Economics Roundtable
-- Recession? --
Are back-to-back quarters of 0.6% GDP growth a recession? The blogs weigh in at Recession?
Will a 2% Fed Funds rate help? Fed Watch
-- Economic Principals --
David Warsh reports the latest on this year's free agent season for academic economists.
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-- Statistics --
137 Commentators
As of 2/19/08, the Economics Roundtable includes
137 commentators.
Economic Policy Institute
Including JobWatch.
May 8, 2008, 8:04 pm, 289168
On Monday, May 5, EPI hosted a public talk with Arianna Huffington and Jared Bernstein about their respective new books. Listen to the entire discussion in EPI's Audio/Video Archive. Also available online is a video of Bernstein discussing his new book, Crunch -- Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (And ...
May 7, 2008, 12:05 pm, 288218
Wages no longer keep pace with productivity, the gap between the very rich and everyone else is growing wider, education gets more expensive while college loans are cut--with all the pressure on working-class Americans, is too much being made of the role globalization plays in job loss and lower wages? ...
May 7, 2008, 12:05 pm, 288217
Sunday is Mother's Day, but plenty of new mothers won't get the day off. While the Family and Medical Leave Act gives eligible parents 12 weeks unpaid leave to care for a new child, it is limited to workplaces of more than 50 employees, leaving out about 48.1 million working ...
May 2, 2008, 2:05 pm, 285813
For same-day analysis of the latest employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, read EPI's Jobs Picture.
May 1, 2008, 12:05 pm, 285072
The Commerce Department's announcement that GDP growth continued to falter in the first quarter of 2008, coming on top of rising unemployment and three straight months of declining employment, makes it all but certain that the nation has entered a new recession whose starting date, when it is finally declared, ...
April 30, 2008, 2:05 pm, 284454
Read EPI's op-ed on why education reformers should be concerned about the severe teacher 'pay penalty.'
April 30, 2008, 2:05 pm, 284455
Join us this Monday, May 5, for a talk with Arianna Huffington and Jared Bernstein, the authors of two important, lively, and timely new books. Seating is limited, so reserve your seat now.
April 30, 2008, 12:05 pm, 284410
While income inequality between whites and blacks is a commonly referenced statistic, it tells an incomplete story. Wealth, or net worth, serves as a better indicator. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the wealth gap has not improved in recent years. In 2004, when home equity is subtracted, blacks held less ...
April 30, 2008, 12:05 pm, 284409
Read EPI's GDP Picture for analysis of today's Commerce Department report on gross domestic product (GDP).
April 29, 2008, 6:04 pm, 283972