Low Wages

Weekly Audit: Curbing Decline in 2009 (Economy NewsLadder)

The Media Consortium | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Credit Cards, Low Wages, Recovery Package, Stimulus Plan, Public Investment, Economy NewsLadder, Student Loans, Newsladder, Economy, Politics News

The first step in rebuilding a government that actually responds to problems before they reach the bailout stage will be Obama's highly anticipated economic recovery package.

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Economic Recovery: Fairness for Low-Income Families

Judy Patrick and Surina Khan | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Economic Recovery, Minimum Wage, Low Wages, Workers, Wages, Fair Play Act, Politics News

Already disadvantaged by years of workplace and legislative failures, women and their families face an increasingly insecure future if policies are not adjusted to meet our ever more pressing needs.

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What Obama Should Do Now

Jeff Madrick | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Mccain, Low Wages, Economic Priorities, American Decline, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Politics News

There is no contest between Senators Obama and McCain on the content and quality of their economic programs. McCain is essentially absent, wrapped...

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Caco-Phony and Clarity

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 06.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Democrats Presidential Election 2008, Housing Market, Prices, Low Wages, Economics, Inflation, Housing Crisis, Business News

The bells are tolling for millions caught off guard by stagnant wages and job growth, falling savings, rising debt, shrinking wealth and spiking prices. But turnaround is possible and has been done before.

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What Does Recession Mean? It Means Economic Suffering

Jeff Madrick | Posted 04.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Credit Crisis, Lost Jobs, Stimulus, Inflation, Wages, Recession, The Meaning of Recession, US Economy, Bush Economy, U.S. Economy, Low Wages, Recession Salary, Economy, Salary, Recession Wages, Business News

What to remember about the silly debate over the nomenclature is that recession affects most of us. The median American wage in 2010 could very well be what it was in 1995 or 1996.

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Was Ross Perot Right?

David Sirota | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Free Trade, Immigration, 1992, Hillary Clinton, Ross Perot, Low Wages, Illegal Immigrants, Swing States, Nafta Mexico, Peso Crisis, Nafta, Swing Voters, Politics News

Those who ignore the history are doomed to repeat it -- and America's middle class can't afford to be trampled yet again.

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Who's Afraid of a Falling Dollar?

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 11.08.2007 | Business

Read More: Dollar Value, Falling Dollar, Weakening Dollar, Bond Market, Goldman Sachs, Robert Rubin, Citigroup CEO, Low Wages, Unemployment, Weak Dollar, Citigroup, Business News

Because of many years of overvaluation we have run up an enormous trade deficit, borrowing from the rest of the world at an unsustainable pace. This borrowing will have to slow, and the way this will happen is through an adjustment in the dollar.

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