality Institute, in Miami on January 23. (AP/Lynne Sladky)

February 2015

Policymakers need to build on successes of past progressive policies by implementing policies that raise wages and boost productivity growth.

Christian E. Weller, Jackie Odum

January 2015 Report
An abandoned school is locked near downtown in Danville, Illinois, where manufacturers that provided thousands of middle-class jobs have closed. (AP/Seth Perlman)

January 2015

Americans are still waiting for an economy that works for everyone, rather than a lucky few.

Christian E. Weller, Jackie Odum

December 2014 Report
A homeless man sleeps on the sidewalk under a holiday window at Blanc de Chine in New York. (AP/Mark Lennihan)

December 2014

Economic data show that it is time for an economy that works for everyone and not just the wealthy few.

Christian E. Weller, Jackie Odum

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